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The Kapellbrücke (literally, Chapel Bridge) is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland.Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, [1] the bridge is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in ...
Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden is a wooden pedestrian bridge between the city of Rapperswil and the village of Hurden crossing the Obersee (the upper part of Lake Zurich) in Switzerland. On 6 April 2001, the footbridge was opened. With a length of 841 metres (2,759 ft) it is the longest wooden bridge in Switzerland. The wooden bridge has many ...
The longest viaduct in Switzerland is the Yverdon Viaduct , built in 1984 on the A5 motorway with a total length of 3,155 metres (10,351 ft). [ S 30 ] [ 12 ] The Letzigraben Bridge [ de ] , near Zürich Hauptbahnhof , is the longest railway viaduct in the country measuring 1,156 metres (3,793 ft).
On April 6, 2001, the reconstructed wooden footbridge was opened, being the longest wooden bridge in Switzerland. The Kapellbrücke is a 204-metre-long (669 ft) bridge crossing the Reuss in the city of Lucerne in Switzerland. It is the oldest wooden covered bridge in Europe, and one of Switzerland's main tourist attractions. [citation needed]
In 1851, due to the steady increase in visitors, the wooden bridge was replaced by a sandstone bridge, which is still standing today. It is 76.5 m long and its seven arches span a ravine 40 m deep. By the end of the 19th century, the Bastei had become the main attraction of Saxon Switzerland. The inn was completely converted and extended in ...
Eggiwil Dieboldswil wooden bridge over the Emme river. Eggiwil has an area of 60.3 km 2 (23.28 sq mi). [4] As of 2012, a total of 32.35 km 2 (12.49 sq mi) or 53.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.79 km 2 (9.57 sq mi) or 41.1% is forested.
The bridge was first built in 1469 to replace a ferry crossing over the Aare. The bridge eventually became part of two major roads that helped Bern control its extensive territory north of the river. The road into the Berner Seeland passed over the bridge before traveling to Meikirch , while the other road ran into the Fraubrunnenamt after ...