A 516-metre-long pedestrian suspension bridge has been completed in Portugal. It is the largest suspension bridge in Europe.
The bridge connects two hills with granite cliffs in the Aroca Geopark in Northern Portugal. It is suspended 175 metres above the Paiva river. At each bank, concrete towers support two steel suspension cables. The cables were attached to the two highest points of the concrete towers and tied to the decking of the walkways.
The bridge was built by the Institute for Research and Technological Development for Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability as a tourist attraction for the Arouca area, providing views across the Pavia Gorge and toward the nearby Aguieiras Waterfall.
It is located next to the Paiva Walkways, an eight-kilometre-long trail that winds through the Arouca hills.
«A remarkable work of national engineering and will certainly be one of the most iconic structures in the municipality of Arouca and in the country and that will surely become a landmark of modernity,» said Arouca’s mayor Margarida Belém.
Source: www.dezeen.com