Salbitbrücke

The Salbitbrücke is a high alpine pedestrian bridge in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

Salbitbrücke
Coordinates46°40′31.8″N 8°31′42.5″E
LocaleGöschenen
OwnerAssociation Salbit bridge (Verein Salbitbrücke)
Websitewww.salbitbruecke.ch
Characteristics
Total length90 metres (300 ft)
Width64 cm (25 in)
Height122 m (400 ft)
Traversable?June to mid-October[1]
Load limit>600 ppl.
History
Constructed byEsotec GmbH (Walter Brog) [2]
BuiltApril to mid-June 2010
Construction cost280'000 CHF
Inaugurated19 June 2010[3]
Location

Location

The Salbitbrücke is on the south flank of the Salbitschijen mountain. To get to the bridge, there is an alpine hiking route that takes 4–5 hours (difficulty level T4). The bridge is accessible from the Voralphütte and the Salbithütte, two nearby mountain huts of the Swiss Alpine Club.[4]

Description

Ropes and straps can be rented in the Salbithütte and the Voralphütte, which is generally recommended.[5]

The bridge is 90 metres (300 ft) long and 64 centimetres (25 in) wide and hangs 122 metres (400 ft) above the valley floor.

The design of the bridge is based on that of the Nepalese bridges in the Himalaya.[6] It was built using parts from the Trift Bridge (Triftbrücke) standing in the canton of Bern.

Climbers were concerned that mass tourism would come into the wild mountain valley via the bridge, but this has not happened.[7]

  • From the west
  • From below

References
  1. "Home". www.salbitbruecke.ch.
  2. "Alte Triftbrücke wird zur Salbitbrücke - TV". Play SRF.
  3. "Salbitbrücke". Klettersteige.
  4. "Salbitbrücke". www.voralphuette.ch. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  5. "Salbitbrücke". Klettersteige (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  6. "Salbitbrücke". www.outdooractive.com (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  7. "Spektakuläre Salbitbrücke offiziell eröffnet - Radio". Play SRF (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-18.
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