Europe Bridge (Randa)

Europe Bridge
	The suspension bridge on July 3, 2010
use	Pedestrian
Convicted	Europaweg
Crossing of	Grabengufer rockfall area
place	Randa VS
construction	Rope bridge
overall length	250 m
height	25 m
opening	July 2010
Status	destroyed by falling rocks
closure	September 2010
	location

46.09816 7.80414Coordinates: 46 ° 5 ′ 53 " N , 7 ° 48 ′ 15" E ; CH1903: six hundred and twenty-eight thousand two hundred sixty-five / 105249

The Europabrücke was a rope bridge on the Europaweg in the Mattertal in Switzerland. It opened in July 2010 and was destroyed by a rock fall two months later . Because of the destroyed bridge, hikers had to descend 500 meters into the valley for years and then climb back up on the other side. This made the Europaweg unattractive; the number of users fell.

In July 2017, the Charles Kuonen suspension bridge , which is 200 meters lower, was opened.

Web links

Commons : Europabrücke - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Luzius Theler: Hiking pleasure with a gentle rocking effect: the longest suspension bridge in the world . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . July 27, 2017, ISSN 0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed July 29, 2017]).
↑ Europabrücke still defective - Randa / Zermatt. In: outdoorseiten.net. August 9, 2015, accessed July 29, 2017 (with pictures of the destroyed bridge).

[NZZ-1] Luzius Theler: Hiking pleasure with a gentle rocking effect: the longest suspension bridge in the world . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . July 27, 2017, ISSN 0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed July 29, 2017]).

[2] Europabrücke still defective - Randa / Zermatt. In: outdoorseiten.net. August 9, 2015, accessed July 29, 2017 (with pictures of the destroyed bridge).