The World’s Longest Pedestrian Bridge Opens in Portugal AFAR 5 hrs ago
Photo by AP Photo/Sergio Azenha
The Arouca Bridge offers sky-high views of where the River Paiva flows through a waterfall.It’s probably best if you gird yourself before you look down from the Arouca Bridge. The narrow footbridge suspended across a river canyon in northern Portugal claims to be the world’s longest pedestrian bridge and was officially inaugurated Sunday, May 2.
The Arouca Bridge offers a half-kilometer (almost 1,700-foot) walk across its span, along a metal walkway suspended from cables. Some 175 meters (574 feet) below, the Paiva River flows through a waterfall.
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