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High wires: Portugal opens world’s longest suspension footbridge Issued on: 30/04/2021 - 04:30 A general view of the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge '516 Arouca', now open for local residents in Arouca, Portugal, April 29, 2021. © Julio Torres, Reuters 3 min The local mayor is hoping to pull in the tourists, but crossing the longest suspended pedestrian bridge in the world will test anyone’s head for heights when it opens officially in northern Portugal on Sunday. Advertising Read more It hangs ...

Reuters Reuters 30 April, 2021, 4:12 pm People walk on the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge '516 Arouca', now open for local residents in Arouca, Portugal, April 29, 2021. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura AROUCA, Portugal (Reuters) – Hugo Xavier became one of the first people to cross the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge when it opened on Thursday near his tiny hometown of Arouca in northern Portugal. “Oh…here we go!,” the 42-year-old said anxiously as he gathered enough courage to step onto the see-through metal grid pathway of the 516-metre-long (1693-ft) bridg...

Hidden between rock-strewn mountains covered with lush greenery and yellow flowers inside the Arouca Geopark in northern Portugal, the bridge hangs high above the River Paiva.

Don't look down: World's longest suspension pedestrian bridge opens in Portugal SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 30, 2021, 07:27 PM IST Share Reuters The structure baptised "516 Arouca" crosses the steep Paiva river gorge, which is already strung with some eight kilometres (five miles) of wooden walkways. AROUCA: The local mayor is hoping to pull in the tourists, but crossing the longest suspended pedestrian bridge in the world will test anyone's head for heights when it opens officially in northern Portugal on Sunday. It hangs on heavy steel cables strung between V-shaped concrete towers and runs ...

World's longest pedestrian bridge opens, suspended 500 feet above river The 516 Arouca in the country’s Arouca Geopark stretches 1,693 feet over the River Paiva in northern Portugal.  By Getty Story at a glance The world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge — 574 feet above Portugal’s River Paiva — opened for crossing on Thursday. The bridge opened exclusively for local residents Thursday but is expected to be open for booking to all tourists on Monday. Locals are hopeful the 516 Arouca, which took two years and around $2.8 million to bu...