Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 14 out of 15 hikers
UNESCO world heritage. The reinforced concrete bridge from 1929/30 is considered a technical and architectural masterpiece of engineering.
October 11, 2020
The Salginatobel Bridge is a highlight in the history of bridge construction. Since its completion in 1930, it has exerted a magical aura on professionals and artists as an outstanding engineering achievement and as a modern work of art. In 1991 the American Society of Civil Engineers declared this extraordinary bridge a “world monument”. Today, a total of 50 buildings form the small circle of the most important engineering creations, among others such well-known as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Statue of Liberty in New York, the Inca city Machu Picchu in Peru, the endless Ifugao rice terraces on the northern Philippines, the Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul , the Alaska Highway or the Panama Canal. In 1999 the well-known British trade journal "Bridge - design & engineering" selected the Salginatobel Bridge as the most beautiful bridge of the 20th century, and at the end of 2016 the Swiss Federal Council put it on the "Indicative List" as a possible candidate for a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Source: https: //salginatobelbrücke.ch
May 18, 2021
Very impressive and whoever is in the area should definitely make a stop or do the 40 minute tour.
June 30, 2021
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