New Delhi: The spectacular world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge was opened for public at a mountain resort in the Czech Republic. The 721-meter (2,365-foot)-long bridge is built at an altitude of more than 1,100 meters (3,610 feet) above sea level. It connects two ridges of the mountains and hangs up to 95 meters (312 feet) above the valley below.
Stunning pictures of the bridge showed visitors walking across the Sky Bridge 721, as it is known, located in the northeastern part of the country in the Kralicky Sneznik mountain range near the border with Poland, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) east of Prague.
People stand on a suspension bridge for the pedestrians that is the longest such construction in the world a day before its official opening at a mountain resort in Dolni Morava, Czech Republic. (Photo: AP)
The bridge offers unusual views for visitors who have a head for heights. Up to 500 people will be allowed to be on the bridge at any one time, although that number is halved for the first two weeks following Friday’s opening.
The bridge will be closed for safety reasons if winds reach 135 kph (84 mph). The construction took two years and cost some 200 million Czech crowns ($8.3 million).
Visitors cross Sky Bridge 721 that is the longest such construction in the world in Dolni Morava. (Photo: AP)
Critics say the bridge is too big for the surrounding environment, while others argue it will attract too many tourists to the town, which has a population of less than 500.
CzechTourism believes the bridge could attract tourists from all around the globe.
(With inputs from AP)
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