arouca Archives - Portugal Confidential https://portugalconfidential.com/tag/arouca/ Travel & Lifestyle Sun, 02 May 2021 10:12:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://portugalconfidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-LinkedIN-PC-T_L-Lauch-Profile-Photo-400x400-1-32x32.jpg arouca Archives - Portugal Confidential https://portugalconfidential.com/tag/arouca/ 32 32 516 Arouca Bridge – The World’s Largest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge https://portugalconfidential.com/ponte-516-arouca-suspension-bridge-portugal/ https://portugalconfidential.com/ponte-516-arouca-suspension-bridge-portugal/#respond Sat, 01 May 2021 10:35:28 +0000 https://portugalconfidential.com/?p=45015 Let’s start with the data….  The 516 Arouca Bridge in the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world: It is 516 meters long.  (That’s 564 yards.)  It hangs 175 meters above the Paiva River.  (191 yards.)  It is supported by two V-shaped structures on either end of the gorge.  It takes about 10 minutes to cross while walking on 127 four meter-long “modules” of open metal mesh.  The bridge took three years to build at a price of €1.7 million.  […]

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