Göschenen is a small village in the Reuss Valley of central Switzerland. Here, at a height of 1,100 m, the Gotthard railway line and the Gotthard motorway disappear into their tunnels. They take with them most of the traffic. The old Gotthard road heads now into an imposing narrow gorge that it somehow needs to …
Category: Bridge
Q’eswachaca – Building the last of the Inca Rope Bridges
A deep ravine, a thundering river and a collection of ropes swinging across from one side to the other. You can easily associate rope bridges with the difficult terrain of the Andean mountains. Despite the popular image, only very few of these Inca rope bridges remain. One of these traditional Inca rope bridges is Q’eswachaca …