The world’s largest suspension bridge has opened to travellers in the Czech Republic. The bridge, which had been under construction for nearly two years, was officially opened. Sky Bridge 721 is the name given to it. The promenade promises both beautiful views of the cloud-shrouded Jesenky mountains and an exhilarating, but slightly dangerous experience.
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KEY POINTS:
- The cable car can take you to the bridge, which crosses two mountain ranges and hovers 95 metres (312 feet) above a valley. It measures 721 metres (2,365 feet) in length. Tourists will enter at a height of 1,125 metres and depart at a height of 10 metres.
- Visitors visiting the bridge will have to walk one way only. They will step onto a paved pathway in a woodland after exiting the other side, where they will learn about Czech history.
- The 1.2-metre-wide bridge, according to the holiday resort where this bridge is located, is open to children of all ages and heights, but is not ideal for individuals using pushchairs or wheelchairs.
- The suspension bridge cost 200 million crowns, or $8.4 million, according to local media sources.
- The Czech Republic Sky Bridge is 154 metres longer than Nepal’s Baglung Parbat Footbridge, which is the world’s longest suspension footbridge.
- Prague, the Czech capital, is about a 2.5-hour journey from Sky Bridge 721.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, sometimes known as Czechia, is a landlocked Central European country. It is bordered to the south by Austria, to the west by Germany, to the northeast by Poland, and to the southeast by Slovakia. The Czech Republic has a hilly environment with a largely temperate continental and oceanic climate that covers an area of 78,871 square kilometres (30,452 square miles). Prague is the capital and largest city, with Brno, Ostrava, Plze, and Liberec as prominent cities and urban regions.