The boulders also destroyed a 820-footlong bridge that opened just two months before the avalanche. The Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge replaced it.
From the vine-covered bridges of Japan’s Iya Valley to the dizzying heights of the Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge in Switzerland, and the engineering marvel of China’s Beipanjiang Bridge.
Until this summer, Japan's Kokonoe Yume was the longest suspension bridge in the world. The newly built Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge in Switzerland just stole that title. Measuring 1,621 feet ...