The footbridge of the Three Countries (in German: Dreiländerbrücke ) is a Pont which crosses the the Rhine between the towns of Huningue (France) and of Weil-amndts-Rhein (Germany). It holds the world records of the longest footbridge reserved to the pedestrians and for the bicycles.

Its name comes from its localization between the France, the Germany and the Suisse (which is to a hundred meters of the bridge).

Features

• 238 m of range
• 7,8 m with draft
• 24,75 m in its point highest
• 1.012 tons of steel
• 1.798 m3 of concrete
• 805 m of cables of 30 and 60 mms diameter

History

The bridge was assembled in the vicinity, on the port of Huninge, then towed on a few hundred meters on the Rhine to be posed on its bases on November 26th, 2006. Accessible since March 30th, 2007, the footbridge was officially inaugurated in the night of the June 30th at July 1st, 2007.

The cost of the footbridge rises with nearly 9 million euros of which:

• 1.689.000 euros of the European Union
• 2.592.000 of the Land Bade-Wurtemberg
• 998.000 of the town of Weil amndt Rhein
• 3.725.000 of France including 1.900.000 euros of the community of communes of the Three Borders.

Notes and sources

External bonds

• Site of the city Huningue
• the footbridge on the site of Feichtinger Architects

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