A 65-metre covered wooden bridge across the Reuss, originally built in 1544 and rebuilt several times after fires and floods — most recently after a 1951 collapse. The two spans meet on a stone pier in midstream that has carried the crossing here for over 800 years; this was the lowest practical bridging point on the Reuss between Bern and Zurich, and the medieval city's wealth came from controlling it.
The bridge is open to pedestrians and cyclists; cars use the modern bridge alongside. Walk it twice, once each way — the upstream views and the views back at the old town are quite different. Two small painted chapels are set into the bridge mid-span, dating from the seventeenth century.