Timber bridge

It is the oldest wooden covered bridge in Europe, and one of Switzerland's main tourist attractions.

Today, timber bridges are promoted as environmentally friendly, and as a way to protect water quality and the habitat along waterways.

[3] The passing of TBI and ISTEA by the US Congress has provided an impetus to identify and develop standard designs for timber bridges, which the US Forest Service has done.

[4] The US Forest Service has designed standardized plans for timber bridge superstructures made of treated lumber.

Wood laminated by stress, glued, dowels, or nails lumber are good for panel bridges.

Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden , a modern bridge on the route of one of the oldest known timber bridges.