Owing to the presence of the River Ticino, cycle and pedestrian bridges have become a true landscape element in Bellinzona and its surroundings. Within a few kilometers there are at least five of them, all architecturally differently structured but with the same traffic reducing functionality.
Featuring metal and wooden planking, the footbridge Mount Carasso-Bellinzona is formed by two circular sections supported, in the floodplain, by concrete columns and, in the part that overlooks the Ticino river bed, by an inclined arch with radial tie rods. Its walking surface is made up of a wooden board, while the railing flanking the whole walkway is in stainless steel. The complex geometry of the structure, with a total length of 200 m and a weight of 210 tons, makes the cycle and pedestrian bridge Mount Carasso-Bellinzona an eye-catching architectural attraction in the midst of nature.
