German footbridge offers dizzying walk over river valley

People walk across the newly opened cable suspension bridge at the Rappbode dam near Ruebeland, Germany, on Sunday. (Matthias Bein/dpa via AP)

FRANKFURT, Germany: A footbridge offering a dizzying walk over a scenic valley in northern Germany has opened.
The dpa news agency reports that the operator, Harzadrenalin, opened the 458-meter (1,500-foot) bridge to visitors on Sunday. Adult visitors are charged 6 euros ($6.58) to cross the 1.20-meter (about 4-foot) wide bridge high over the Rappbode River and alongside a large dam.
The Austrian firm HTB took almost 10 months to construct the bridge. Harzadrenalin didn’t reveal the cost.
Harzadrenalin says the bridge is longer than a 440-meter (1,445-foot) footbridge crossing the Krasnaya Polyana valley near Sochi, Russia.