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| # | Name | Country | main span |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pottenstein Skywalk | Germany | 100 m |
| 2 | Bitterfeld Arch | Germany | 70 m |
| 3 | skywalk allgäu Observation Tower | Germany | 40 m |
| 4 | Rantenbach Footbridge | Austria | 24 m |
| 5 | Grand Canyon Skywalk | USA | 21 m |
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Glacier Skywalk in Canada’s Jasper National Park
Since May 2014, Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada, features a spectacular highlight for visitors: the Glacier Skywalk. The skywalk is a visitor platform with a glass floor on a steel frame structure that extends from a cliff at a h ... [more]
Tamed, but not tame
The name AlpspiX depicts a spectacular viewing platform about 1,000 m over the Hell Valley, being opposite of Germany’s highest mountain, the Zugspitze. Two light platforms protrude in the shape of an X into the abyss. However, in case of purposeful movements of th ... [more]
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Literature
- Aussichtsplattform in Bonsecours, Belgien. In: Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail, v. 47, n. 7-8 ( 2007), pp. 798.
- (2010): Bergspitze mit Blickbeziehungen. Die Aussichtsplattform »Alpspix« am Osterfelderkopf. In: [ Umrisse ], v. 10, n. 6 ( 2010), pp. 28.
- (2016): Deutschlands höchste Aussichtsplattform - Der Testturm in Rottweil. In: (2016): Ingenieurbaukunst 2017. Ernst & Sohn, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 9783433031674, pp. 104-109.
- (2004): Fußgängerbrücke mit Aussichtsplattform in der neuen Flußlandschaft an der Rodach. In: Stahlbau, v. 73, n. 5 (May 2004), pp. 312-316.
- (2021): Die Glasstrukturen der Aussichtsplattform „Edge“. In: ce/papers, v. 4, n. 5 (November 2021), pp. 49-60.
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