Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: covered bridge

The easiest way to reach the Swiss village Rheinau, located at a bend of the Rhine River, from Swiss Schaffhausen, is, as the Rhine forms the Swiss-German border here, to enter Germany and cross this covered bridge, that links Rheinau to the German village Altenburg. The right side of a river is Swiss, the left German.

A Roman bridge, crossing the river Ticino, existed here over centuries. In 1354 this "covered bridge" replaced the old construction. This bridge got heavily damaged end of WWII - and collapsed in 1947. The new bridge, rebuilt in the early 1950 is based on the previous one.