Inca Bridge

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Inca Bridge
Inca Bridge

The Inca Bridge or Inka Bridge seems to be the name or nickname of two places related to accesses of Machu Picchu, in Peru.


One of the two was built by the Incas as a secret entrance to Machu Picchu for the Inca army.[1]

[edit] The Inca Bridge (trunk bridge)

The Inca Bridge is a part of a mountain trail in part cut into the cliff, a stone path that heads west from Machu Picchu in Peru.[2] A twenty-foot gap was left in this section of the carved cliff edge[3], over a 1,900 feet drop[3], that could be bridged with two tree trunks, else leaving the trail impassable to outsiders.[4]

[edit] The Inca Bridge (rope bridge)

The Inca Bridge is an ancient Inca rope bridge[5] out of Machu Picchu in Peru, crossing the Urubamba River south-east of Cuzco in the Pongo de Mainique.

It was damaged by a forest fire in August 1997, but restored afterward.[5]

[edit] References

Sources consulted (trunk bridge)
Sources consulted (rope bridge)
Endnotes
  1. ^ PeruPeruPeru.com (2007). "Day 19: Machu Picchu / Cusco". Peru The Grand Tour, 21 Days 20 Nights (travel agency). Retrieved on 2007-08-18. “[...] hike Huayna Picchu the pyramid-shape mountain above Machu Picchu, walk to the Inca Bridge a secret entrance used by the Inca's army, or toward the Inca Trail to find the historic Sun Gate.”
  2. ^ MachuPicchuPeru (2006-01-26). "Machu Picchu". Machu Picchu 2006. Retrieved on 2008-08-18. “[Inca Bridge photograph] Inca Bridge - carved into the cliff”
  3. ^ a b DeLange, op. cit.
  4. ^ Dunn, Jerry Camarillo, Jr. (2007 online). "Machu Picchu". How Stuff Works.com, Travel, Destinations. Retrieved on 2008-08-18. “The famous Inca Bridge is located along an ever-narrowing mountain trail that, at some places, is cut into a sheer cliff. The builders cleverly left a gap in a buttressed section of the trail that they could bridge with two logs. As needed, the logs could be removed to make the road impassable to outsiders.”
  5. ^ a b Encyclopædia Britannica, op.cit.


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