Kajetansbrücke, Stone arch bridge in Pfunds, Austria.
Kajetansbrücke is a stone arch bridge over the Inn in the municipality of Pfunds, Tyrol, listed as a Tyrolean cultural monument under inventory number 83584. Its 40-metre span carries the B180 Reschenstraße, and the arch rises 18 metres. The original wooden arch over the river opening, framed by stone arches on both sides, was replaced in 1956–1957 by a reinforced concrete arch.
This bridge was built in 1854 under architect Carl Ritter von Ghega and has connected the area ever since. Major changes in the 1950s added modern concrete reinforcements to the original stone construction.
The bridge is named after Cajetan von Bissingen-Nippenburg, the imperial governor of Tyrol when the structure was planned. From the bridge, the Roman Via Claudia Augusta continues as a hiking trail to Altfinstermünz, where the old road from the Reschen Pass crossed the Inn and a customs post stood until it was moved to Martina in 1779.
The B180 road crosses the bridge; the Via Claudia Augusta long-distance trail runs from here to Altfinstermünz, and a forest road just above the bridge climbs to the Radurschlalm and the Hohenzollernhaus. The bridge deck is 40 m long, with an 18 m arch above the Inn.
The bridge is a protected Tyrolean cultural monument, listed under inventory number 83584. Just above it, a forest road branches off toward the Radurschlalm alpine pasture and the Hohenzollernhaus, both reachable from the Pfunds side.
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