Auguetbrücke, Wooden footbridge over Aare River near Bern, Switzerland.
Auguetbrücke is a wooden footbridge with traditional truss construction that crosses the Aare River and links the municipalities of Muri bei Bern and Belp. The structure uses building methods that were common in Switzerland for bridges of this type.
The bridge was begun in spring 1835 and completed in summer 1836 as the Hunzigenbrücke, replacing four Aare ferries between Thun and Bern that could no longer handle growing freight traffic. It carried the road linking the districts of Konolfingen and Seftigen on three timber pile piers. After 136 years a concrete bridge built for the N6 motorway connection made it redundant, and in 1974 it was moved about five kilometres downstream to Auguet.
The name Auguetbrücke comes from the Auguet site, where the bridge was placed in 1974; it was built as Hunzigenbrücke at Hunzigenau. A plaque on the bridge records the 1835 construction date, the 1973–74 relocation and restoration, the new name and federal protection. The old tollhouse still marks the original crossing site.
The bridge stands about five kilometres downstream of the original Hunzigen crossing, between Muri bei Bern and Belp. It is open to pedestrians and, since May 2025, to cyclists, closing a gap in the cantonal cycle network. Warning signs at the piers mark dangerous currents and eddies in the Aare.
The structure bears a commemorative plaque recording its construction and relocation dates along with its protected cultural property status. This marker makes the story of its move visible and clear to every visitor.
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