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Rangthylliang 1 root bridge is a living root bridge in Cherrapunji region, Meghalaya, northeast India. It is considered to be the longest living root bridge, at over 50 metres (160 ft) in length. [1] [2] The bridge, named after the village of Rangthylliang, where various other root bridges can also be found, [1] is situated 30 metres (98 ft ...
Umshiang Double-Decker Root Bridge in 2015. Umshiang Double-Decker Root Bridge is a living root bridge in Meghalaya, India. It can be reached via trekking 45 kilometres (28 mi), or 6500 steps, from Cherrapunji. There is also a waterfall nearby. [1] Due to tourism, the health of the root bridge has degraded. [2] Meghalaya presented the root ...
Kongthong is a popular tourist destination known for the panoramic picturesque views and the unique culture of inhabitants who use the whistled language "Jingrwai Iawbei" and build the remarkable living root bridges. Tourists and language researchers from several nations, including America, Germany, and Japan flock here.
A root bridge in Burma Village, East Khasi Hills, being developed without the aid of a scaffold (2016) Some living root bridges are created entirely by manipulating the roots of the rubber fig tree by hand, and without the aid of a scaffolding or any other natural or human-made materials. [15]
[1] The hybrid bridge of Nongriat. Nongriat is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya State, in north-eastern India. [2] It is perhaps best known for its living root bridges; one an impressive double-decker suspension bridge called Jingkieng Nongriat. [2] The village has three functional root bridges. [3]
The tree bridges take about 10 to 15 years to fully grow, and because these are made out of living trees, they are constantly growing and becoming stronger. Some of them even reach over 100 feet long.
There are some interesting living root bridges in villages near Sohra like the Umshiang root bridge, Mawsaw root bridge, Ritymmen root bridge, and the Double Decker root bridge at Nongriat village. The Shillong Plateau is an uplifted horst-like feature, bounded by the E-W Main Boundary Thrust (MBT) to the North, the N–S Jamuna fault in the ...
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