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The bridge is located on the Garden Route section of National Route 2, between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. At a maximum height of 120 metres (394 ft) above the Storms River, it was the highest concrete arch in Africa until the Bloukrans Bridge, 216 metres (709 ft), opened on the same road in 1984. It is named after Paul Sauer.
The Suspension Bridge and Lookout Trail is an easy stroll that leads along the western side of the river mouth, past the Strandloper Cave to the suspension bridge across the mouth. On the other side of the bridge, there is a short but very steep climb to a lookout point from which there are fine views of the mouth and the camp.
"The Gourits River bridges". Civil Engineering. 14 (12). South African Institution Of Civil Engineering (SAICE): 393– 394. hdl:10520/AJA10212019_18069. ISSN 1021-2000. Liebenberg, Charles; Trümpelmann, Volker; Kratz, Rolf (April 1984). "Developments in bridge design, with special reference to concrete arch-type bridges in South Africa".
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The bridge will be closed for safety reasons if winds reach 135 kph (84 mph). The construction took two years and cost some 200 million Czech crowns ($8.3 million).
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Storms River (Afrikaans: Stormsrivier) is a river in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The river mouth is located in the Tsitsikamma National Park . [ 1 ] The 5 day Otter Trail starts at the Storms River mouth.
Other costs itemized in the 87-item winning bid included $350,000 for mobilization ... when $7.6 million was spent to replace Italian Bar Bridge spanning the San Joaquin River near Redinger Lake.