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Only One Hanging Bridge is Punalur Suspension Bridge in Kollam. This bridge in the World was built by Albert Henry, a Scottish Engineer, across the Kallada River in the year 1877. It completed more than six years. This bridge was made for vehicle movements and was made by suspending huge spans.Story goes that people were hesitant to walk on the bridge and hence the engineer and his family passed under the bridge in a country boat while six elephants walked on the bridge to gain the trust of the people.The bridge was constructed with the aim of preventing wild animals intruding the human settlements of Punalur which was then covered with dense thick forest on one side. A concrete bridge would allow the animals to pass, but a suspension bridge would not. This is because of the fact that the bridge would start shaking if someone passed on it and this will scare the wild animals away. The bridge is supported by four deep wells, and the iron rods of the bridge are connected to the clips in the well. Each of these wells is about 100 feet deep.This ancient hanging bridge of Kerala is built of linked bar chains which are bolted with huge nuts and steel rod hangers which joins the chains with the deck. Two pillars supports the chains which inturn supports the deck. The chains runs through the top part of the pillars and the deck is laid through the pillars and supported at both ends of the bridge . The bridge is said to be a non-cement construction.Inside one of the Four wells on both sides of the hanging bridge. The two ends of the twin steel bar chains which supports the bridge are anchored into these wells. The chains are made to pass through the pillar tops, basements on Asramam Adventure Park, Asramam children's park, Adventure park Kollam, asramam children's park, Kollam adventure park, Kollam tourist places, Near by places, Important places in Kerala, Important places at Kollam, Most visited places at Kollam, Famous places at Kollam, Most famous places in Kerala, Top 10 places at Kollam, Top 100 tourist places in Kerala, Famous tourist places at Kollam, bridge entrances and finally fixed deep inside these wells. It would be possible that the wells are interconnected for weight distribution but this is not a surety though. Travellers can book the Punalur Suspension Bridge visit through Tourkicks custom plan.