Inca Bridge

The Inca Bridge or Inka Bridge seems to be the name or nickname of two places related to accesses of Machu Picchu, in Peru.

One of the two was built by the Incas as a secret entrance to Machu Picchu for the Inca army.Cite web
author = PeruPeruPeru.com
date = 2007
title = "Day 19: Machu Picchu / Cusco"
work = Peru The Grand Tour, 21 Days 20 Nights (travel agency)
url = http://www.peruperuperu.com/peru_travel_planner/peru_the_grand_tour_20n.htm
accessdate = 2007-08-18
quote = [...] hike Huayna Picchu the pyramid-shape mountain above Machu Picchu, walk to the Inca Bridge a secret entrance used by the Inca's army, or toward the Inca Trail to find the historic Sun Gate.

The Inca Bridge (trunk bridge)

The Inca Bridge is a part of a mountain trail in part cut into the cliff, a stone path that heads west from Machu Picchu in Peru.Cite web
author = MachuPicchuPeru
date = 2006-01-26
title = "Machu Picchu"
work = Machu Picchu 2006
url = http://www.xanga.com/machupicchuperu/435868628/machu-picchu.html
accessdate = 2008-08-18
quote = [Inca Bridge photograph] Inca Bridge - carved into the cliff A twenty-foot gap was left in this section of the carved cliff edgeDeLange, op. cit., over a 1,900 feet drop, that could be bridged with two tree trunks, else leaving the trail impassable to outsiders.Cite web
author = Dunn, Jerry Camarillo, Jr.
date = 2007 online
title = "Machu Picchu"
work = How Stuff Works.com, Travel, Destinations
url = http://travel.howstuffworks.com/machu-picchu-landmark.htm
accessdate = 2008-08-18
quote = The famous Inca Bridge is located along an ever-narrowing mountain trail that, at some places, is cut into a sheer cliff. The builders cleverly left a gap in a buttressed section of the trail that they could bridge with two logs. As needed, the logs could be removed to make the road impassable to outsiders.

The Inca Bridge (rope bridge)

The Inca Bridge is an ancient Inca rope bridgeEncyclopædia Britannica, op.cit. out of Machu Picchu in Peru, crossing the Urubamba River south-east of Cuzco in the Pongo de Mainique.

It was damaged by a forest fire in August 1997, but restored afterward.

References

; Sources consulted (trunk bridge)

* [http://www.delange.org/MachuPicchu4/MachuPicchu4.htm DeLange, "Machu Picchu Ruins", "Inca Bridge"] – Definition, and two pictures (close-ups of the trunk bridge)

; Sources consulted (rope bridge)

* [http://www.britannica.com/hispanic_heritage/article-9049747 Encyclopædia Britannica, "Hispanic Heritage in the Americas", "Machu Picchu"] – Mentions the Inca Bridge twice.

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