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| Three Countries Bridge | The camping are is just the other side of this small inlet. Note the nmeaningful road sign. |
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| Shady but crowded camping ground. | We found some space behind the office block, Wendy waving. |
| Neil & Wendy Cycle Scotland & France 2018 | ||
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| Basle, France | ||
| 15th June 2018 | ||
| Wendy hadn't been well for a few days so we delayed our departure from Zurich and eventually decided to catch a train to Basle and start our riding from there. We arrived late in the afternoon and headed for the camping area. It was situated in the corner of Basle where France, Germany and Switzerland all meet. The railway station is in Switzerland , from there we rode down to the Rhine and followed it north towards the Three Countries Bridge, crossing the border into Germany along the way. On crossing the bridge we were in France and just a few hundred yards from the camping area. We checked in ( when I say we I mean Wendy) and found a spot , pitched our tents and Wendy lay down whilst I had a look around.
The Three Countries Bridge (German: Dreiländerbrücke, French: La passerelle des Trois Pays) is an arch bridge which crosses the Rhine between the commune of Huningue (France) and Weil am Rhein (Germany), within the Basel (Switzerland) metropolitan area. It is the world's longest single-span bridge dedicated exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists. Its overall length is 248 metres (813 ft 8 in) and its main span is 229.4 metres (752 ft 7 in). Its name comes from the bridge's location between France, Germany and Switzerland (which is about 200 metres (660 ft) distant). The first crossing at this place was built for Huningue Castle and was destroyed by French troops in 1797. The Three Countries Bridge is located at the exact spot where, on 20 October 1944, the Huningue pontoon bridge was destroyed by Allied incendiary bombs. From then until the opening of Palmrainbrücke for road vehicles in 1979, the German federal highway number 532 ended at this point with a car ferry crossing. So as not to block the view from Place Abbatucci (Huningue central square) along the Rue de France and across the river to Weil-am-Rhein Hauptsrasse on the opposite side (and vice versa); the bridge is built just north of the line of these roads.
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