Show hibernating bridge the St effenbach bridge of the furka oberalp railway is one of the most unique spans of its kind in switzerland for every year in fall as soon as the line shuts down for the winter it is removed from the destructive path of the stef ferbach avalanche when this scenic line was built before the war a solid stone viaduct had been provided for this particular crossing of the furka reuss in the ur se seren ren valley in 1915 an ava avalanche lanche s swept w ept the bridge away in 1926 a sp span an which can be folded the winter to protect it from the elements and mounted aga again in i III in the spring was placed across t the he St effenbach |