Alla Luna Footbridge

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Alla Luna Footbridge
Ponte alla Luna
Sasso di Castalda, Potenza, Italy
(312) feet high / (95) meters high
(984) foot span / (300) meter span
2017

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Italy's largest public footbridge span, the Alla Luna Footbridge opened in 2017 as the most spectacular tourist attraction within the small mountain town of Sasso di Castalda. The "Bridge of the Moon" theme celebrates Italian rocket engineer Rocco Petrone who worked on the famous Saturn 5 rocket that sent many American astronauts to the moon.

The hiking route includes the 300 meter long Alla Luna Footbridge as well as the shorter 93 meter long Petracca (Prova) Footbridge that is approximately 30 meters high. At the south end of the Alla Luna span there is also a Sky Walk glass viewing platform. This is a Tibet-style footbridge with an open floor that requires guests to wear equipment that latches onto an overhead wire for safety. Although some sources have the height as 102 meters the deck is probably more in the 95 meter height range.

You can visit the official Alla Luna Footbridge website: https://www.pontetibetanosassodicastalda.com/

Rocco Petrone graduated from MIT in Massachusetts and went on to design rockets in Huntsville, Alabama before moving on to work in Florida at the giant Vehicle Assembly Building where he became the director of launch operations guiding many Apollo moon missions. He was also involved with the famous Apollo-Soyuz orbit meeting as well as becoming the director of the Marshall Space Flight Center.


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Alla Luna Footbridge satellite image.


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Alla Luna Footbridge location map.


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