The Paul Sauer Bridge, also known as the Storms River Bridge, is a deck arch bridge over the Storms River in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The bridge is located on the Garden Route section of National Route 2, between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth.
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Continuing our journey ahead from PE (Port Elizabeth), Storms River Bridge is another stunning piece of beautifully marveled bridge (designed by Italian Riccardo Morandi) is a state of art piece of work.
Storms River Bridge is a deck arch bridge over the Storms River named as Paul Sauer Bridge named after Paul Sauer. This bridge compliments the Bloukrans Bridge 26 km west of the Storms River Bridge. It spans 100 meters and sits 120 meters above the river.
Arch was divided into four semi-arches which were built with climbing formwork in an essentially vertical position on opposite sides of the gorge. These were then rotated and lowered into position in pairs to meet at the center, thus forming the completed arch structure.
There is a pedestrian walkway next to the bridge which offers views down into the gorge from both sides of the bridge. There are number of adventurous activities offered in the area, you can engage in 80 m cliff face into the Gorge below the bridge, engage in black water tubing in the storms river at the base of the Gorge or ride a 22 km mountain bike trail through forests and plantations to the mouth of the river (eastern bank).
Truly a spectacular piece of work, It's one of my favorite place in the garden route and always been a spot in my repeat...
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Pleasant experience with the family. The hike to the bridge is moderate and has a bit of a steep incline at certain points. Would recommend taking some water with. The trail is neat and you are serounded with natural beuty with the occasional bird here and there chirping on your way to the bridge. There are two main trails to the bridge one bridges off from the other a bit sooner. I would recommend this trail for those who are not as fit, on the way back. The other has a rather steap decent and makes for a rather steap accent on the way back. A moderate to slow pace would be best. I would also recommend going early morning as to enjoy the experience before the busses full of tourists get there. Ps. Be sure to make your own rock stack once you reach the other end of the suspension bridge. You will see a whale scull washed up on the rocky beach where people have started to stack their rocks. I quite enjoyed partaking in the "ritual" and stacked my own rocks. I would recommended a visit as it provides astonishing views of the ocean and the...
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This has always been one of my favourite stops on the garden route. There's something special about this place. The views from the bridge are stunning. You can also walk underneath the bridge. Baboons are usually present. It's a great petrol stop and has a Steers, Mug and Bean as well as a Total shop.
On to the toilets. These use to be very clean, but have deteriorated in recent months. I was previously there in April and noticed it wasn't quite to it's usual standards. Now it is almost December and I was rather taken aback by what I found. The place is in need of attention. There are still beautiful pots of fresh flowers in the lady's room, but this doesn't make up for wet floors, broken toilet paper containers (they all seemed to have the outside part removed), empty soap containers. The once clean toilets use to be something one could always count on, but no more. Something needs to be done. The holiday season is already upon us and the place...
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