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.

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The Inca Bridge (trunk bridge)

The Inca Bridge (rope bridge)

References

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.
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.

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)

★ DeLange, ''Machu Picchu Ruins'', "Inca Bridge" – Definition, and two pictures (close-ups of the trunk bridge)
; Sources consulted (rope bridge)

★ Encyclopædia Britannica, ''Hispanic Heritage in the Americas'', "Machu Picchu" – Mentions the Inca Bridge twice.
; Endnotes