Etelänkylän Isosilta bridge

Bridge Isosilta

In Etelänkylä, you can cross the river along the oldest wooden Aframe bridge still in use in Finland. The bridge, completed in the spring of 1837, is a national road museum site. It is 77.5 meters long and 5.8 meters wide. Regular maintenance and repairs ensure the condition of the bridge – the latest repair made in 2018–2019. The 1987 studies revealed that the bridge still had original logs that had been supporting the bridge for 150 years at the time.

Read more:

• History of Etelänkylän Isosilta in Pyhäjoki (in Finnish)
• Pyhäjoen Etelänkylän isonsillan historia (PDF, in Finnish)