Schöllenen Gorge

46°38′51″N 8°35′24″E / 46.64750°N 8.59000°E / 46.64750; 8.59000

Painting of the old bridge (built 1595, collapsed 1888), 1802 J. M. W. Turner
Current situation (October 2011) with the second (1830) and third (1958) bridge.

Schöllenen Gorge (German: Schöllenenschlucht; Schöllenen) is a gorge formed by the upper Reuss in the Swiss canton of Uri between the towns of Göschenen to the north and Andermatt to the south. It provides access to the St Gotthard Pass.

Enclosed by sheer granite walls, its road and railway require several spectacular bridges and tunnels, of which the most famous is a stone bridge known as the Teufelsbrücke ("Devil's Bridge").

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