The Nietz

These are pretty cool.  I’ve always loved when trees are ‘trained’ to become chairs, or even houses, but this takes it to a new level of function, the tree roots are woven together to create a living bridge

The root bridges, some of which are over a hundred feet long, take ten to fifteen years to become fully functional, but they’re extraordinarily strong – strong enough that some of them can support the weight of fifty or more people at a time.

Some may be over 500 years old.

Source: [Living root bridges]

via: [Make], [neatorama]