What is the name of the last remaining Inca rope bridge?

The last remaining Inca rope bridge is Qeswachaka, also spelled Q’eswachaka or Queshuachaca. It crosses the Apurímac River near Huinchiri in Peru’s Quehue District.

The bridge is made from ichu, a tough Andean grass. Local communities gather the grass, twist it into small cords, braid those cords into thick cables, and rebuild the bridge as a communal project each year. The renewal traditionally takes place in June, preserving both engineering techniques and social traditions inherited from the Inca era.

Qeswachaka formed part of the Inca road network, which connected distant regions across difficult mountain terrain. The Incas used rope suspension bridges because wheeled transport was not central to their system; pedestrians, llamas, soldiers, and chasqui messengers could cross instead.

Apurímac is the river crossed by the bridge, not its name. Sacsayhuaman is a monumental fortress and ceremonial complex near Cusco, while Chinchaychaka is not the canonical name of this surviving bridge.