The 5m bright red bridge is the work of environmental artist Steve Messam and is made from 22,000 sheets of paper specially created for the project by James Cropper of Paper Mill Cumbria. Instead of using any fixings, it relies on the principles used in the dry-stone walls and packhorse bridges that dot the Lake District. 

Once the 10 days are up, all the paper will then be returned to Cropper’s paper mill for recycling.

It has been built at a spot at the Grisedale Valley that can be accessed by two separate paths, each involving round walk of about 8km.  The bridge is at OS grid ref NY 362 144.