Mill Bridge: Detail, the small chapel at midpoint

Lucerne is unique in the fact that its three wooden pedestrian bridges, the 14th century Hofbr\u00FCcke (now destroyed) and Kapellbr\u00FCcke and the Spreuerbr\u00FCcke, all featured painted interior triangular frames. The Spreuerbr\u00FCcke (1407), now the oldest intact bridge (after the 1993 fire on the Kapellbr\u00FCcke), is roofed and decorated with some 56 paintings, scenes from the Dance of Death, by Kaspar Meglinger dating from 1626-1635. It has a small chapel at midpoint, added in 1568. Originally, it connected M\u00FChlenplatz (the town mills) and Pfistergasse (the baker's quarter). The bridge zigzags instead of being in one straight line.