Via-Mala

Via-Mala, a remarkable gorge in the Swiss canton of Grisons, on the course of the Farther Rhine (see RHINE). The roadway (1823) is carried for nearly 2 miles partly in half-open galleries, partly in a tunnel; the rock-walls on either hand rising to 1600 feet, and sometimes but a few feet apart. The road crosses the river three times by bridges, and is about 160 feet above the river.