Mursteg

On the Mursteg looking East towards the Altstadt (Old City, i.e. historic center) 

Mursteg and Murinsel seen from Erzherzog Johann Bridge 

Erich-Edegger Steg (Mursteg) Looking west across the river 

Rusting love locks 

Lovers' pad-locks on railing of Erzherzog Johann Bridge 

Crossing the River Mur on via the pedestrian bridge
View from below (Murinsel) 

Award-winning ped-bike mobility project 

Erich Edegger Steg Pedestrian & Bicycle bridge over River Mur - Lend District

Minoriten Church seen across River Mur  from East end of the Mursteg 

Erich Edegger Steg pedestrian bridge over River Mur - Lend District 

Looking toward Schlossberg / Uhrturm from ped-bike bridge 

Mursteg users

Edegger Steg with Murinsel behind it 

Inselcafe - Island Cafe performance venue on artificial floating island in the River Mur

Grazer Murinsel

Tegetthoffbrücke Mur Bridge named for 19th century naval commander of Austria-Hungary

Tegetthoffbrücke over Mur River

named for Austrian Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (1827–1871) 

Street musicians on Tegetthoff Bridge over River Mur

Mursteg pedestrian walkway over river Mur and island cafe

The Erich Edegger Steg and the Murinsel are both located between Erzherzog Johann Bridge (to the South) and Kepler Bridge (to the North) and provide alternative options to get across the Mur River on foot (or bike).

Snail-shell shaped Murinsel - Floating cafe on River Mur at Graz

Mursteg - Pedestrian Crossing over Mur River

PEDESTRIAN MUR CROSSINGS 

The Edegger Steg crosses the river at street level.  It allows pedestrians to reach the Mariahilferplatz -- and the West side of the City farther afield -- from the area defined by  Schlossbergplatz, Dreifaltigkeitskirche, Palais Attems, and the Kastner & Oehler Department Store complex, which encompasss several old buildings and courtyards between Sackstrasse and the Eastern embankment of the River Mur. 

To cross the Mur via the Murinsel, you have to descend to the Mur Promenade level, i.e. the lower bank. Connected with metal gangways on both sides, the Murinsel floats on the water and provides opportunity for respite in a cafe and in a play area that is shaped like a small amphitheater. 

If you don't have time to sip a coffee sitting in this unique spot literally on the water, you can simply enjoy a river crossing on foot of the highly unconventional kind. You will no doubt get to share the experience with tourists from many other places; for the Murinsel, like the Kunsthaus and the Schlossberg, is not a place to be missed even if the visit to the City of Graz should be short, and the itinerary limited. 

Murinsel and Edegger Mursteg - two alternative options to cross the Mur River in Graz

Murinsel with walkways at dusk - with blue illumination

The Mur River at Graz

The Mur River 

The River Mur dissects Graz into two parts: East and West. It originates in Salzburg and its waters flow all the way to the Black Sea. Within city limis it is crossed by a number of unremarkable street bridges and by two less conventional crossings reserved for pestrians and cyclists exclusively: A narrow pedestrian and bicycle bridge named after the late Erich Edegger, a local leader and earlier promoter of alternative transit by bike; and by the East and West gangways  that connect the Murinsel to the embankments on both sides of the river. The Murinsel has the shape of a coil and the appearance of an island, but it is actually a floating strucure that rises and sinks with the changing water level of the river depending on the weather patterns and levels of precipitation upstream.  

Pedestrian Mur crossings: Mursteg and Murinsel

Murinsel close up with Edegger Steg in the background (looking South)

Couples' love locks on the Erzherzog Johann Bridge -
 The keys are presumably at the river bottom below, never-ever to be retrieved.

Murinsel: Artificial island on river Mur with café in historic centre of City of Graz

Murinsel - man-made island on river Mur at dusk