Erasmus Bridge
The Erasmus Bridge is a bridge in the city of Rotterdam. The bridge was the second bridge built over the Maas river. The bridge is named after Desiderius Erasmus who was born in Rotterdam.[3] The bridge connects the northern and southern parts of Rotterdam.[4] The bridge was designed by Ben van Berkel. Queen Beatrix opened the bridge in 1996.[4] The bridge is a 802-metre (2,631-foot) long cable-stayed bridge. It is 139 metres (456 ft) high. Between the pillar and the district "Kop Van Zuid" is a 89-metre (292-foot) long bascule Bridge (it lifts to allow ships to pass under it). The Erasmusbridge has the biggest and heaviest bascule bridge in Europe.[5] The bridge was used in events such as 2010 Tour de France, Rotterdam Marathon and The World Port Days.
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| Other name(s) | De Zwaan (The Swan) |
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| Construction end | 1996 |
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Erasmus Bridge Media
The bent pylon of the Erasmus Bridge with 16 pairs of front stay cables and 2 sets of back stay cables; back stay cables attached at the minimal height of the third front stay, limiting the cantilever of the upper front cables at the top of the pylon.
Two box girder spines & transverse sections under the deck of the Erasmus bridge
Panorama of the bridge. From left to right in the background are the New Luxor Theatre (nl), the regional headquarters of KPN, Montevideo (highrise) and the World Port Center (highrise)
Erasmusbrug: cable-stayed and bascule bridge
The bascule section raised, one set backstay in left foreground
Detail of pylon from the bridge
Rotterdam Erasmusbrug from above looking east
Erasmus Bridge from the East
Erasmus Bridgebrug and the Kop van Zuid
Erasmus Bridge at night seen from the Euromast in 2012
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References
- ↑ erasmusbrug
- ↑ cvspdfdocs
- ↑ Lionel Browne, Bridges: Masterpieces of Architecture (New York, NY: Smithmark, 1996), p. 78
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Erasmus Bridge Rotterdam". Holland.com. n.d. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ↑ Haselager (n.d.). "Erasmus Bridge". TravBuddy LLC. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
