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Willems Bridge

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Willems Bridge

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Location: Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

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1. Erasmus Bridge – Willemsbrug loop from Beurs

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2. Erasmus Bridge – Oude Haven Rotterdam loop from Stadhuis

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3. Old Harbor, Rotterdam – View of the Kralingse Plas loop from Rotterdam Blaak

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Gerard Potuijt 🚶‍♂️

February 16, 2021

In 1927 the bridge was jacked up several meters and stripped of its ornaments. The bicycle and pedestrian path were also moved to the outside of the bridge, because the sharp increase in road traffic caused increasingly dangerous situations. Until the opening of the Maastunnel during the Second World War, the Willemsbrug was the westernmost fixed bank connection across the Maas, so that increasingly important international traffic also used this connection straight through the old center of Rotterdam.

The Willemsbrug played an important role during the Second World War. Marines from the nearby Marine Barracks on Oostplein defended this bridge and the adjacent railway bridge and quay 'Boompjes' since the German invasion on May 10, 1940. The resistance of the Dutch marines was much stronger than the Germans had expected. The Marines managed to hold back the advance of the German troops until the Germans decided to bomb the center of Rotterdam on May 14, 1940.

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Sascha

January 3, 2020

In addition to the Erasmusbrug and the Van Brienenoordbrug, the Willemsbrücke is one of the three large bridges in Rotterdam that cross the Nieuwe Maas. It is a 356-meter cable-stayed bridge standing on two large pylons.

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Bumble-Bee

June 2, 2020

Striking red bridge with great cycle paths on both sides.

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1. Erasmus Bridge – Willemsbrug loop from Beurs

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