Willemsbrug
Sign in to savethumb|The Willemsbrug as seen from the Witte Huis The Willemsbrug (English: "William Bridge") is a bridge next to the Erasmusbrug in the centre of Rotterdam, Netherlands, spanning the Nieuwe Maas. It links the northern part of the city with the Noordereiland and (in combination with the Koninginnebrug) the district of Feijenoord.
Key facts
- Bridge.native_name_lang
- nl
- Bridge.bridge_name
- William Bridge
- Bridge.native_name
- Willemsbrug
- Bridge.image
- Rotterdam, Willemsbrug foto8 2010-11-28 13.40.JPG
- Bridge.image_size
- 140px
- Bridge.crosses
- Nieuwe Maas
- Bridge.locale
- Rotterdam
- Bridge.architect
- Cor Veerling (Gemeentewerken)
- Bridge.design
- Cable-stayed bridge
- Bridge.length
- 318m
- Bridge.width
- 33m
- Bridge.height
- 65m
- Bridge.mainspan
- 270m
- Bridge.preceded
- Willemsbrug (1879)
- Bridge.mapframe zoom
- 14
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thumb|The Willemsbrug as seen from the Witte Huis The Willemsbrug (English: "William Bridge") is a bridge next to the Erasmusbrug in the centre of Rotterdam, Netherlands, spanning the Nieuwe Maas. It links the northern part of the city with the Noordereiland and (in combination with the Koninginnebrug) the district of Feijenoord.
The bridge was completed in 1981, designed by C. Veerling and named after King Willem III of the Netherlands. It replaced an older bridge that had been opened in 1879 but was severely outdated by the time the decision was made to build a new one. Because of the intensity of the traffic using the old bridge, it was decided to build the new one 150 metres upstream to avoid upsetting the daily flow of traffic across the river. After the completion of the new bridge, the old one was demolished.