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May 11, 2021

Crews float arch bridge into place in Rotterdam

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A 656-foot-long bridge took a slow cruise through the heart of Rotterdam on Monday, heading for its new home near the city's busy port area.

The Suurhoff Bridge was floating on pontoons that were pushed and pulled by tug boats past a series of other bridges on the Maas River that bisects Rotterdam, in a meticulously planned, hours-long operation.


 
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