Historic bridge in Netherlands to be partly dismantled to let through Jeff Bezos’ pleasure yacht

A historic steel bridge in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam is to be partly dismantled to allow a superyacht built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to pass. Bezos’s gigantic, 430-million-euro ($485m) yacht is too big for the iconic Koningshaven Bridge, which dates from 1878 and was rebuilt after being bombed by the Nazis in 1940 during the second world war.

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The shipyard building the three-masted mammoth in Alblasserdam, near Rotterdam, has asked the local council to remove the bridge’s central section so it can pass through.

The middle section of the huge steel-girdered historic bridge will be removed to give enough clearance for the 40-metre (130-foot) high boat.

Source: The Guardian