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Slauerhoffbrug "Flying" Drawbridge

Posted January 04, 2010 12:14 PM

From OhGizmo!:

Not only does this cantilevered drawbridge known as the Slauerhoffbrug in Leeuwarden, Netherlands look pretty amazing when it's hoisting a section of the bridge into the air to let boats through, but I have to assume/desperately hope it doubles as a gigantic catapult when traffic is slow. Unfortunately something tells me that pesky 'public safety' issue would put a kibosh on those plans though.

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01/04/2010 6:55 PM

Interesting to find out how that design came to be......

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01/05/2010 12:56 AM

See http://blogmyway.org/bv2/loverbox/2009/12/21/bridges-in-the-world/ for at least one other similar bridge in the Netherlands, plus a bunch of unusual ones elsewhere!

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Re: Slauerhoffbrug "Flying" Drawbridge

01/09/2010 11:36 PM

I don't think it would be a catapult... more like a trebuchet... maybe the CR4 Trebuchet crowd could tell us how far it could throw a car? :)

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