Is It a Giant Spatula or a Drawbridge?

Say you want to build a drawbridge but you need the operations on the side of the road so as not to interrupt the flow of traffic. Your answer is the Slauerhoffbrug, or Flying Drawbridge, located in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Built in 2000, this bridge is a hydraulic cantilevered drawbridge that consists of a single giant arm that swings upward, pulling the middle of the bridge through 90 degrees. There are a number of images of the bridge available on Google but this site has a pretty good collection in one place.

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Posted By: Nethie - Mon Jan 04, 2010
Category: Buildings and Other Structures

Comments

European bridges in general, and Dutch ones in particular, are always interesting to look at. This one looks a lot as though it was designed by Wile E. Coyote, though!

Posted by TheCannyScot in Atlanta, GA on 01/04/10 at 07:49 AM

really cool nethie! definitely not just another cookie cutter design.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 01/04/10 at 03:43 PM

i think that dreaming of giant pancakes indicates you may have been smoking some killer weed mw! 😉

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 01/04/10 at 09:38 PM

I think it just made me want to go to IHOP.

Posted by Nethie on 01/04/10 at 09:39 PM

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