A new bridge in Oirschot (NL)

[@CoffeeBreakHQ]

Love how the citys aesthetics correlates well with the bridges design

[@KofelinaPL]

The local council should plant trees to prevent people from seeing inside of the houses.

[@BicycleDutch]

That is the plan indeed.

[@theGoogol]

Only solves the problem half of the year.

[@jolienvsndijk]

@@theGoogol a tree with branches but no leafs is still better than nothing blocking sight at all.

[@theGoogol]

@@jolienvsndijk : True but where I live, with a train track about 50 yards from my livingroom, in the winter my house is like a diorama for everyone to enjoy despite the trees, in the summer I live in total privacy. It's easier to see through stuff when you're moving due to parallax.

[@lowiebovens.]

And paid curtains or shutters....... hahaha.

[@Rayhid1956]

Wonderful and when the trees are all grown up, it's going to be more than a ride from one location to another with the trees giving a beautiful scenery around the new bridge.

[@jolienvsndijk]

Has there ever been a bridge construction that did not go overbudget?

[@mennoltvanalten7260]

This one time a guy needed to cross a ditch and happened to have a plank, so he put down that plank and walked over it. That bridge cost €0. That was the only bridge in history not overbudget.

[@marienhospers659]

I live nearby a bridge in Ens that actually was cheaper than first tought.

[@JasperJanssen]

TheMerkat55 no, every building project. It has nothing to do with who pays for it, corporate projects go overbuigen exactly the same.

[@thejaramogi1]

@@mennoltvanalten7260 why was he caring a plank? that costs energy!

[@tmnvanderberg]

Yes, but it's not reported in the news. Most projects are near their budget and just like many go over budget, a lot go under budget too

[@aadsmid]

Weer klasse gefilmd Marc! Mooie brug in een belangrijke verbinding.

[@woutertrieling4182]

Wow, I never expected to see Oirschot in my recommendations!

[@willemvangils2471]

Het is een mooi filmpje geworden!

[@cecilhenry9908]

The Dutch are so superior to everyone else in terms of basic design planning for good cycling infrastructure. Here in Canada we are literally like children in our even basic forethought for these issues. We need to learn from the Netherlands and use these methods!!!

[@far06c]

same here in the US

[@AbsolutelyRedundant]

@@far06c Check out 'Not Just Bikes' he makes good videos detailing those issues in even more depth.

[@far06c]

@@AbsolutelyRedundant way ahead of you.. I've seen almost every video of his... great channel!

[@AbsolutelyRedundant]

@@far06c I've watched all of them three times and counting! He truly does make great videos 😂

[@far06c]

@@AbsolutelyRedundant definitely. also makes me want to visit the Netherlands lol

[@nicolasignaciomerinonunez114]

Felicitaciones!!. I love to see your KZbin channel, you need more recognition 👏🏻👏🏻

[@sagancmbp]

Cool bridge and so peaceful presentation :)).

[@koderkanin9525]

Beautiful bridge. 🌄🌇

[@ytwos1]

It looks beautiful. A place that makes your life nicer. Love the industrial, bailey bridge look. Maybe it is too expensive for a local council but perhaps these projects should be funded on a national level too.

[@maten146]

You could just do this by letting the cyclists pay actually, it is much less expensive than car infrastructures.

[@Niels-3]

Cool bridge, I like the use of wood, but I'm not a fan of the color of the railings. Dark green would've blended in better with the surrounding greenery.

[@Jannesjeboy]

That would probably be too hard to see for people with bad vision during the night.

[@XEinstein]

In Autumn this bridge will look spectacular though with a backdrop of red, yellow and brown trees.

[@Niels-3]

@@Jannesjeboy Apparently there are LEDs in the railing so the color wouldn't matter

[@Giruno56]

I think the dark red gives a pleasent feel, even though it doesn't match the nature around it. It gives a clear, but subtle difference

[@jentulj9611]

It does not have to blend, the aim is to constrast it with its surrounding. It is conspicuous and could prevent head on collision with birds...

[@liamtahaney713]

That's seriously beautiful. .

[@Sam-is6xb]

That bridge got Oirschot from the 4 richest village in the Netherlands to the red numbers thanks bridge btw in Oirschot everybody is talking how shit that bridge is lmao

[@conssido356]

The smartest nation in the world! Number one in the world!

[@tompaah7503]

How does the wooden deck work with rain? My experience is that they can get quite slippery when a bit worn and then moistened by rain.

[@codex4046]

As you can see there are grooves with an insert in it which avoids that issue. I don't know this bridge in particular, but nearby where I live there is a way steeper bridge with similar wooden planks and inserts. It's been there for 30 years and it's not slippery at all

[@casperdktwo]

Codex 404 .

[@mayena5735]

It depends on the wood they used. For example Teak stays very grippy when wet and can withstand all kinds of weather conditions, that's why it is used in yaught design for example.

[@MM-vr8rj]

I have been in Oirschot many times. My parents married there. It's beautiful!

[@ilyo]

In Aarschot (BE) hebben we ook een mooie fiets- & wandelbrug over de spoorwegen, station Aarschot.

[@GerVlad]

I'm not Dutch, but if you are, do you think there were extra costs because of some corruption involved or simply unpredicted technicalities?

[@Speeskees]

I think it's because of the technicalities and maybe they weren't able to keep the planning as tight as they wanted? But no.. no corruption

[@tmnvanderberg]

Corruption? No

[@stephenconnolly1830]

Okay, so the obvious rejoinder to the cost of the bridge is how much more would a bridge built for motor vehicles have cost instead?

[@HermanWillemsen]

Very nice bridge

[@amcaesar]

I love this, I wish we'd see more designs of this kind in Amsterdam.

[@CmdrMartinThompson]

Come live in beautiful Brabant ;)

[@Melinmingle]

Yall would have vandalized it

[@SidMajors]

This style would not fit in historical Amsterdam

[@KingAnnoy]

This bridge is quite similar (in function and features, not in design) and is really close to Amsterdam: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWTIXnp9iNl6sMU

[@amcaesar]

Jesse Kester Oh, sure, I’ve been over it a couple of times! That bridge is very handy...

[@clarencetaylor7455]

Are the approaches lit?

[@BicycleDutch]

Yes. LED in the railing.

[@KlaasBaas]

*lit af*

[@clarencetaylor7455]

@@KlaasBaas I knew someone would take that meaning :)

[@jentulj9611]

There is nothing like DutchDesign...💯👌🏿

[@GerVlad]

It will look nice in combination with green after grass sprouts on the banks again

[@ordinis_helenium]

Looking into windows😂🤣 But that's always the case for everyone living in blocks with big houses. Interesting BRIDGE though!

[@allws9683]

It is a nice bridge, but I am not sure how much added value this bridge has.. 250m to the east there is already a 2 lane vehicle bridge with a separate bike path, which is the shorter route to Eindhoven for most people of Oirschot. I don't know how busy/unpleasant that bridge is, but I would guess that most people would keep using that route, although I hope of course this new one will be used a lot..

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

250? Try 50. But I'm sure this bridge got the greenlight because they have plans for the other one. (Plans not beneficial to cyclist btw.) Cyclist are soon getting screwed off from the Princess Irene Brigade Bridge (why the make the link with the new bridge) and nobody will care because they got this new expensive bridge recently. :') Brabant is the Italy of the Netherlands, there's always some corruption in any plan.

[@hendrikdependrik1891]

It's quite common in the Netherlands to have both direct connections and less direct connections through greenery. Nature is a destination by itself and people avoid traffic, because traffic noise can be quite tiresome. The greenery also protect the cyclists against headwinds.

[@ddevries6406]

I wonder how the deck will hold with rain and snow. I would think over time it will be very slippery. And with a ramp and corner it can become dangerous if it becomes slippery. So brandspanking new it's nice on the eyes though.

[@apolloxiii5574]

They can place an antislip coating when that becomes a problem, every wooden bridge where i live has that coating

[@remkojerphanion4686]

For a span of just 40 metres, you need a 280 meter bridge. I like the design, but it takes up an enormous amount of space.

[@mennoltvanalten7260]

That is mostly to make it a bike bridge. Since bicycles are powered by muscles it is a lot harder than with a car to go uphill. For that reason you will always need a long ramp or noone will use the design. And it isn't like car bridges don't have it too... The 'Airbornebrug' that carries thye A2 over the Wilhelminakanaal is a whopping 290 meters long*, basically just as long but laid out in a line. Sadly the wikipedia article 'lijst van bruggen over het wilhelminakanaal' doesn't have any other bridges with their own page and their length listed, so from these two examples I must guess that is just normal. * nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbornebrug

[@David_Apollonius]

I tried to find a map and now I'm wondering what they were thinking. The stairs match up with the streaats quite nicely. The ramps do not. This is a terrible design.

[@mennoltvanalten7260]

@@David_Apollonius Probably some game of telephone like this: Planner 1: So how about we make a bridge connecting this street and that street? It would connect this line. Though of course the path would be a bit windy because of ramps. Random dude: Alright, a bridge where the bridge crosses the river with that line. I will send it to be planned. Planner 2, in a company completely unrelated to planner 1: Why do they want the bridge deck to be like that directly in front of the streets? Don't they see we will need a ramp and that will make it terrible? Ah well, we are getting good money, lets throw a ramp like this and it'll be okay I guess

[@stendijk8949]

@@mennoltvanalten7260 they could have made it 2 times steeper at least

[@ElectricityTaster]

Not a fan of the design, but I am a fan of the idea.

[@napsec9807]

Going overbudget as expected with any government built infrastucture, the surprising thing is that it didn't go over 50% over budget like my country allways "misteriously" does

[@SaitouXD]

Leuk zo mooie brug maar is het 4 millie waard?

[@Lunavii_Cellest]

Als je het vergelijkt met andere brugge is het niet veel

[@leineggers267]

You should go and take a look at the hoven ring at Eindhoven, Meerhoven and Veldhoven

[@marcvanderwee]

There are a number of KZbin clips about the Hovenring.

[@TheFantasyReason]

Beautiful

[@remcofalkenburg]

paar weken geleden nog langs gefietst maar toen was die helaas nog niet open....moest toen een stuk omrijden

[@HS-fk6hb]

you are amazing.

[@popatop75]

yes money well spent!!!!!!! fully agree thanks

[@rajaneeshgopinathkuttan9669]

Wow.amusing netherlands

[@arne.munther]

Wood + bike + turns + water => accidents

[@nuenen75ehv76]

4.1 m delen door 13000 is 315€ per inwoner Ze hebben tenminste nog op baileybrug doen laten lijken

[@marcvanderwee]

De gemeente Oirschot heeft 'slechts' €2,2 miljoen hoeven te betalen, 1,5 miljoen voor de bijdrage aan de brug en 0,7 miljoen voor de extra kosten. Is ca. €170 per inwoner.

[@petertraudes106]

Mooi hoor

[@harmonizedigital.]

they can see inside without a bridge so they should close their blinds while naked or doing other "private" things.

[@Zoza15]

Mooi hoor!.

[@majorskies7091]

*sigh* God. Are you there? Please. Please reborn me as an ethnic Dutch in the Netherlands.

[@AnaisAzuli]

@@Sil-ih9od you'll get over that too🤪

[@robinenbernhard]

2:01 that stairs in corner is asking for problem. Now that so many people need watch there mobile foon 24/7 like brain dead zombie on there bike.

[@martinlelarge]

What do you mean?

[@Ronline26]

4 miljoen voor een brug die er mooi uit ziet terwijl je voor 250k een functionele brug kunt bouwen ipv deze kunstvorm

[@Pfooh]

40 meter overspanning voor 250k? Waar bazel je over? Deze brug is niet zo goedkoop mogelijk uitgevoerd (het grootste deel in verzinkt staal uitvoeren is uiteraard goedkoper), maar voor een brug vlak bij huizen, die er ook gewoon mooi moet uitzien, is dit toch helemaal geen gek bedrag?

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

Ach, die €4.1 is snel genoeg weer terug bij de overheid via belastingen btw etc. Zeker in deze tijden is een overheid die geld pompt in infrastructuur helemaal top. €4.1 is ongeveer €1 per keer gebruik als hij eens per 2 minuten door iemand gebruikt wordt in de komende 10 jaar. Maar hoe dit ding een speelplek wordt voor de kinderen in de buurt is natuurlijk helemaal goud. Hopelijk hebben ze aan beide kanten van het kanaal en de brug wel plekken gemaakt waar je makkelijk uit het water kan komen!!!!! (Ik zag 1 plek dus er moeten er nog 3 bijkomen.)

[@stendijk8949]

Mee eens vooral die lange spiraal vind ik verspilling

[@danutatokarska7428]

Super nagranie

[@thisisbob1001]

Why can't Brits do this ????

[@MrAronymous]

The use of wood for the decking is nice for aesthetics but terrible for maintenance. The top deck will get slippery very easily (unless you put a top coating over it or very uncomfortable anti-slip strips, making the whole aesthetics thing useless) and the bridge will no doubt get noisy after a bunch of years because of wear.

[@RainyRaven]

We do have a lot of these types of bridges in the Netherlands. Using wood isn't new by any means. I've cycled on them many times and haven't had any issues with slippery surfaces (except when it's snowing). I don't want to sound dismissive but here it rains a lot. A designer would've definitely taken that into account. And what noise exactly? The slight creaking of a bridge when 20 cyclists pass doesn't even compare to one car or lorry driving by your house. :)

[@Pfooh]

It's very common in the netherlands, and never causes real issues. Not sure how they do it, maybe some special type of lumber. It's actually a really old concept, we had a bridge like this close to my home over 30 years ago, so i don't think it's artificial wood. It's likely the same stuff they build children's playgrounds with..

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

In the Netherlands we don't do 'build and forget' infrastructure. You can be sure this bridge will get inspected every year and serviced (if needed) every year. Mostly because that the cheapest way of maintaining your infrastructure.

[@MrAronymous]

@@Cl0ckcl0ck I know. But wooden beams still take more maintenance to remain as comfortable. I'm saying this because I'm comparing Dutch wooden bridges and Dutch non-wooden decked bridges..

[@MrAronymous]

​@@RainyRaven Sure, the wood can be treated entirely with a top coating. But as you can see in the video, that's not the case. They've used glued on anti-slip strips. Those will not last forever, and still leave a majority of the surface exposed to the wood. And the noise I'm talking about is wear and tear in the construction. As it gets used more and more, the wood will begin to wear and little gaps between the screws will arise, making planks a little looser. And the planks themselves will wear around the edges of the planks, making the surface bumpier. Both resulting in rumbling sounds as you drive over it. I'm not talking out of my ass, I've experienced it many times (in the Netherlands). You can keep coming up with excuses, but the fact is that a non-wooden surface would have lasted (more comfortably) for longer. I've seen them having to replace the wooden decking on the same bridges way too much. And it smells like sweaty feet every time they do it. I don't mind them using wood on other parts of the bridge, but using it on the decking just isn't smart.

[@ToldYouSo18]

There are still a lot of people not able to make ends meet and a overpriced bridge we got😂😂 4.1 million

[@klontjespap]

well yeah but 4.1 million is a drop in the ocean for the treasury, or 2.5 million-ish since the municipality had to pay the rest

[@Larissa-jt5sm]

I would have liked it better without the wood

[@apolloxiii5574]

Everything the government builds goes over budget, nothing new here :)

[@tjappiekonjo1097]

You thinks this because it's always in the news when it's over budget, almost never when it's on budgt

[@XEinstein]

But. But. You always show videos from Oirschot. Oirschot is not the Netherlands you know! There are people living outside of Oirschot! 😉😉

[@SidMajors]

One of the more ugly bridges I’ve seen in a while. All the red and metal.. horrendous. Where have we gone with architecture 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@stendijk8949]

What a laughably over complicated bridge