This "Flying Drawbridge" Lifts And Lowers In A Unique Way

You've never seen a bridge like this before. This is the Slauerhoffbrug. Otherwise known as the "Flying Drawbridge." You can find it in the city of Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. It crosses over the Harlinger Vaart River.
How does it "fly?" The Slauerhoffbrug is classified as a tail bridge. It uses a single pylon, instead of traditional hinges. This method allows for a quick opening. Two hydraulic cylinders in the pylon do the lifting and lowering. Heavy boat traffic utilizes the bridge opening. The bridge raises and lowers 10 times per day.
The bridge was constructed in 2002. Its built from iron and steel. The yellow and blue coloring come from Leewaurden's flag. The Slauerhoffbrug joins many other bridges with interesting designs in the Netherlands.
Erasmusbrug - Rotterdam, Netherlands
Enneüs Heerma Bridge - Amersfoort, Netherlands
Python Bridge - Amsterdam, Netherlands
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[@AJE7]

"This method allows for a quick opening" *speeds up video and never mentions how long it takes to raise*

[@axetf7114]

Alex Espinoza ya becuz it is quick

[@Kyleroo]

1:54

[@lieuwestra]

It takes about 6 minutes between barriers closing and opening.

[@mattmeister6289]

The largest forklift in the world.

[@mylifeisamememylifeispathe3140]

In the thumbnail it looked like a street sign lmao.

[@graygrantham7029]

There is a reason we in America have never seen a bridge like this one before. The knuckleheads who drive along A1A in south Florida would drive right through the flimsy guard rails and plunge into the water. Thats why American draw bridges both open to let shipping traffic pass and at the same time block the road to keep knuckleheads out of the water.

[@skat1140]

This guy Floridas!

[@celestclark1811]

FUCKING AWESOME

[@therogueadmiral]

That's so unnecessary though... must have been incredibly expensive... At least it was designed well. Still working 15 years later.

[@jeanettesmith5998]

if you like that one, check out the Falkirk locks in Scotland - and yes, locks, it raises and lowers boat in a canal.

[@AacroX]

Not necessary for the lifted chunk to fly so high tho

[@natthekiwi7074]

The vertical road probably puts less strain on the lift compared to a slanted road. That’s prop why it goes so high. (A slanted road would increase torque on the supports causing them to weaken quicker)

[@ronaldreagangaming795]

this method just seems way over complicated

[@fjaajf]

Lieutenant Llama you need to consider the area around it. It's a narrow canal/river to construct the common draw bridges.

[@ronaldreagangaming795]

it just seems like there's an easier solution to this than constructing a gigantic robot arm to lift half of the bridge 100ft into the air

[@Megatonaxe]

Yea but what would you rather have, something boring or something cool to look at while you waited.

[@hussainpainter52]

Netherlands, the engineering wonderland

[@minnitsu7827]

I thought at first that it was some theme park ride.

[@mistertitanic33]

this looks like something out of a cartoon

[@-Batman-]

"the flying dutch"

[@coeurdalenegal]

That's cool

[@Xokkeikatt]

I thought at first glance it was some freaky road side oddity attraction sculpture.

[@siddhantkhorjuvekar]

Netherlands has some weird bridges...

[@JACKMURRAY18]

The music made the entire video haha

[@chinchilla1588]

That's so extra 😂 Only smaller boats passes by.

[@meowmaxxer32]

Cool

[@gijskramer1702]

Its leeuwarden not leewaurden. 1.48

[@axetf7114]

We should paint under it Do u know da wae?

[@michaelthos3045]

What would happen if u got stuck in the middle /on the lift 😱😮

[@MEOWMEOW-wz2ql]

Under engineering at its finest

[@Zeckmon3]

Netherlands :3

[@ranosian1135]

It's the egg Flipper brigde

[@AldyWaani]

automated? or man operated?

[@roelipro9399]

remote controlled, like most of our bridges

[@itskolner]

_Flying Draw Bridge_ -Meh:- *Wheres the F__KING WINGS?*

[@hihi-mr6gb]

what if somebody’s on it while it goes

[@haydencordeiro]

DarthGamer Plays that can't happen

[@haydencordeiro]

Ther are motion sensors that sense ships coming from quite far

[@the_officials38]

Bruh I've seen this sonce 2001 in Liberty City

[@Mukeshmiktecrep]

Why waste money every time it opens, just make a Flyover.

[@roelipro9399]

this was build for the looks as well. it's always easy to go for cheap and simple. Design also has a place.

[@Seaguli]

Ever wonder if it's automatic or not?

[@AstralBeing]

Why

[@thischanneliscancelled3477]

Who came from durch train channel?

[@temiajuwon8893]

wow, it's a. .better drawbridge?

[@Epoch11]

Too bad we are too cheap and too backwards to have something like this in the United States.

[@mrfreezybreze]

Mark G why would we replace the drawbridges we have now for something that does the same thing?

[@leoncraftmc]

This isn't a fucking "flying bridge." It's touching the ground and the definition of fly is "move or be hurled quickly through the air," but this damn bridge is slow as fuck.

[@ordinan]

Too expensive and uses more materials. Plus its risky

[@skat1140]

And it only coddles and encourages the watergoers. Those watergoers shouldn't keep making more and more decadently large watercraft.

[@miniena7774]

Completely and utterly pointless.

[@prajppai]

The 1st to see wow

[@SomaBeuker]

Zwarte piettt💪

[@arethoresen9127]

First

[@lgnfve]

Netherlands , isn't that the new muslim capital of EU ???

[@mfw9902]

lgnfve not even close, that would be germany

[@edgyyoutuberuser5991]

I've been to sweden, honestly im scared to walk around there.. because you know, allahu akbar :) A terrorist stabbed 11 people about 500 meters from my home.. My home country is next to Sweden

[@edgyyoutuberuser5991]

Benjamin Brown where the fuck do you see turkey next to sweden go to geography classes

[@edgyyoutuberuser5991]

Benjamin Brown nah

[@edgyyoutuberuser5991]

Benjamin Brown also my name aint spelt wrong

[@thedankscope4370]

2 k00l 4 u

[@allinformationinhindi9100]

1st

[@flatcube3706]

All the stuff those European can do since they're small and tax a lot o.o. cray

[@itsharris2345]

Why does it look so ugly tho

[@77asare]

Cool

[@azogthedefiler1513]

1st

[@AMBOSHER]

Cool