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The Erasmusbrug ("Erasmus Bridge") is a cable stayed bridge across the Nieuwe Maas
Nieuwe Maas

The Nieuwe Maas is a river branch of the Rhine-Meuse delta in the Netherlands. It runs from the confluence of the rivers Noord River and Lek River, and flows west through Rotterdam....
 river, linking the northern and southern halves of the city of Rotterdam
Rotterdam

Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people in the country, with a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007 and comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the List of metropolitan are...
, Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
.

The Erasmusbrug was designed by Ben van Berkel
Ben van Berkel

Ben van Berkel is a Netherlands architect. He studied architecture at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, and at the Architectural Association in London, receiving the AA Diploma with Honours in 1987....
 and completed in 1996. The 808 metre long bridge has a 139 metre-high asymmetrical
Asymmetry

Asymmetry is the absence of, or a violation of, a symmetry....
 pylon, earning the bridge its nickname
Nickname

A nickname is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the official name of a person, place or thing. Another class of nickname is the familiar or truncated form of the proper name, such as Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, and Bert for Robert, more properly called a short name....
 of "The Swan".

The southern span of the bridge has a 89 metre long bascule bridge
Bascule bridge

A bascule bridge is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances the span, or "leaf," throughout the entire upward swing in providing clearance for boat traffic....
 for ships that cannot pass under the bridge.






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Erasmusbrug
The Erasmusbrug ("Erasmus Bridge") is a cable stayed bridge across the Nieuwe Maas
Nieuwe Maas

The Nieuwe Maas is a river branch of the Rhine-Meuse delta in the Netherlands. It runs from the confluence of the rivers Noord River and Lek River, and flows west through Rotterdam....
 river, linking the northern and southern halves of the city of Rotterdam
Rotterdam

Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people in the country, with a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007 and comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the List of metropolitan are...
, Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
.

The Erasmusbrug was designed by Ben van Berkel
Ben van Berkel

Ben van Berkel is a Netherlands architect. He studied architecture at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, and at the Architectural Association in London, receiving the AA Diploma with Honours in 1987....
 and completed in 1996. The 808 metre long bridge has a 139 metre-high asymmetrical
Asymmetry

Asymmetry is the absence of, or a violation of, a symmetry....
 pylon, earning the bridge its nickname
Nickname

A nickname is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the official name of a person, place or thing. Another class of nickname is the familiar or truncated form of the proper name, such as Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, and Bert for Robert, more properly called a short name....
 of "The Swan".

The southern span of the bridge has a 89 metre long bascule bridge
Bascule bridge

A bascule bridge is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances the span, or "leaf," throughout the entire upward swing in providing clearance for boat traffic....
 for ships that cannot pass under the bridge. The bascule bridge is the largest and heaviest in West Europe and has the largest panel of its type in the world.

The bridge was officially opened by Queen Beatrix on September 6 1996, having cost 165 million Dutch guilders
Dutch gulden

The guilder , represented by the symbol Florin sign or fl., was the currency of the Netherlands from the 13th century until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro....
 (about 75 million euros
Euro

The euro is the official currency of 16 out of 27 European Union member state of the European Union . The states, known collectively as the Eurozone are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain....
) to construct. Shortly after the bridge opened to traffic in October 1996, it was discovered the bridge would swing under particularly strong wind conditions. To reduce the trembling, stronger shock dampers were installed.

The bridge featured in the 1998 Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan, Silver Bauhinia Star, Member of the Order of the British Empire is an actor, Stage combat, film director, film producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer from Hong Kong....
 film Who Am I?
Who Am I?

Who Am I? is a Hong Kong films of 1998 Hong Kong martial arts film-Hong Kong action cinema, released by Golden Harvest. It was directed by and starred Jackie Chan, who also performed the song that plays over the end credits....
. In 2005 several planes flew underneath the bridge as part of the "Red Bull Air Race
Red Bull Air Race World Series

The Red Bull Air Race World Series, established in 2003 and created by Red Bull, is an international series of Air racing in which competitors have to navigate a challenging obstacle course in the sky in the fastest time....
".

In 2005, the bridge served as the backdrop for a performance by Dj Tiësto titled "Tiësto @ The Bridge, Rotterdam". The performance featured fire fighting ships spraying jets of water into the air in front of the bridge, a fireworks barge launching fireworks beside the bridge, and multi coloured spot/search lights attached to the bridge itself.

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