Media item

Construction of the new cross-river connection

Week number 63-22

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:
video
Length:
01:34
Publication date:
22 May 1963
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER632-HRE00015A90

Construction of the Van Brienenoord bridge in Rotterdam. The second and last leaf of the bascule bridge is taken to it's place by floating sheerlegs cranes. Also with the two already existing cross-river connections, the Koningsbrug (King's Bridge) and the Maastunnel (Meuse Tunnel).