The one with the bridge

I posted a photograph last friday in my weekly things I liked post of the new bridge in my hometown Nijmegen. More photos (the first one is the view from the bridge) were made and I thought I might dedicate a whole post to it. Some facts about the bridge:

• the name of the bridge is 'de oversteek' (the crossing), in honour of the crossing of the river Waal, which was part of operation Market Garden, during World War II.
• the number of lightposts is 48, the same number of soldiers who died during the crossing
• in honour of them, these lightposts switch on in pairs, at the speed of a slow march
• It took 2100 people, from 22 countries, to built the bridge
• the costs were 260 million euro's
• building the bridge took around 2,5 years
• it's total length is 1400 metres
• the openings ceremony, in less than a minute