Nijmegen – Spoorbrug (Railway Bridge) v1.0
Specially for VFR flying Netherlands.
Nijmegen Landmarks.
Nijmegen Railway Bridge
The Nijmegen railway bridge is a truss bridge spanning the River Waal, connecting the city of Nijmegen to the town of Lent in the Netherlands.
The bridge was reconstructed in 1984, still in the truss style but only one arch was kept in the design. Only the brick abutment remains from the original structure.
This land abutment was to be demolished during the reconstruction but protests from the local Nijmegen residents prevented this and it was instead declared a national monument. In 2004, a bicycle bridge known as the Snelbinder was added to the eastern side of the bridge.
The third level of the bridge was reconstructed in 2008, precisely from the original building plans.
