Historic Bridge Will Be Dismantled For Jeff Bezos’ Yacht

It seems that Jeff Bezos, one of the world’s leading riches, is after proving that even mountains can be moved with enough money. More precisely, in this case, not the mountains, but bridges It would be more correct to say.

According to local reports from Dutch News and Boat International, the historic Koningshaven bridge in the city of Rotterdam has been temporarily closed to launch Bezos’ giant new superyacht. out of order will be released. The ultra-luxury yacht, which is currently under construction, will be the world’s largest when completed the biggest It is expected to be a sailing yacht.

An application has been made for the dismantling of the bridge:

It has been reported that Oceanco has applied to the municipality of Rotterdam for the yacht, which will be built by the Dutch private yacht manufacturer Oceanco and will have an estimated length of 127 meters. According to this, Oceanco stated that the 40-meter span of the historical bridge was not long enough for the three huge masts of the yacht to pass; bridge for the yacht to pass ‘dismantling’ demanded. It was noted that Oceanco and Bezos personally offered to finance the dismantling.

On the other hand, built in 1927 and ‘De Hef’ The bridge, also known as the national monument, II. It was badly damaged in the Rotterdam bombing during World War II and has been on multiple occasions since then, most recently in 2017. remodel known to have passed. Therefore, the next dismantling of the bridge was expected to occur only when the bridge would have to be out of service; but it seems the Dutch Council has made a move for Bezos exceptional will make.

Naturally, most people in Rotterdam reacted to the fact that a century-old historical monument would be dismantled at the behest of a billionaire. Speaking to the NL Times on this subject, Rotterdam Historical Society member Ton Wesselink said: “Employment is important, but what you can and will do for our legacy borders has.” used the phrases.