Sint Jeroensbrug - Leiden, Netherlands
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Axel-F
N 52° 09.346 E 004° 29.255
31U E 601765 N 5779406
Stone span bridge on masonry wooden pilars.
Waymark Code: WMG9VJ
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 02/03/2013
Views: 18
St. Jeroenbrug aan het Rapenburg, ijzeren overspanning op gemetselde landhoofden, alleen de gedenkstenen uit 1577 in 1939 vervangen. Oorspronkelijk in Museum Lakenhal.
The first bridge was built in 1389. The following was built in 1577 and the current one in 1966.
Length of bridge: approx 10 meters
Height of bridge: approx 3 meters
What type of traffic does this bridge support?: motor vehicles
What kind of gap does this bridge cross?:
small stream
Date constructed: 1398
Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: yes
Name of road or trail the bridge services: Rapenburg
Location:
Leiden
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