Rotterdam to partly dismantle historic bridge for Jeff Bezos's superyacht

[kpete]

Central section of Koningshaven Bridge to be removed to make way for Amazon founder’s $485m superyacht


A historic steel bridge in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam is to be partly dismantled to allow a superyacht built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to pass, local authorities have announced.

Bezos’s gigantic, 430-million-euro ($485m) yacht is too big for the iconic Koningshaven Bridge, which dates from 1878 and was rebuilt after being bombed by the Nazis in 1940 during the second world war.

The shipyard building the three-masted mammoth in Alblasserdam, near Rotterdam, has asked the local council to remove the bridge’s central section so it can pass through.

“It’s the only route to the sea,” a spokesperson for the mayor of Rotterdam told AFP, adding that the Amazon owner would foot the bill for the operation.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/02/rotterdam-to-partly-dismantle-historic-bridge-for-jeff-bezoss-superyacht?utm_term=61fb6153aafddb193b4ee2e87f273c1e&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email

[JT45242]

1. so this bridge gets dismantled by Nazis and Bezos -- how fitting

Seems like you would have to get that permit before you build this monstrosity of a phallic substitute.

[A HERETIC I AM]

2. There are several Yacht Builders located well inland...

In Denmark.

They all know precisely the upper limits of size; draught, length, height, width that will fit through the canals to the sea before they take pen to paper on an order.

I absolutely guarantee this builder knew this bridge would need to be dismantled several years ago.

This is a sensational headline, made to look like it is all Bezo’s doing, which is absurd.

[unweird]

3. Absurd to call it Bezos Doing?

Hell, he underwrote the cost of the project. This is Bezos doing. Period.

A dick just has to be a dick. His true calling.

[EX500rider]

4. Shouldn't the shipyard know how big a boat they can build, not the customer?