{"id":975444,"date":"2022-02-04T00:04:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T00:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/04\/rotterdam-to-dismantle-historic-bridge-to-accommodate-jeff-bezos-yacht\/"},"modified":"2022-02-04T00:04:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T00:04:43","slug":"rotterdam-to-dismantle-historic-bridge-to-accommodate-jeff-bezos-yacht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/04\/rotterdam-to-dismantle-historic-bridge-to-accommodate-jeff-bezos-yacht\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotterdam to dismantle historic bridge to accommodate Jeff Bezos\u2019 yacht"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Feb. 3 (UPI) —<\/span> The city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands will dismantle a large historic bridge in order to accommodate billionaire Jeff Bezos’ superyacht this summer.<\/p>\n

The Dutch port city said it will temporarily dismantle the Koningshaven Bridge because the 417-foot yacht would not be able to pass through otherwise. The middle section will be removed to give enough clearance for the 130-foot-high vessel.\n<\/p>\n

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The $485-million yacht is under construction in Alblasserdam, Netherlands and will pass through the port city once finished. At that point, it will become the world’s largest sailing yacht.<\/p>\n

The response to the news was negative from some people living in the historic city. Protestors threw eggs at yacht after the news broke.<\/p>\n

“”This man has earned his money by structurally exploiting staff, evading taxes, avoiding regulations, and now we have to take down our beautiful national monument? That is really going a bridge too far,” city councilor Stephan Leewis told the NL Times.<\/p>\n

Some members of Rotterdam’s City Council have argued the project will be worth it because of the economic benefits.<\/p>\n

The lift bridge was built in 1927, destroyed during World War II and later rebuilt. It is an official monument, which was replaced for train traffic by a tunnel in 1993.\n<\/p>\n

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