Slauerhoffbrug: The flying bridge in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands there is a bridge called Slauerhoffbrug, across the river Harlinger Vaart in the city of Leeuwarden.

The bridge has the ability to rise and fall quickly.

Its special feature is its ability to quickly and extremely up and down, making it known as a flying bridge.

Instead of using a 2-sided hinged design like other iron bridges, this bridge uses only one bridge to shift to one side of the bridge, using a hydraulically operated arm to lift and lower the joint between 2 on the bridge.

When there are large ships passing by, people will lift this bridge and then quickly descend. Statistics on average every day the bridge raised and lowered 10 times and in fact, this is one of the famous tourist destinations in this country.