January 2005
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	This bridge, also known as the "Skinny Bridge," crosses the Amstel River in Amsterdam.  It is a double leaf drawbridge, also known as a bascule bridge.   The Amsterdam Heritage website for this bridge, http://www.bmz.amsterdam.nl/adam/uk/brug3.html, indicates it was built in 1840 and restored 1934.  Other websites offer somewhat different information; for example, the Frommers site, www.frommers.com, claims this is an 18th century replacement for a 17th century bridge.  Regardless, it remains one of the most well-known and picturesque of Amsterdam's many bridges (put at over 1280 by one source).   It has nine spans, which can be seen in the picture immediately below.

Text and photography (c) Steven M. Richman 2003.  All rights reserved.