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The Enneus Heerma Bridge connects the new urban district of IJburg, built on seven artificial islands in IJ Lake, with the isle of Zeeburg, a borough on the eastern edge of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 827 KB) IJburg, Amsterdam, Enneus Heerma bridge. ...
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Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°89E - 52°37N Website www. ...
The bridge was named after Enneus Heerma, the late Christian Democrat, alderman and Secretary of State of the Netherlands. Christian Democracy is a political ideology, born at the end of the 19th century, largely as a result of the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII, in which the Vatican recognizes workers misery and agrees that something should be done about it, in reaction to the rise of...
Made of steel, with a length of 230 meters, a width of 38 meters, and a height of 26 meters, the suspended deck of the bridge serves to carry a traffic road and a light rail (tram) line. It is the main connection between IJburg and the A10 and can be reached by tram 26 from Amsterdam Central Station. // Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ...
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Completed in 2001, the bridge was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw. The classic gables of Amsterdam’s canal houses inspired the arches and lateral gables and the wavy patterns refer to water. The segmented appearance is based on the skeleton of a crab. The shallowness of the water at the bridge site made it impossible to use floating cranes to lift the pre-assembled arches of the bridge into position during construction. The problem was solved by using pontoons and crawler cranes[1]. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw (born 1939) is a prominent English architect, particularly noted for several modernist buildings, including the international railway terminal at Londons Waterloo Station and the Eden Project in Cornwall. ...
Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°89E - 52°37N Website www. ...
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External links - Picture from the archetectual firms website.
- Aerial photo.
- Side view.
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