Yacht maker Oceano will pay to take apart the 1920s-era bridge to make room for the Amazon founder's superyacht.
A city in the Netherlands will temporarily disassemble a bridge built in 1927 to make room for Amazon founderThe Amazon founder's $500 million boat, built by Netherlands-based Oceanco and scheduled to be completed soon, measures 417 feet long and must pass through Rotterdam, under its landmark bridge, to reach its owner, NL Times
. The problem? The Koninginnebrug bridge, a steel bridge nicknamed De Hef, isn't tall enough to accommodate the ship's three masts, which exceed the 130 feet of clearance the bridge offers. Bezos and Rotterdam officials have come up with a solution. The city will remove the central section of the bridge to make way for the yacht, the largest ever built in the Netherlands, Rotterdam spokesperson Frances Van Heijst told the NL Times.
The Koninginnebrug or"De Hef" in Rotterdam, Netherlands, is not tall enough to accommodate the masts on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's new megayacht.
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