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"Maasbrücken in Belgien und Niederlande, Teil 2 - Brücken von Ampsin bis Maastricht" [Meuse bridges in Belgium and the Netherlands, Part 2 - Bridges from Ampsin to Maastricht]. karl-gotsch.de (in German). "Cable-Stayed Bridges of Europe... and Beyond (Belgium)". Pwpeics.se. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. "Suspension Bridges of ...
The Brussels–Charleroi Canal (French: Canal Bruxelles-Charleroi; Dutch: Kanaal Brussel-Charleroi), also known as the Charleroi Canal amongst other similar names, is an important canal in Belgium. The canal is quite large, with a Class IV Freycinet gauge, and its Walloon portion is 47.9 kilometres (29.8 mi) long.
The Noordzeekanaal in the Netherlands. Canals are human-made structures, built for water control, flood prevention, irrigation, and water transport. Their exact design varies depending upon the local importance of each function.
From the 15th to 19th century the Meuse at Wandre was crossed by a ferry. In 1884 the first bridge crossing between Herstal and Wandre was built; it consisted of a metal bowstring bridge across the canal, a seven-arched brick-and-stone viaduct across the land between the two waterways, then a box-section rectangular girder truss bridge across the Meuse supported on three piers.
Because of its high population density and location in the centre of Western Europe, Belgium faces serious environmental problems. A 2003 report [13] suggested that the water in Belgium's rivers was of the lowest quality in Europe, and bottom of the 122 countries studied. The environment is exposed to intense pressures from human activities ...
This is a list of cities in Belgium. City status in Belgium is granted to a select group of municipalities by a royal decree or by an act of law. In 2022, the five largest cities or municipalities in Belgium in terms of population were Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, and Brussels. [1]
List of bridges in Belgium This page was last edited on 22 March 2018, at 17:45 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
The Bruges–Ostend Canal is a 24.6 km (15.3 mi) long canal in Flanders, Belgium. The canal connects the North Sea to the Belgian interior, running between the cities of Ostend and Bruges . In Bruges, it is connected to three other canals: the Canal Ghent–Bruges , Damme Canal , and Boudewijn Canal which leads to the Port of Zeebrugge .