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These twin tower structures, one each side of the track, were to protect the entrance to the city of Nijmegen and delay any enemy advance to give time to demolish the bridge. [2] The railway bridge's construction enabled train connections to Arnhem, thus Nijmegen was the last major city in the Netherlands to be connected to the national rail ...
The Waal was bridged in 1878 by a rail bridge and in 1936 by a road bridge, which was claimed to be Europe's biggest bridge at the time. In November 2013 a second road bridge ( Dutch : De Oversteek ), 2 km downstream, was opened to ease congestion.
The Battle of Nijmegen, also known as the Liberation of Nijmegen, occurred from 17 to 20 September 1944, as part of Operation Market Garden during World War II.. The Allies' primary goal was to capture the two bridges over the Waal River at Nijmegen – the road route over the Waalbrug (Waal Bridge) and Nijmegen railway bridge – and relieve the British 1st Airborne Division and Polish 1st ...
Train traffic had used the Nijmegen railway bridge since 1879. [4] In 1906 the Nijmegen Vooruit (Nijmegen Ahead) committee started planning for the construction of the Waalbrug, but the First World War delayed the project. In 1927 definitive plans had been made by architect G. Schoorl, and construction of the bridge started on 23 October 1931. [5]
New Railway Bridge, crossing the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia; Nijmegen railway bridge, crossing the River Waal in Nijmegen, Netherlands; Culemborg railway bridge, crossing the Lek river in Culemborg, Netherlands; Northern Railway Bridge, crossing the Danube in Vienna, Austria
nl:Lijst van spoorbruggen in Nederland (in Dutch) - List of railway bridges in the Netherlands; Lijst van bruggen in Amsterdam, Amsterdam-Noord, Arnhem, Delft (centrum), Den Haag, Groningen (stad), Harlingen, Heerenveen, Hoorn, Leeuwarden, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Sneek (in Dutch) - List of bridges by city.
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