This thing is called the “Slauerhoffbrug,” and it lives in Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. The road section is lifted on a single massive counterbalanced arm up to 90 degrees in the air. There’s a good photo gallery, including aerial views, over on frozenly.com. [via Neatorama]
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Cool! I’m driving over that bridge once a week!
This bridge is about a mile from where I live. It’s pretty awesome when you see it at first, especially when it moves down again, it somehow looks like it’s not going to fit…
For a moment I thought these images were computer renderings, but was blown away to learn this thing is real! I can’t imagine any planner in North America having the balls to pitch this to a city. Simply amazing.