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360: 368: 315: 1489: 1499: 31: 998: 384: 295:, became the name of the city. For many years this remained the only crossing of the lower Meuse. However, the Roman bridge collapsed in the year 1275 from the weight of a large procession, killing 400 people. Its replacement, the present bridge, was built somewhat to the north of the older crossing between 1280 and 1298; The 359: 310:
The bridge was renovated in 1680, and in 1825 a wooden strutwork section on the east side of the bridge was replaced by a stone arch. In 1850, as part of the construction of the Maastricht-Liège Canal, a channel was cut on the west side of the bridge.
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the bridge was severely damaged by the German army as they retreated from the city in 1944, and it was rebuilt in 1948. In 1962, the shipping channel to the east of the bridge was spanned by a steel drawbridge attached to the main bridge.
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were constructed to prevent erosion of the river bed on which the bridge was built. Two arches on the eastern end of the bridge were removed and replaced by a
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The bridge showing the damage inflicted by the retreating German Army. Taken 14 September 1944 after Allied Forces occupied the city.
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with a span of 54.5 metres (178 ft 10 in) connects the east end of the bridge to the east bank of the river.
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The Romans built a wooden bridge across the Meuse in what is now Maastricht, in approximately AD 50, and the
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district of Maastricht on the west bank of the Meuse (the most central part of the city) to the
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to people who helped build it. The bridge was named in honor of
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stone cyclist and pedestrian bridge across the river
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Coordinates
50°50′57″N 5°41′45″E / 50.84917°N 5.69583°E / 50.84917; 5.69583
Meuse
Maastricht
Named for
Saint Servatius
Hoge Brug
Arch bridge
arched
Meuse
Maastricht
Netherlands
Saint Servatius
pedestrian
Binnenstad
Wyck
limestone
drawbridge
Latin
Roman Catholic Church
indulgences
Saint Servatius

Wilhelmina Bridge
nl
counter-arches
vertical-lift bridge
World War II
postage stamp

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