Botlekbridge 'celebrates' anniversary: ​​50th failure

Gepubliceerd op 16 december 2015 om 11:47

Less than a day after the latest disturbance already was the day: the new Botlek bridge in Rotterdam this morning was obstructed for some time for all the cars and traffic. There was a problem with the barriers, reports RTV Rijnmond.

It is the 50th malfunction on the bridge since it opened last summer.

Meanwhile Rijkswaterstaat reports via Twitter that the Botlek bridge will be available for road traffic. The bridge remains still obstructed for shipping.

Many problems

The bridge over the Oude Maas is designed to increase the flow of cars, trucks and ships on the A15 to improve the ports, but the traffic is controlled completely silent. Mainly been with the electronics and the lock-million dollar bridge are many problems.

Rijkswaterstaat permanently ready a team of technicians to troubleshoot. Yesterday faced the bridge still with a broken part of the barriers.

SMS service

Road users and boaters can sign up for a text messaging service. They then receive a message when the bridge again experiencing a service outage.

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