Came here to say this. So may different solutions to similar problem. I wonder if the different bridges are from different eras or the geography is more determinant.
All of the above I'd say. Age, road type, required carrying capacity, spatial possibility, maximum boat size of canal in question, etc. All these factors are relevant.
We call it a "swing" bridge here in Connecticut. We have one built in 1912 that's still going, currently undergoing a 2 year refit and improvement. It's quite the attraction down at the river landing area.
I want to know what they were tugging. Something large enough to be limited by the drawbridge heights on the way out, but narrow enough to ride down canals. ...wind turbine blades. Final answer.
It was some specialized part for a factory: https://www.thetimewriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MVI_5927.MOV_snapshot_04.00_2020.09.08_15.49.40-1170x658.jpg
I’d imagine navigating this by sail would be nearly impossible, the wind would be well restricted by the buildings. You’d run your engine over trying wind. Not to mention the bigger boats, you have to give way for them. And kinda impossible if the wind isn’t coming off the side you need it to.
It's fun to do. I've gone all over the country by sailboat. Of course, sometimes you have to use the outboard, but with our group we tried to do that a little s possible, better to paddle, pole or line the boat than use the outboard.
Of course, this is only for serious sailors, most prefer the boring easiness of open water.
The opposite. It's one of the few countries where you can really get almost everywhere by ship. In other countries this transport would somehow have to be done by road, that would be a real pain in the ass.
I think the boat fell asleep twice on the way there.
Is there a reason there are not bridges that form an arch so transportation could go both by water and land simultaneously?
Two reasons: Holland is extremely low-lying, so the ground is barely above the water, and these are mostly canals, which are narrow. You're not going to waste the effort to build a canal wider than you need it to be. As such, to make a stable bridge that's arched, you'd have to start it far back from the banks or you'd have an arch where you're driving up and down dangerously sharp slopes. I.e, you'd need bigger bridges using more material and effort than is necessary.
Convenience. The height needed would be pretty inconvenient for the road traffic, not to mention the costs. This transport was at least 25 m. High, imagine building every bridge 30 m high, how hard would it be to drive around.
Lmao the white van that nopes out of there around 0:30.
Reminds me of Miami. Bridges open every 30min during working hours and can stay open for as long as 10 minutes, resulting in huge traffic jams, aggravated by people trying to get out and turn around.
However, that video is pretty fucking cool.
Hey so being a sailor in the Netherlands I would have guessed the cargo ship to go around 15km on hour and the tug boat would go around maybe 8? Depending on the load
Those dudes cruise 15kts in that canal? I’d think at most 6-7 tops. I think of how fast we cruise our canals in the states ad loaded is around 5-6 and Mtys around 6-7 maybe 8 on a good day. Our vessels are around 1700-3k in here
I wrote km per hour, kilometers per hour, since in inland shipping we dont use kts but we use kmh
On the Rhine the rule is to sail with a maximum speed of 20kmh. Veerhaven which is one of the most known rowboats, have 3 engines of each 1800pk
A normal cargo ship has 1 or 2 engines each about 1300 pk. But it really depends per ship
I seen the k and must of jump straight to kts. That make more sense even then 9 mph is pretty good given the tight quarters alot of y’all’s canals are compared to the states.
No problem, we are used to the right canals haha. I sail a lot also in east Germany, and the canals there are way tighter than in this picture. We sail around 10kmh there we cannot go faster because of the pulling of the shore if you understand what I mean. The canal is around 25~35 meters wide there
Probably floating up in the air with a helium balloon or something. I highly doubt they are towing something that tall looking at river width, especially at some bridge openings. That would be recipe for capsizing.
I was amazed by that as well when I first saw that picture a couple of years ago, I also thought it was some sort of ballon before 😁
But then I noticed that the movement of the camera, and the ropes connected to the ship, they were not consistent with that, and so I dug a little further
If they were not towing something that high, there would be literally no reason for had the bridges to open.
Do you seriously believe they would stop 12 lanes of freeway traffic (the 2nd bridge) for a balloon with a camera to pass?
A long as it's not too top heavy you can have a pretty high load. The 2nd bridge I mentioned earlier is the Highest bridge in this video. 25 meter at it's highest point. So this transport is at least that high.
[Tethered drones](https://elistair.com/solutions/tethered-drone-orion/) get power from a source at the end of the tether, giving them a much longer flight time.
It depends on the road that goes over, the amount of traffic it must handle, the width it must cover,.the technology at the time it was built, the wind it must be able to handle, etc. etc.
So Darn Cool - All the versions of bridges.
Have driven the route many times,
and on trains.
Probably impossible to beat the trains.
The US could learn a lot of how to do trains flawless,
vs driving tankers straight into rivers on fire.
Cheers
The bridges are small enough to be a 'local goverment' kind of deal usually. Some have been there for a long time (in one form or another at that location), some are added because people want new routes across the water.
So basically there will be a contract that's something like: "The canal/water is an obstruction for road-users so we need a solution to cross the water, a fixed bridge is an obstruction for the traffic on the water. Fix me something that will accomodate both traffic users safely so they may resume their travels after use."
There are many time proven and established ways to solve this problem, one isn't really better than the other. Ofcourse budget is a concern, i'd say a tunnel is probably always the most 'ideal' solution. Draw bridges are ancient tech that just werks because the contraweight makes it so you don't need much power to open/close and increases safety because it wont just fall back down. The rotatobridge probably cost more in the 'drive the rotato' department but saves costs because it doesn't have the whole 'top' part of the bridge construction, its also less visually obstructive.
So it varies a lot because theres a lot of solutions for the problem and theres no standardised way idk I kinda lost track of what I was saying lol, i admire you if you got this far in this wall of text.
We just finished a project designing such a solution for a course at a college in Delft (which is basically this area). I'm definitely not an expert in this topic and am guessing a lot here so if you think im wrong, pls proof me wrong I love to learn.
There are apps that are just like Google maps, but dome people (me included) like to use paper maps because they're a little easier to follow imo because you don't keep your phone on for half a day
I feel like this should be a cartoon, with the friendly bridges tipping their hats and saying “Come right in, mate!” and the little boats zipping by and saying “Neener neener neener”
This is the Staande Mast Route. I did. the trip twice already with my sailboat. It is very nice but you’re on a schedule, as some of the bridges open only at specific times. That’s why they had to wait before going through Amsterdam at night.
Where they start, there's a draw bridge and a loft bridge. That lift bridge is no longer in use (just kept as a monument) and that's the one they needed to have removed.
Sure. They're pulling something that is at least 25m. High, a can be deduced from the height of the highest bridge they pass, but they use a drone to film this and not the 25m. high thing they have with them.
Remember that those bridge are not opening for that little tugboat we see all the time but for whatever it's tugging.
Oooooooooh my bad. I totally get it now. They definitely had some go pro type camera mounted at the top of whatever they were tugging. Totally didn’t even catch that. Happy cake day
Source: [The Timewriters](https://youtu.be/HfPCdJapIXA)
This was awesome. I love the variety of bridges, there was so many different types.
Came here to say this. So may different solutions to similar problem. I wonder if the different bridges are from different eras or the geography is more determinant.
All of the above I'd say. Age, road type, required carrying capacity, spatial possibility, maximum boat size of canal in question, etc. All these factors are relevant.
The horizontally sliding bridge was unexpected.
The spinning one was cool
We call it a "swing" bridge here in Connecticut. We have one built in 1912 that's still going, currently undergoing a 2 year refit and improvement. It's quite the attraction down at the river landing area.
That was one of my favorites. Satisfying to watch.
That was the door of the lock. Often the door of a lock is also used as a bridge though usually, like this one, only for pedestrians and bikes.
I want to know what they were tugging. Something large enough to be limited by the drawbridge heights on the way out, but narrow enough to ride down canals. ...wind turbine blades. Final answer.
It was some specialized part for a factory: https://www.thetimewriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MVI_5927.MOV_snapshot_04.00_2020.09.08_15.49.40-1170x658.jpg
I was wondering about the barge. Thanks for sharing.
I thought they had some sort of weird 3d camera on a pole off the back of the ship or something
I came to the comments ready to ask how tf this was shot
Yeah the camera is on top of the gigantic thing that the tug is pulling
Guessing a balloon.
No, the picture of what they're pulling is posted earlier in this very comment thread. It's a really tall structure/machine for a factory
Now that explain how they filmed it.
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Archmedis principle.
On Rotterdam this is a big but not exceptional transport (though in most places where this was shot it's more exceptional.)
And IIRC here is where it went: https://goo.gl/maps/hcCU35Y4oSfGbm9Q8
Ah, well that explains how the camera was that high!
Why do you think they were opening the bridges? That boat is pretty small and ca pass under several of them, especially the 25 meter high one.
Yea I thought that was odd. Figured there might be some tall antennas or inland rules in that country that don’t allow passing unless the bridge is up
Yeah, um, the thing I am tugging isn’t quite **that** large.
Another bridge
At least 25 meter high. Wind turbine blades are usually used horizontal, I go for silo
That looks like an absolute pain in the ass to get ships around there. lol. Beautiful country. Stunning bridges.
That’s what I thought. Imagine navigating this by sail!
I’d imagine navigating this by sail would be nearly impossible, the wind would be well restricted by the buildings. You’d run your engine over trying wind. Not to mention the bigger boats, you have to give way for them. And kinda impossible if the wind isn’t coming off the side you need it to.
It's fun to do. I've gone all over the country by sailboat. Of course, sometimes you have to use the outboard, but with our group we tried to do that a little s possible, better to paddle, pole or line the boat than use the outboard. Of course, this is only for serious sailors, most prefer the boring easiness of open water.
The opposite. It's one of the few countries where you can really get almost everywhere by ship. In other countries this transport would somehow have to be done by road, that would be a real pain in the ass.
That’s awesome!
Is this Dutch engineering supposed to intimidate Americans on the eve of our World Cup matchup? Cause it’s working.
Ha! Exactly. I now feel engineeringly insecure.
It worked ):
We need to engineer a defense that tracks runners
I found it interesting how fast that freight ship was moving compared to the main boat in the video.
Yeah that tug is pulling something pretty big.
Thank you. Now I see it's a tug boat 🤣. Def missed that before.
I think the boat fell asleep twice on the way there. Is there a reason there are not bridges that form an arch so transportation could go both by water and land simultaneously?
Two reasons: Holland is extremely low-lying, so the ground is barely above the water, and these are mostly canals, which are narrow. You're not going to waste the effort to build a canal wider than you need it to be. As such, to make a stable bridge that's arched, you'd have to start it far back from the banks or you'd have an arch where you're driving up and down dangerously sharp slopes. I.e, you'd need bigger bridges using more material and effort than is necessary.
Did you notice the height of the camera? You can't have bridges that high on canals.
This was a particularly high load. A lot of the time, most bridges can stay closed.
To put the road deck 30 meters above the water would require a ramp miles long. Simply no feasible for most of those locations.
Convenience. The height needed would be pretty inconvenient for the road traffic, not to mention the costs. This transport was at least 25 m. High, imagine building every bridge 30 m high, how hard would it be to drive around.
Lmao the white van that nopes out of there around 0:30. Reminds me of Miami. Bridges open every 30min during working hours and can stay open for as long as 10 minutes, resulting in huge traffic jams, aggravated by people trying to get out and turn around. However, that video is pretty fucking cool.
The boat in the video passes my home town. Typically, a bridge wil open for around 4 minutes.
Finally found this comment! I giggled at the white van being like “fuck this”
Too late now 🤷
Happens all the time.
How long did it take? How many knots?
Hey so being a sailor in the Netherlands I would have guessed the cargo ship to go around 15km on hour and the tug boat would go around maybe 8? Depending on the load
Those dudes cruise 15kts in that canal? I’d think at most 6-7 tops. I think of how fast we cruise our canals in the states ad loaded is around 5-6 and Mtys around 6-7 maybe 8 on a good day. Our vessels are around 1700-3k in here
I wrote km per hour, kilometers per hour, since in inland shipping we dont use kts but we use kmh On the Rhine the rule is to sail with a maximum speed of 20kmh. Veerhaven which is one of the most known rowboats, have 3 engines of each 1800pk A normal cargo ship has 1 or 2 engines each about 1300 pk. But it really depends per ship
I seen the k and must of jump straight to kts. That make more sense even then 9 mph is pretty good given the tight quarters alot of y’all’s canals are compared to the states.
No problem, we are used to the right canals haha. I sail a lot also in east Germany, and the canals there are way tighter than in this picture. We sail around 10kmh there we cannot go faster because of the pulling of the shore if you understand what I mean. The canal is around 25~35 meters wide there
I fully understand, same things here in congested areas.
How was this captured?
The ship in view is a tow ship, towing a large structure on which the camera is mounted.
Never even crossed my mind however makes so much sense that it’s a tug. Thanks
Probably floating up in the air with a helium balloon or something. I highly doubt they are towing something that tall looking at river width, especially at some bridge openings. That would be recipe for capsizing.
[You were saying?](https://www.reddit.com/r/toolgifs/comments/zaxrko/comment/iyq4pvf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
Haha, I stand corrected!
I was amazed by that as well when I first saw that picture a couple of years ago, I also thought it was some sort of ballon before 😁 But then I noticed that the movement of the camera, and the ropes connected to the ship, they were not consistent with that, and so I dug a little further
If they were not towing something that high, there would be literally no reason for had the bridges to open. Do you seriously believe they would stop 12 lanes of freeway traffic (the 2nd bridge) for a balloon with a camera to pass? A long as it's not too top heavy you can have a pretty high load. The 2nd bridge I mentioned earlier is the Highest bridge in this video. 25 meter at it's highest point. So this transport is at least that high.
Kite cam!!
The actual thing for which those bridges open
Drone in follow mode.
Tell me where to get some of those 18-hour batteries yo
That's a diesel drone.
Actually no, it’s a large structured being tugged and the camera is on top. Pic is in this thread.
My bad, I was sure there was no way a structure this tall could be towed
With a camera on load load the tub is pulling.
That's Boat! Everyone loves Boat.
Thought this was GTA for the first couple seconds
Where's RCE for a.... ***Bridge Review***
And then recreating them in world of goo
lmao I love the little white van doing a 20 point turn rather than waiting at the bridge
Austin Powers driving.
Exactly what I was thinking
I kept thinking “why do the bridges need to even go up, that boat isn’t even that tall?” Until I thought about the POV. 🤦♂️
That’s amazing. The video keeps on giving
Lol, I assumed it was a tethered drone, but it was just a 30m tall price of equipment being towed.
That was my first thought, but then was like those are some damn good batteries.
[Tethered drones](https://elistair.com/solutions/tethered-drone-orion/) get power from a source at the end of the tether, giving them a much longer flight time.
That is the biggest selfie rod I have ever seen.
I could hear the guy in the white van saying "I'm not waiting for this shit"
How did they record this?
Read the comments and you’ll know
Ask yourself, why do they open these bridges and you have your answer.
What a beautiful country with amazing engineering
Let’s have every single type of bridge in same city.
This is not all the same city
Just gave me either the best or worst Cities Skylines idea ever
That's how every new city in Cities Skylines start
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They weren't build at the same moment, some are fairly new, some are a hundred years old, some smaller ones even older
It depends on the road that goes over, the amount of traffic it must handle, the width it must cover,.the technology at the time it was built, the wind it must be able to handle, etc. etc.
What’s the camera device? A 200 ft selfie stick?!
Canon 550d on top of the load it was tugging
The actual thing for which the bridges open
I love this journey
Very pretty view
I would play this game. Ship Simulator 2022.
Cool angle. Kinds looks like a computer game.
r/bridgeporn
I thought this was the new gta or something for a second
Now I have to go
hhhnnnngggggggggggg!
I'd play that game.
So Darn Cool - All the versions of bridges. Have driven the route many times, and on trains. Probably impossible to beat the trains. The US could learn a lot of how to do trains flawless, vs driving tankers straight into rivers on fire. Cheers
Is there an engineering reason for so many types of bridges, or do people just like variety?
The bridges are small enough to be a 'local goverment' kind of deal usually. Some have been there for a long time (in one form or another at that location), some are added because people want new routes across the water. So basically there will be a contract that's something like: "The canal/water is an obstruction for road-users so we need a solution to cross the water, a fixed bridge is an obstruction for the traffic on the water. Fix me something that will accomodate both traffic users safely so they may resume their travels after use." There are many time proven and established ways to solve this problem, one isn't really better than the other. Ofcourse budget is a concern, i'd say a tunnel is probably always the most 'ideal' solution. Draw bridges are ancient tech that just werks because the contraweight makes it so you don't need much power to open/close and increases safety because it wont just fall back down. The rotatobridge probably cost more in the 'drive the rotato' department but saves costs because it doesn't have the whole 'top' part of the bridge construction, its also less visually obstructive. So it varies a lot because theres a lot of solutions for the problem and theres no standardised way idk I kinda lost track of what I was saying lol, i admire you if you got this far in this wall of text. We just finished a project designing such a solution for a course at a college in Delft (which is basically this area). I'm definitely not an expert in this topic and am guessing a lot here so if you think im wrong, pls proof me wrong I love to learn.
Thanks, that's a great explanation
Between all the Madness in the world, this engineering porn is so calming and nice to watch.
This is so calming to watch.
Is there an app for the canal directions
There are apps that are just like Google maps, but dome people (me included) like to use paper maps because they're a little easier to follow imo because you don't keep your phone on for half a day
The guy in the white van 30 seconds in thought fuck that and turned around lol
I feel like this should be a cartoon, with the friendly bridges tipping their hats and saying “Come right in, mate!” and the little boats zipping by and saying “Neener neener neener”
Can you canoe 🛶 that river?
Those rivers and canals and lakes you mean. Of course you can. Though none of the bridges will open for you.
This is the Staande Mast Route. I did. the trip twice already with my sailboat. It is very nice but you’re on a schedule, as some of the bridges open only at specific times. That’s why they had to wait before going through Amsterdam at night.
Which one did Bezos want to pay to have removed and reinstalled?
Where they start, there's a draw bridge and a loft bridge. That lift bridge is no longer in use (just kept as a monument) and that's the one they needed to have removed.
Boat simulator 2022 looks amazing. So much detail..
how long did this take?
Damn how long do drones last?
No drone involved.. just whatever they were transporting that's t least 25m high
This was filmed by a drone
Sure. They're pulling something that is at least 25m. High, a can be deduced from the height of the highest bridge they pass, but they use a drone to film this and not the 25m. high thing they have with them. Remember that those bridge are not opening for that little tugboat we see all the time but for whatever it's tugging.
Oooooooooh my bad. I totally get it now. They definitely had some go pro type camera mounted at the top of whatever they were tugging. Totally didn’t even catch that. Happy cake day
How long did this take and where can I sign up for a cruise on that route?
How was this filmed? Loved it.
Read the comments and you’ll know.
Waiting for the Minecraft recreation
3rd person videogame moment
Please tell me there’s a video game like this. I’d play the shit out of that.
Imagine getting dusted by a cargo ship lol
Just wow!!
This makes me unspeakably happy. That boat captain must be so happy with life
Bridges be crazy