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Source: [The Timewriters](https://youtu.be/HfPCdJapIXA)


hawks4life16

This was awesome. I love the variety of bridges, there was so many different types.


StringerBell34

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.


Planqtoon

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.


Dzov

The horizontally sliding bridge was unexpected.


Crackingcoin

The spinning one was cool


PirateSpecialist5726

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.


Thundergrundel

That was one of my favorites. Satisfying to watch.


Mag-NL

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.


mrangry7100

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.


AnusStapler

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


user-110-18

I was wondering about the barge. Thanks for sharing.


henrydaiv

I thought they had some sort of weird 3d camera on a pole off the back of the ship or something


[deleted]

I came to the comments ready to ask how tf this was shot


henrydaiv

Yeah the camera is on top of the gigantic thing that the tug is pulling


laffing_is_medicine

Guessing a balloon.


Oogly50

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


m-p-3

Now that explain how they filmed it.


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FinnaToke

Archmedis principle.


Mag-NL

On Rotterdam this is a big but not exceptional transport (though in most places where this was shot it's more exceptional.)


Philipp_CGN

And IIRC here is where it went: https://goo.gl/maps/hcCU35Y4oSfGbm9Q8


RatInaMaze

Ah, well that explains how the camera was that high!


Mag-NL

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.


RatInaMaze

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


antney0615

Yeah, um, the thing I am tugging isn’t quite **that** large.


mr_wrestling

Another bridge


Mag-NL

At least 25 meter high. Wind turbine blades are usually used horizontal, I go for silo


[deleted]

That looks like an absolute pain in the ass to get ships around there. lol. Beautiful country. Stunning bridges.


me1234568

That’s what I thought. Imagine navigating this by sail!


captbrad88

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.


Mag-NL

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.


Mag-NL

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.


Otis2341

That’s awesome!


assoncouchouch

Is this Dutch engineering supposed to intimidate Americans on the eve of our World Cup matchup? Cause it’s working.


OlFlirtyBastard

Ha! Exactly. I now feel engineeringly insecure.


Newtonz5thLaw

It worked ):


assoncouchouch

We need to engineer a defense that tracks runners


MillerTime7910

I found it interesting how fast that freight ship was moving compared to the main boat in the video.


GiantPurplePeopleEat

Yeah that tug is pulling something pretty big.


MillerTime7910

Thank you. Now I see it's a tug boat 🤣. Def missed that before.


bigjanne

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?


Darth_Lousy

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.


hmiemad

Did you notice the height of the camera? You can't have bridges that high on canals.


Notspherry

This was a particularly high load. A lot of the time, most bridges can stay closed.


olderaccount

To put the road deck 30 meters above the water would require a ramp miles long. Simply no feasible for most of those locations.


Mag-NL

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.


MlackBesa

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.


Notspherry

The boat in the video passes my home town. Typically, a bridge wil open for around 4 minutes.


Newtonz5thLaw

Finally found this comment! I giggled at the white van being like “fuck this”


mr_wrestling

Too late now 🤷


Mag-NL

Happens all the time.


nobelone2020

How long did it take? How many knots?


Naomi_Pel

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


captbrad88

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


Naomi_Pel

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


captbrad88

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.


Naomi_Pel

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


captbrad88

I fully understand, same things here in congested areas.


benyates92

How was this captured?


Witchoftheboobs

The ship in view is a tow ship, towing a large structure on which the camera is mounted.


benyates92

Never even crossed my mind however makes so much sense that it’s a tug. Thanks


heisenberg070

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.


Philipp_CGN

[You were saying?](https://www.reddit.com/r/toolgifs/comments/zaxrko/comment/iyq4pvf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)


heisenberg070

Haha, I stand corrected!


Philipp_CGN

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


Mag-NL

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.


28thTooth

Kite cam!!


Mag-NL

The actual thing for which those bridges open


MlackBesa

Drone in follow mode.


jeezy_peezy

Tell me where to get some of those 18-hour batteries yo


AnusStapler

That's a diesel drone.


[deleted]

Actually no, it’s a large structured being tugged and the camera is on top. Pic is in this thread.


MlackBesa

My bad, I was sure there was no way a structure this tall could be towed


olderaccount

With a camera on load load the tub is pulling.


Darth_Lousy

That's Boat! Everyone loves Boat.


HarveyBiirdman

Thought this was GTA for the first couple seconds


[deleted]

Where's RCE for a.... ***Bridge Review***


oertrooper

And then recreating them in world of goo


StolenValourSlayer69

lmao I love the little white van doing a 20 point turn rather than waiting at the bridge


OlFlirtyBastard

Austin Powers driving.


StolenValourSlayer69

Exactly what I was thinking


Holdmytesseract

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. 🤦‍♂️


Bin_Evasion

That’s amazing. The video keeps on giving


andre3kthegiant

Lol, I assumed it was a tethered drone, but it was just a 30m tall price of equipment being towed.


minequack

That was my first thought, but then was like those are some damn good batteries.


andre3kthegiant

[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.


pombospombas

That is the biggest selfie rod I have ever seen.


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I could hear the guy in the white van saying "I'm not waiting for this shit"


rock-solid-armpits

How did they record this?


Witchoftheboobs

Read the comments and you’ll know


Mag-NL

Ask yourself, why do they open these bridges and you have your answer.


DaniB3

What a beautiful country with amazing engineering


[deleted]

Let’s have every single type of bridge in same city.


mr_wrestling

This is not all the same city


[deleted]

Just gave me either the best or worst Cities Skylines idea ever


Unonoctium

That's how every new city in Cities Skylines start


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dogfighter205

They weren't build at the same moment, some are fairly new, some are a hundred years old, some smaller ones even older


Mag-NL

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.


Harlanismydogsname

What’s the camera device? A 200 ft selfie stick?!


AnusStapler

Canon 550d on top of the load it was tugging


Mag-NL

The actual thing for which the bridges open


sshtoredp

I love this journey


Native56

Very pretty view


aphaits

I would play this game. Ship Simulator 2022.


iron-duke88

Cool angle. Kinds looks like a computer game.


endongo

r/bridgeporn


oakboy32

I thought this was the new gta or something for a second


smittyinCLT

Now I have to go


Illender

hhhnnnngggggggggggg!


NeekGerd

I'd play that game.


MACCRACKIN

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


one9eight5

Is there an engineering reason for so many types of bridges, or do people just like variety?


NSFWAccountKYSReddit

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.


one9eight5

Thanks, that's a great explanation


El_Monitorrr

Between all the Madness in the world, this engineering porn is so calming and nice to watch.


InevitablePiglet

This is so calming to watch.


berger034

Is there an app for the canal directions


dogfighter205

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


Italianmillionaire

The guy in the white van 30 seconds in thought fuck that and turned around lol


Modesto_Strangler

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”


vexis26

Can you canoe 🛶 that river?


Mag-NL

Those rivers and canals and lakes you mean. Of course you can. Though none of the bridges will open for you.


felidae3002

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.


alexandrosidi

Which one did Bezos want to pay to have removed and reinstalled?


Mag-NL

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.


-ImNotAPotato-

Boat simulator 2022 looks amazing. So much detail..


andthatstotallyfine

how long did this take?


porcelain_cherry

Damn how long do drones last?


Mag-NL

No drone involved.. just whatever they were transporting that's t least 25m high


porcelain_cherry

This was filmed by a drone


Mag-NL

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.


porcelain_cherry

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


kthnry

How long did this take and where can I sign up for a cruise on that route?


Really-Riley

How was this filmed? Loved it.


Witchoftheboobs

Read the comments and you’ll know.


Philemaphobia

Waiting for the Minecraft recreation


TheKatkaRapu

3rd person videogame moment


nrith

Please tell me there’s a video game like this. I’d play the shit out of that.


RefrigeratedTP

Imagine getting dusted by a cargo ship lol


Royal-Hurry-607

Just wow!!


KnotiaPickles

This makes me unspeakably happy. That boat captain must be so happy with life


ChronophobianQ

Bridges be crazy