Erasmusbrug

The Erasmusbrug is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge. Construction began in 1986 and was completed in 1996. It crosses the in the centre of , connecting the north and south parts of this city, second largest in .
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Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: bridge in Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Erasmus Bridge”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wereldmuseum Rotterdam and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

Museum
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The is an ethnographic museum, situated at Willemskade in Rotterdam, the . The museum was founded in 1883 and shows more than 1800 ethnographic objects from various cultures in Asia, Oceania, Africa, the Americas and the Islamic heritage. is situated 450 metres southwest of Erasmusbrug.

Museum
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Municipal is an art museum in in the . The name of the museum is derived from its two most important donors, Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. is situated 1 km northwest of Erasmusbrug.

Photo: Torero, CC BY-SA 3.0.
World Port Centre is a 33-storey, 123.1 m skyscraper in , . is situated 540 metres south of Erasmusbrug.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wilhelminapier and Kop van Zuid.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands, located on the south bank of the opposite the center of town. The district is relatively young and includes the Wilhelmina Pier as well as the V bounded by the Rose Street and railway line on one side and the Rotterdam-Dordrecht Hilledijk, Hill Street and Rijnhaven on the other.

Neighborhood
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The or Nieuwe Werk is a neighborhood located on the banks of the river in , the Netherlands. The is among the top 20 wealthiest neighborhoods in the Netherlands.

Erasmusbrug

Latitude
51.9096° or 51° 54′ 35″ north
Longitude
4.48636° or 4° 29′ 11″ east
Elevation
-3 metres (-10 feet)
Open location code
9F36WF5P+RG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 315069701
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
7911163
Wiki­data ID
Q1348188
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Erasmusbrug” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جسر ايراسموس”
  • Armenian: “Էրազմի կամուրջ”
  • Bashkir: “Эразм күпере”
  • Chinese: “伊拉斯謨橋”
  • Czech: “Erasmusbrug”
  • Czech: “Erasmův most”
  • Danish: “Erasmusbroen”
  • Dutch: “De Zwaan”
  • Dutch: “Erasmusbrug”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايراسموسبروج”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto de Erasmo”
  • French: “Pont Erasme”
  • French: “pont Érasme”
  • French: “Pont Érasme”
  • German: “Erasmus-Brücke”
  • German: “Erasmusbrücke”
  • German: “Erasmusbrug”
  • Hebrew: “גשר אראסמוס”
  • Hebrew: “גשר ארסמוס”
  • Indonesian: “Erasmusbrug”
  • Italian: “Erasmusbrug”
  • Japanese: “エラスムス橋”
  • Luxembourgish: “Erasmusbréck”
  • Mongolian: “Эразмус гүүр”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Erasmus bro”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Erasmusbroen”
  • Polish: “Erasmusbrug”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte Erasmo”
  • Russian: “Мост Эразма”
  • Slovak: “Erasmusbrug”
  • Slovenian: “Most Erasmus”
  • Spanish: “Erasmusbrug”
  • Turkish: “Erasmus Köprüsü”
  • Turkish: “Erasmusbrug”
  • Ukrainian: “Міст Еразма”
  • Welsh: “Pont Erasmus”

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