Verkeersbrug, Over de ringvaart naar de Gouderakse Tiendweg Haastrecht (Krimpenerwaard 28)

English translation

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Description

Introduction

TRAFFIC BRIDGE manufactured by Iron Foundry De Prins van Oranje from The Hague in 1888 as a bascule bridge in Traditional Craftsmanship style, insofar as located on the territory of the municipality of Vlist. The bridge is one of eight bridges laid in 1888 as replacements for older bridges across the ring canal in the Krimpenerwaard. This ring canal was dug around 1800 for the purpose of peat extraction in the Krimpenerwaard and ran from the Stolwijkersluis via Stolwijk, Berkenwoude to Ouderkerk aan den IJssel. The ring canal, the Goudse Vliet, was then extensively used for transports to and from Rotterdam (peat transport and grain product shipments). This bridge, at the Gouderakse Tiendweg for the polder Veerstalblok, is identical to the Beijerse Bridge and the two bridges in Stolwijk. These are bridges of the Dutch type with a now rarely found cast-iron bascule gate with semi-circular struts and lattice infill panels. The bridges at the Berkenwoudse Opweg, the Groenenweg and the Oudelandseweg-Westeinde at the Molenvliet have been replaced by fixed bridges. The bridge at Koolwijk no longer exists. Since the mid-1970s the route via the Goudse Vliet has no longer been used by commercial shipping. The moveable bridges across the Goudse Vliet were then fixed. The movement mechanism was removed. N.B. Protection concerns the section located on the territory of the municipality of Vlist.

Description

Single cast-iron bascule bridge of the Dutch type with a bridge abutment of IJssel stone with hard stone blocks and a bridge abutment of concrete. The cast-iron bascule gate is approximately 5 metres high and over 3 metres wide, is reinforced by two pairs of longitudinal struts and consists of two bascule posts with a bascule rail between them. The corners of the bascule gate and the bascule rail are perforated with decorative scrollwork, in the middle panels of the bascule rail a recessed field is provided with the year of manufacture, "ANNO 1880". At the foot of the bascule post a cast nameplate with the inscription "YZERGIETERY DE PRINS VAN ORANJE 's HAGE 1888". The wrought-iron balance consists of two main beams or balance arms, coupled by cross beams and diagonal rods and a balance box with ballast. The wooden deck rests on steel beams and is connected to the balance arms by chains. The navigable height of the bridge is only a couple of metres. Bridge approaches with cast-iron bridge railings with ornamental balusters on both sides. The bridge is equipped with a hand winch as the movement mechanism.

Valuation

The cast-iron and wrought-iron bascule bridge from 1888 is of general importance because of its cultural-historical value as an example of a bridge of the Dutch type whereby the use of a cast-iron bascule gate and wrought-iron balance reflects a technical development of that time. The bridge is of high importance for the work of The Hague iron foundry De Prins van Oranje. Furthermore, the bridge is intact in its main form and material use and has fine cast-iron ornaments.

The bascule bridge is also of general importance because of its cultural-historical value because of the significance of the bridge for the history of infrastructure as the bridge visualizes the importance of the Goudse Vliet as a waterway.

The bascule bridge of the Dutch type has rarity value as very few of this type have been built in the Netherlands.

The bridge is of great situational and ensemble value because of its integration in the landscape and as part of the ensemble consisting of four identical bascule bridges over the same waterway.