The Dutch, not content with merely driving the sea back, now seek to taunt and humiliate it
post
What the fuck is this place. The hills look like a PS1 game
Not a hill, its a levee
Even the history of this is fascinating. This is the "Moses Bridge", and it's a renovated part of the old dyke system that was used to prevent attacking armies from getting in - because the dykes and levee's had blocked the sea so effectively, they realised they could stop attackers by... flooding them out. Literally.
When it came to renovate this area, they wanted to provide access without denigrating the fact it was an old defensive structure, hence this unique sea-level bridge.
Is it a "bridge" though?
Feels like it’s more of a “trough” than anything else.
It's a dam.
You are dam right.
It’s a bridge too far
I feel like that shit floods every time it rains lol. I'm curious how they would drain it.
Just drill drain holes in the bottom. Duh! Oh wait...
how they would drain it.
Since a lot of land is below sea level, the Netherlands basically dry pump their country all the time anyway.
Wow. There is very small margin for overflowing here...
So it's the Berlin Wall for fish...
This looks like something someone would make in Rollercoaster Tycoon
Is there an underpass for fish and such?
And if it floods then....?
it doesn't flood, this is the netherlands
Holy shit this comment fucking killed me. It's so funny.
I understand that a flood in the Netherlands would spell catastrophe but it sounds like the water just can't flood there, because it is the Netherlands, not because of the amazing stuff that they built
How does this work? Wouldn't even a light rainfall cause it to flood in on itself?
top 50 comments