Hollandse Brug | |
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Southeastern Flevoland as viewed from the air. The Hollandse Brug can be seen in the lower left.
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Carries | A6, Flevolijn |
Crosses | Gooimeer and IJmeer |
Locale | Netherlands |
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Opened | 1969 |
Coordinates: 52°19′30″N 5°08′17″E / 52.325°N 5.138°E
The Hollandse Brug is a bridge which crosses the Gooimeer and the IJmeer in the Netherlands. The bridge carries both the Flevolijn heavy rail railway and the A6 motorway, plus a cycleway and footway.
The bridge opened in June 4, 1969Randstad (the conurbanation including Amsterdam, 's-Gravenhage and Rotterdam) and the province of Flevoland, including its two largest cities Almere and Lelystad. In 1987, the bridge carrying the Flevolijn railway between Weesp and Almere Buiten was opened adjacent to the Hollandse Brug.
and, since then, has been the main link between the