This is what billionaire Jeff Bezos is reportedly doing in Rotterdam, where a new megayacht that is rumored to belong to the creator of the e-commerce giant Amazon will take to the seas once completed. Unfortunately though, the yacht’s three masts are too tall to pass under the city’s Koningshaven Bridge, which is the only way it can get to the sea from where it is currently being assembled in nearby Alblasserdam. The city council has agreed to temporarily remove the bridge’s middle section to allow the boat to pass, since Bezos and/or Oceanco, the shipbuilder, will be footing the bill.
Why is a historic Dutch bridge being temporarily dismantled?
Answer: So Jeff Bezos’ new yacht can sail through.
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It would appear that with enough funding you can accomplish just about anything, including having a historic bridge temporarily taken apart to make room for your megayacht.
This is what billionaire Jeff Bezos is reportedly doing in Rotterdam, where a new megayacht that is rumored to belong to the creator of the e-commerce giant Amazon will take to the seas once completed. Unfortunately though, the yacht’s three masts are too tall to pass under the city’s Koningshaven Bridge, which is the only way it can get to the sea from where it is currently being assembled in nearby Alblasserdam. The city council has agreed to temporarily remove the bridge’s middle section to allow the boat to pass, since Bezos and/or Oceanco, the shipbuilder, will be footing the bill.
Koningshaven Bridge, known by locals as De Hef, has a clearance of 131 feet above the water (you’d think someone would have taken that into consideration when building the megayacht in the first place). It was erected in 1878 as a railroad crossing and suffered severe damage in 1940 from a Nazi bombing during World War II. After rebuilding it in 2017, the city pledged it would never be taken apart again. Unless one of the world’s richest people asked nicely.
This is what billionaire Jeff Bezos is reportedly doing in Rotterdam, where a new megayacht that is rumored to belong to the creator of the e-commerce giant Amazon will take to the seas once completed. Unfortunately though, the yacht’s three masts are too tall to pass under the city’s Koningshaven Bridge, which is the only way it can get to the sea from where it is currently being assembled in nearby Alblasserdam. The city council has agreed to temporarily remove the bridge’s middle section to allow the boat to pass, since Bezos and/or Oceanco, the shipbuilder, will be footing the bill.
