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===The Netherlands=== [[File:Delft Abtwoudsebrug.jpg|thumb|The "Abtswoudsebrug", a swing bridge for bikers and pedestrians built in 1979]] * The "Abtsewoudsebrug" in [[Delft]], close to the [[Technische Universiteit Delft]], is a bridge of this type. {{Coord|52|0|5.71|N|4|21|50.10|E}} * There are four bridges of this type in use on the [[Afsluitdijk]] (Enclosure dam). They span the waterways that link the [[Lock (water navigation)|shipping lock complexes]] to the [[Wadden Sea]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/nieuws/2018/04/a7-afsluitdijk-kornwerderzand-werkzaamheden-lorentzsluizencomplex.aspx |title=A7 Afsluitdijk Kornwerderzand: werkzaamheden Lorentzsluizencomplex 9β26 april 2018 |date=3 April 2018}}</ref> * There is another one on the channel between Ghent (Belgium) and Terneuzen (The Netherlands) at Sas Van Gent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beeldbank.zeelandseaports.com/en/detail/08033948-0cdd-a2a0-c2a8-70eecdb708d0 |title=Draaibrug over het kanaal Gent-Terneuzen bij Sas van Gent |publisher=Beeldbank Zeeland Seaports |date=1 August 1977 |access-date=17 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20160217065248/http://beeldbank.zeelandseaports.com/en/detail/08033948-0cdd-a2a0-c2a8-70eecdb708d0 |archive-date=17 February 2016 }}</ref> Many inner cities have swing bridges, since these require less street space than other types of bridges.
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