Le Willemsspoortunnel (en français, le tunnel ferroviaire Willem) est un tunnel ferroviaire de 2 796 m de long permettant à la ligne ferroviaire Rotterdam - Bréda de traverser la Nouvelle Meuse au centre de la ville de Rotterdam.
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The Willemsbrug is a bridge next to the Erasmusbrug in the centre of Rotterdam, Netherlands, spanning the Nieuwe Maas. It links the northern part of the city with the Noordereiland and the district of Feijenoord.
The bridge was completed in 1981, designed by C. Veerling and named after King Willem III of the Netherlands. It replaced an older bridge that had been opened in 1879 but was severely outdated by the time the decision was made to build a new one. Because of the intensity of the traffic using the old bridge, it was decided to build the new one 150 metres upstream to avoid upsetting the daily flow of traffic across the river. After the completion of the new bridge, the old one was demolished.
The Willemsbrug is a cable-stayed bridge with a total span of about 318 meters. It is painted in a red color which puts it in sharp contrast with the light blue painted Erasmus Bridge.
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Noordereiland is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The Noordereiland owes its name to the Noorderhaven which, under the leadership of C.B. van der Tak was dug between 1872 and 1874. By digging the Noorderhaven, the Noordereiland was separated from the former island of Fijenoord and is now an island between the central parts of the North and South side of the city. Until the end of the 20th century the island was inhabited by a large population of inland skippers. Part of the neighborhood is a protected cityscape.
In 1883 the Russian Achilles M. De Khotinsky built the first light bulb and accumulator factory in the Netherlands at Prins Hendrikkade 35. The oldest Rhine shipping company for bulk goods W. van Driel Stoomboot- & Transportbedrijven was founded in 1888 by Willem van Driel sr., with headquarters on the Noordereiland in Rotterdam on the Maaskade to operate a tugboat company and to focus on mass transport to the Rhine of grain, ore, etc. The Hulstkamp building from 1892 is a national heritage monument on the Maaskade. At the beginning of the Burgemeester Hoffmanplein is the Wilhelmina fountain designed by Henri Evers in 1898 on the occasion of the accession of Queen Wilhelmina to the throne. In 1907, the municipality of Rotterdam opened a floating wooden bathing and swimming facility on the Maaskade, which was closed in 1962 due to polluted river water and because there was no money left for maintenance. With the arrival of the container and the relocation of port activities to Botlek, Europoort and Maasvlakte, the Noordereiland has become more residential.
During the German bombings in May 1940, the Noordereiland was much better preserved than other parts of the city, because the Noordereiland was spared by the Luftwaffe, as the Germans had entrenched themselves there. However, more than 600 houses on the tips of the Noordereiland were destroyed by a number of English bombardments, which were intended to chase the Germans away. One of the affected points, the old Prinsenhoofd, was partly excavated in 1961 to form a trench at a depth of 20 meters in the riverbed of the Nieuwe Maas during the construction of the Rotterdam Metro. The green strip at Meeuwenstraat now bears the name Prinsenhoofd.
The construction of the new Willemsbrug in 1981 and the Willemsspoortunnel in 1994 have changed the east side of the island quite a bit due to the demolition of old buildings and new building construction.
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De Hef, officially Koningshaven Bridge, is a vertical-lift bridge over the Koningshaven channel at the port of Rotterdam, Netherlands. Built in 1927, the bridge was part of the Breda–Rotterdam railway line until it was decommissioned in 1993. Today, it is a Rijksmonument heritage site.
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The Witte Huis or White House is a building and National Heritage Site in Rotterdam, Netherlands, built in 1898 in the Art Nouveau style. The building is 43 m tall, with 10 floors. It was the first hoogbouw in Europe. The building is listed as a Rijksmonument.
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The Red Apple is a 40-storey, 124-metre residential skyscraper on Wijnhaven Island in Rotterdam, Netherlands, designed by KCAP Architects & Planners and Jan des Bouvrie. The building was topped out in 2008, completed in 2009, and features 121 units, and a 338-space multi-storey car park. It is the tenth-tallest building in Rotterdam. The Kopblok is a 53-metre-tall building that has an additional 79 apartment units and offices. The ground floor is designed for shops and restaurants. The entire complex has an open fiber network.
Histoire
Ouvert en 1993, il remplace l'ancienne ligne de surface qui passait, de la gare Centrale par le pont ferroviaire Willemsbrug pour rejoindre l'île Noordereiland, puis par le pont ferroviaire De Hef (un pont levant) qui rejoint la rive sud de la ville.
Circulation
Il comporte une gare souterraine sur la rive nord de la rivière la gare de Rotterdam-Blaak. Les trains qui utilisent la HSL-Zuid et ceux qui utilisent la ligne de la Betuwe l'empruntent. Il est emprunté par les Thalys pour relier les grandes villes de Belgique (Anvers, Bruxelles) et de France (Lille, Paris) à la gare centrale de Rotterdam.