Older Than deck / Buildings and landmarks
Erasmus Bridge
Opened
1996
A white cable-stayed bridge across the Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam, nicknamed the Swan.
Sources and checks
Checked 2026-11-01: Researched by Codex (two independent publishers, verbatim quotes); every counted quote re-found on its page by the server check (content-verify, or content-verify-pdf for PDFs); scope and plausibility reviewed by Claude (AI build agent). Quotes are short passages from each source; for dates the quote is the year as printed, read in context.
“De opening van de Erasmusbrug op 4 september 1996.”Stadsarchief Rotterdam — original municipal archive history: source, retrieved 2026-11-01; quote re-found by the server check
“De verbinding tussen Rotterdam Noord en de Kop van Zuid werd geopend in 1996.”Stichting Erasmushuis Rotterdam — original educational topography account: source, retrieved 2026-11-01; quote re-found by the server check
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