Calandbrug | |
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| Coordinates | 51°54′05″N 4°13′37″E / 51.9014°N 4.2269°E |
| Carries |  Rijksweg 15Havenspoorlijn Rotterdam |
| Crosses | Caland Canal |
| Locale | Rotterdam |
| Maintained by | Rijkswaterstaat ProRail |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Truss bridge with vertical lift |
| Total length | 344 m |
| Width | 37 m |
| Longest span | 107 m |
| Clearance below | 49.7 m (open) 11.7 m closed |
| History | |
| Opened | June 6, 1969 |
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The Calandbrug is a road and former railroad bridge over the Caland Canal in the port of Rotterdam in the Dutch municipality of Rotterdam. It is located west of Rozenburg at the end of the canal, which flows into the Brittanniëhaven here. Completed in 1969, the truss bridge with integrated vertical lift bridge connects the Europoort and Botlek port areas and carries two lanes of Rijksweg 15, a separate path for mopeds and bicycles and a footpath. Until 2021, it also carried two tracks of the Havenspoorlijn Rotterdam.
As the Brittanniëhaven has to be reached by car transporters with high superstructures, which could no longer pass through the 46-metre-wide opening of the bridge in strong winds, the port authority had a 1.8-kilometre-long and 25-metre-high partially permeable wind barrier built on the west side of the bridge in 1985. In addition, the Thomassentunnel, which runs parallel to the bridge and has six lanes of the A15 motorway running under the Caland Canal, was built by 2004 to relieve the bridge. Since the opening of the Theemsweg route at the end of 2021, train traffic has been routed past the bridge via an elevated railroad, which means that rail freight traffic on the port railroad no longer has to be interrupted by shipping traffic. The bridge will continue to serve as a road bridge for local traffic and the transportation of hazardous goods.