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Eurobridges Spijkenisse

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The Eurobridges Spijkenisse, locally known as the Spijkenisser Eurobruggen, is an applied arts project in the city of Spijkenisse, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The project was realized in the residential area Het Land.[1][2]

The bridges were designed to represent the images on the backside of euro banknotes. The bridges of the 10 and 50 euro banknotes were opened on 26 October 2011 by the then Queen's commissioner of South Holland Jan Franssen.[3][4] The 5 and 20 banknotes were placed after with only one side representing the banknotes. The 200 eurobridge would be placed on 17 October 2012. On 26 September 2013, the final eurobridges were placed representing the 100 and 500 banknotes.[5]

The bridges were designed by Robin Stam.[6] They are made from a concrete base with coloured concrete panels placed on the sides.

Value Opening Location Image Banknote
5 euro 51°50′58.0″N 4°20′24.9″E / 51.849444°N 4.340250°E / 51.849444; 4.340250 Bridge of the 5 Eur note
10 euro 26 Oct. 2011 51°51′8.7″N 4°20′16.9″E / 51.852417°N 4.338028°E / 51.852417; 4.338028 €10
20 euro 51°50′57.3″N 4°20′24.6″E / 51.849250°N 4.340167°E / 51.849250; 4.340167
50 euro 26 Oct. 2011 51°51′07.4″N 4°20′13.7″E / 51.852056°N 4.337139°E / 51.852056; 4.337139
100 euro 26 Sep. 2013 51°50′55.9″N 4°20′22″E / 51.848861°N 4.33944°E / 51.848861; 4.33944
200 euro 17 Oct. 2012 51°50′59.5″N 4°20′27.4″E / 51.849861°N 4.340944°E / 51.849861; 4.340944
500 euro 26 Sep. 2013 51°51′04.5″N 4°20′8.3″E / 51.851250°N 4.335639°E / 51.851250; 4.335639 Bridge of the 500 Euro note

References

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  1. ^ Demoed, Kimo (2011-07-04). "Eurobruggen werkelijkheid in Spijkenisse".
  2. ^ "Spijkenisse bouwt eurobruggen". Binnenlands Bestuur (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  3. ^ "www.spijkenisse.nl: Persbericht over de opening van de Eurobruggen in Spijkenisse op woensdag 26 oktober 2011". Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  4. ^ "Eurobruggen geopend in Spijkenisse". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  5. ^ "Eurobruggen in Spijkenisse geopend - architectenweb.nl". architectenweb.nl. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  6. ^ "Interview Robin Stam: Met eurobruggen op de kaart gezet". Cobouw.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-12-10.