📋 Tender Overview
The new bicycle bridge in Easterlittens was officially opened by two students from the ROC Friese Poort and Meindert van der Kooi. The hydraulic engineering students worked with the contractor on this project. In 1974 Mr. Van der Kooi made the brackets for the railing of the old bridge in the forge in the village. The brackets have been reused in the new bridge. In addition to replacement the angle of inclination has also been made less steep and the bridge has been moved three meters.The wooden bicycle bridge over the Boalserter Feart has been replaced because the existing bridge was in poor condition. At the request of the inhabitants of the village the slope has also been made less steep. The many cyclists who know this bridge will notice and appreciate the difference says Commissioner Avine Fokkens-Kelder. The model the vertical clearance 2.5 m and the vertical clearance 6.5 m have otherwise remained the same. In consultation with the residents of Easterlittens and the municipalities of Leeuwarden and Waadhoeke it has been decided to move the bridge three meters in the direction of Baard. In this way the bridge connects more beautifully with the cycle path.ReuseThe wooden foundation piles of the new bridge previously had a function elsewhere. Small parts of the old bridge have been reused where possible. Meindert van der Kooi I live in Easterlittens and regularly cycle or walk across this bridge. Since the old bridge was being demolished I asked if I could keep the handrail brackets as a souvenir. The smithy where I worked has long since disappeared. It is wonderful that my work has been reused and remains visible in the new bridge. FIKSMathijs Boltjes and Jesse van der Wal of the ROC Friese Poort Drachten have worked in recent months together with contractor De Boer and de Groot on the design purchase preparation and construction of the wooden bridge decks. This collaboration is part of FIKS. Within this partnership governments the business community and schools stimulate the connection between theory and practice in the field of among other things hydraulic engineering works.It concerns the bridge on the north side of Easterlittens in line with De Daam. The bridge belongs to the province of Frysln the adjacent cycle paths of both municipalities.
