Zalige Bridge: the Dutch Bridge Showing Sea Level Rise is Here

Energy and sustainability, Low Density, NEXT Architects, Project, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms

Bridge, Built environment, Civil infrastructure, Climate change, Connections, Context, Ecological agencies, Energetic Approach, Global Awareness, Infrastructure, Landscape, Nijmegen, Public space role, Sea Level Rise, Territorial Approach, The Netherlands, Water

The Dutch know how to live with water. The Zalige bridge is the proof of this. The bridge is slowly submerging under the rising water and is reachable only through stepping stones. It becomes the ultimate place to experience high water. In the Dutch city of Nijmegen, where the bridge is located, water levels of 11.50 m NAP+ have been measured. Such a height has only been reached once in the last 15 years. In the past this would have been a threat; but now the high water becomes an attraction. People walk over the bridge and through the river park to see and experience the high water.