THE Port of Rotterdam Authority will redirect four kilometres of the Betuwe Route so that the railway line will no longer run over the Caland Bridge.
Rotterdam redirects 4 kilometres of Betuwe Route to improve flow THE Port of Rotterdam Authority will redirect four kilometres of the Betuwe Route so that the railway line will no longer run over the Caland Bridge. Thus, shipping and rail traffic will to obstruct each other from 2020 onwards and eliminating noise from the railway long a nuisance to the village of Rozenburg. Construction of the new route will cost around EUR€275 million (US$306.6 million) with the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment contributing over EUR€100 million, the European Union EUR€62 million and the Port Authority the remainder. The Caland Bridge near Rozenburg is a steel vertical lift bridge that will reach the end of its life in 2020. By redirecting the railway line over the Rozenburgse Sluis and via Theemsweg, the increasing rail traffic to and from Europoort and the Maasvlakte will no longer be obstructed by shipping, thus improving the flow of traffic.
