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In 1916, the German army constructed a 285-metre-long viaduct in the village of Born in just eight months.
Endangered railway bridge over the Scheldt
A 49-meter-long bridge over the River Scheldt, dating back to 1959, was the first railway bridge in Belgium to utilise the technique of prestressed concrete.
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