East Flanders
In the East Flemish village of Basel, there is a two-hundred-year-old suspension bridge that engineer Jean-Baptiste Vifquain designed on behalf of Philippe Vilain XIIII, a Dutch King William I chamberlain.
Mira Bridge
On 24 November 1897, the entire municipality of Hamme was in a celebration mood. That day, the foundation stone was to be laid for a new bridge over the Durme. But it ended in tragedy.
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