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A foreign truck driver became stranded on the cycle path of the Merwede Bridge on the A27 near Sleeuwijk. It was unclear how the driver reached the narrow route, where the truck was among cyclists.
Rijkswaterstaat road inspectors and police attended the scene to determine how to remove the truck. Heavy goods vehicles and coaches remain barred from using the bridge because of its condition.
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An investigation reported that at least 16 Dutch bridges and viaducts contain a type of prestressing steel that could fail without warning, creating a risk of collapse. The sites named in the reports included the Cadettenkamp viaduct on the A27 near Breda, an A67 railway viaduct near Geldrop, the Oosterhoutsebrug, the West Viaduct on the A9 at Uitgeest and two viaducts in Amersfoort. The investigation said the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management had long known about the issue but had taken few of the recommended measures.