Print Email Facebook Twitter Living bridges Dordrecht: A bridge across the Oude Maas Title Living bridges Dordrecht: A bridge across the Oude Maas Author Van Wijk, C.P. Contributor Vambersky, J.N.J.A. (mentor) Mooren, H.G. (mentor) Romeijn, A. (mentor) Wagemans, L.A.G. (mentor) Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Design and Construction Date 2009-04-28 Abstract The city of Dordrecht has always had a strong connection to the rivers surrounding it. In the early days the city was the centre of trans-shipment of goods on the north-south and east-west trade routes across Europe. In these days, the rivers formed the only entrance to the city. In the last two centuries the city was connected to land infrastructure (railway and roads), which led to a shift of the city centre. With the coming of the railway and its station south of Dordrecht in 1872 the main entrance to the city was shifted from the rivers to the land. This led to a shift of the location of the city centre, it used to be parallel to the river, now it shifted more to the south, leading to regression in the old city centre and to a diminished connection with the other cities on the river banks (Zwijndrecht and Papendrecht). To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:03c83db5-a44c-4338-854c-006bd4054356 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2009 Van Wijk, C.P. Files PDF Living_bridge_Dordrecht.pdf 5.83 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:03c83db5-a44c-4338-854c-006bd4054356/datastream/OBJ/view