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Koningshaven Bridge, known colloquially as "De Hef," first opened all the way back in 1927, and has never been disassembled to allow for any particularly large crafts to pass through in that time. However, a Rotterdam city management department spokesman named Peter van Druten tells WSJ that the center portion of the structure was once removed for purposes of restoration and repainting, a process that he says took about a day.

Still, residents of the city didn't seem to like the idea of taking it apart just to accommodate Bezos (or someone almost as rich), using the hashtag #ABridgeTooFar on social media and online petitions to fight back against the proposed plans. According to van Druten, people in the city think of the bridge as "a work of art" and an "important monument" that they didn't want to see taken apart. Now, it seems they won't have to.