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A historic Dutch bridge will be dismantled to make room for a newly constructed yacht, reportedly belonging to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Part of the Koningshaven Bridge will be taken down so Mr Bezos' 127 metre-long yacht can pass through.
By contrast, Ferdinard Magellan's ship the Victoria, the first vessel to circumnavigate the globe, was just 21 metres long.
The vertical lift bridge built in 1927 was designed to be elevated so boats can pass underneath.
But the yacht, named Y721, is so big that the bridge's 40 metres clearance is still too low.
When completed, the Y721 will be the largest sailing yacht in the world.
The boat has been built by Dutch company Oceano and has a price tag of at least half a billion dollars.
Project leader Marcel Walravens told Dutch broadcast Rijnmond that it made more sense to build the yacht at their site and move the bridge rather than make it elsewhere.
"If you carry out a big job somewhere, you want all your tools in that place," he said.
"Otherwise you have to go back and forth constantly."
It is hoped the middle section of the bridge can be removed and reinstalled in just a day.
The Koningshaven Bridge is a national monument and was decommissioned in 1994.
But it was reopened in 2017 after a costly restoration.
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