Originally a road bridge across the Van Starkenborghkanaal, this crossing is now mainly experienced as a cycling route. You ride up, cross the canal on a narrow one-way bike lane high above the water, then ride back down. It feels oddly dramatic for such an everyday trip, and the separation of flows is handled with a lot of care. What makes the spot interesting is that this is not the final design, but a temporary condition created after the old bridge was badly damaged. Even so, Groningen treated the cycling connection seriously: ramps were added so people could cross more smoothly, and the …
