Prins Clausbrug - Bevrijdingslaan 26

The Prince Claus Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal within the city of Utrecht and was designed by Ben van Berkel, who became best known as the designer of the Rotterdam Erasmus Bridge. The originally conceived name for this bridge was Papendorpse Bridge, but residents of Kanaleneiland came up with the idea of ​​naming the bridge after Prince Claus of the Netherlands. [1] Princess Máxima opened the bridge named after her father-in-law on 25 June 2003. This bridge forms the direct bank connection between the Utrecht neighborhoods Kanaleneiland on the east side (where the architect of this bridge grew up) and Papendorp Business Area on the west side of the canal. Moreover, this bridge is in the shortest route between some parts of the city [2] and the residences west of the city [3]. This bridge is of great importance for city and regional bus transport. The majority of buses between Utrecht and the area to the west, southwest and south of the city run over the Prince Claus Bridge, which, as far as bus transport is concerned, forms part of the Zuidradiaal. Of the four lanes, therefore, two are designed as free bus lanes. This bridge is also provided with a separate cycle path on both sides.