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Posted: 2022-02-03T22:10:36Z | Updated: 2022-02-04T17:18:01Z

A historic steel bridge in the Netherlands will be partially dismantled this summer so Jeff Bezos yacht can pass through, authorities in Rotterdam confirmed Thursday.

Koningshaven Bridge, a 95-year-old Dutch national monument, is too short for the 130-foot tall, 417-foot long superyacht known as Y721, which is being built upstream by Oceanco, a custom yacht builder.

A spokesman for the Rotterdam mayor told the BBC that the bridge would have to be taken apart and rebuilt so the boat could pass through, noting its the only route to the sea.

Bezos will pay for the bridges deconstruction and reassembly. Dennis Tak, a Labor Party city councilor for Rotterdam, told The New York Times he supported the move because it would create jobs locally.