Once upon a time (in the 17th century to be exact), the West Brabant Line in the Netherlands was a series of fortresses surrounded by water that was used to fill moats and keep foot soldiers from s…
I mean, it’s certainly not officially an infrastructure canary but if I lived in a Dutch region dependent on dams and pumps working, I’d be quite concerned if this bridge were to flood.
It shouldn’t take too much effort to keep the bridge in working condition (I assume - it wouldn’t have been built if it was prohibitively expensive to maintain) so if it does get flooded there is something going very wrong.
I mean, it’s certainly not officially an infrastructure canary but if I lived in a Dutch region dependent on dams and pumps working, I’d be quite concerned if this bridge were to flood.
It shouldn’t take too much effort to keep the bridge in working condition (I assume - it wouldn’t have been built if it was prohibitively expensive to maintain) so if it does get flooded there is something going very wrong.