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Coat of arms King William I

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The coat of arms, the crowned W of King William I, stands in the bridgehead to the left of the bridge.


The stone originally stood as a keystone on the north side of the stone arch that replaced the wooden span between the Servaas Bridge and the bank on the Wycker side in 1827.

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Gate and wooden span of the Maas bridge, Maastricht, situation before 1806 (drawing by Ph v Gulpen, ca 1850).

For centuries the channel in the river Meuse between the St. Servaas bridge and the embankment in Wijck was bridged by a wooden bridge section, which was replaced by a stone arch in 1827. On the northern side the arch received a keystone with the W of William I and on the southern side the Maastricht city star.

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The stone arch was replaced by a steel lift bridge section in 1932, and then the keystones on the left and right were relocated in the quay wall.

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The stone arch was replaced by a steel lift bridge section in 1932.

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