This bridge goes through the water and not over it, The Netherlands
MrSlicer, Double dam
bentsea, How does this work? Wouldn’t even a light rainfall cause it to flood in on itself?
MrSlicer, It would have drainage on a slope that goes to somewhere even lower.
ErwinLottemann, The bridge is waterproof and the water is a moat. You can find more info about it here.
bentsea, I appreciate that, but even waterproof things can be underwater and moat water can rise. I’m curious about how the drainage works.
WhiteHawk, It’s all water besides the bridge now
DaveNa, Looks inefficient resourcewise.
Zozano, What the fuck is this place. The hills look like a PS1 game
odbol, Looks like the hill has fur
monsterpiece42, 🎵 a cut-out bridge beneath, hills with the furrrr… 🎶
sebsch, Not a hill, its a levee
TheBat, 
What happens if it breaks?
superfly_samurai, 
Amazing music!
soulifix, The Netherlands is the PS1
mrmanager, 
Wow. There is very small margin for overflowing here…
oatscoop, There’s probably an overflow spillway for the whole pond out of frame.
Shou, Correct. That bridge is meant to flex on water control. This is near a place that is susceptible to river floods.
Obi, 
Don’t worry the Dutch know what they’re doing when it comes to water.
Ryumast3r, That just adds to the fun.
ProximaC, So it’s the Berlin Wall for fish…
vaultdweller013, “Fuck you fish” -The Dutch apparently
Kallioapina, 
Now they are just mocking climate change and the rising seas, and asking some eldritch sea gods to punish them.
Pat12, And if it floods then…?
RGB3x3, Then you go around, duh.
Swedneck, 
it doesn’t flood, this is the netherlands
sheepyowl, Holy shit this comment fucking killed me. It’s so funny.
I understand that a flood in the Netherlands would spell catastrophe but it sounds like the water just can’t flood there, because it is the Netherlands, not because of the amazing stuff that they built
Lux, Why do you think water evaporates in the mincraft nether?
Obi, It definitely just gets accepted as a fact of life that the Dutch water works just fucking work.
Swedneck, The water could flood, but it knows it would be met with swift draining of another polder in retaliation.
The sea simply behaves out of sheer intimidation.
dedido, I imagine that the footpath has holes at the bottom to allow any excess water to drain out.
LostXOR, That would just make it flood through those holes.
TheWorstNL, Woooosh
postmateDumbass, Is there an underpass for fish and such?
azdood85, Naw, fish can jump over or pound sand.
CloudMunch, No, there’s a fish bridge just off scene.
LazerFX, 
Even the history of this is fascinating. This is the "Moses Bridge", and it's a renovated part of the old dyke system that was used to prevent attacking armies from getting in - because the dykes and levee's had blocked the sea so effectively, they realised they could stop attackers by... flooding them out. Literally.
When it came to renovate this area, they wanted to provide access without denigrating the fact it was an old defensive structure, hence this unique sea-level bridge.
heeplr, (edited ) The world loves dutch pragmatism. “You don’t want this? Well, fuck it. We just do it that way then. Everyone happy? Fine. Done.”
Germans could learn a thing or two…
GaleFromCali, What’s this Minecraft world’s seed?
RagingNerdoholic, That looks like a neat experience until there’s a slight breeze.
Dagnet, Dutch people really hate water huh
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