Jeff Bezos had plans to dismantle a historic bridge in Rotterdam so his half-a-billion-dollar superyacht could make it out of the Koningshaven channel.

And so frustrated, residents from the Dutch city came up with a plan of their own:

Throw rotten eggs at the Amazon founder’s vessel. 

According to a report in The New York Times, now neither proposition happen.

The company responsible for building the ship, Oceanco, reportedly told the Rotterdam City Council that it will not be requesting a permit to temporarily take apart the Koningshaven Bridge, known locally as De Hef, or “the lift” in Dutch.

The three large masts are too tall to safely pass under the bridge so in order to get the boat into the open ocean, the company had the idea of dismantling only the middle part of the bridge, then putting it back together.

Rotterdam officials briefly confirmed they would allow the bridge’s deconstruction, then quickly retracted the statement saying the decision was still up in the air.

Then the public outcry –and threats of egg-throwing. 

De Hef, finished in 1927, is a vertical lift bridge designed by architect Pieter Joosting. Originally part of the Breda-Rotterdam Railway, the bridge was saved from demolition even after the railway suspended use in 1993. De Hef has a long history with the city, and was the first of its kind built in Western Europe. It was also the first structure restored after the bombing of Rotterdam in 1940 during World War II.

Though it has been dismantled in the past—most recently in 2014 for repairs—at least for now, it will stay put.

It was unclear how, or if, Bezo’s massive yacht will make it out of the port city. 

Jeff Bezos won’t be able to sail a superyacht through Rotterdam anytime soon. The boat’s builder decided not to apply for a permit to dismantle a section of a 95-year-old bridge to allow the yacht to pass. https://t.co/8fUrLncJLM

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 7, 2022

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