What is the lowest bridge in Amsterdam?

Of the bridges that publish a clearance, Oetewalerbrug is the lowest, at 0.75 m at the normal water level, according to Rijkswaterstaat. 18 bridges in Amsterdam publish less than 1.5 m, and 270 publish no figure at all. The water level shifts every figure, so read the height board at the bridge.

How many bridges are there in Amsterdam?

Floating Today maps 686 bridges on Amsterdam's water, 86 of which open and 600 of which are fixed. 416 publish an official clearance.

How high can my boat be to pass under Amsterdam's bridges?

It depends entirely on your route. Half of the bridges that publish a clearance give less than 2.50 m, and 41 give less than 2 m. 270 bridges publish no figure at all. Plan your route, check each bridge on it, measure your boat with any canopy up, and read the board at the bridge: the water level moves every figure.

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Amsterdam boating data

Amsterdam bridges: heights, clearances and openings

We mapped 686 bridges across Amsterdam's waterways, including 416 with an officially published clearance, so you can see which ones your boat will pass under.

Clearances from Rijkswaterstaat
Bridge list updated 11 July 2026
Opening times checked daily

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Under 2 m
2 m or more
No published figure
Emission-free zone

Source: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); Rijkswaterstaat FIS. The dashed line is the emission-free zone.

Lowest published

0.75 m

Oetewalerbrug

41 under 2 m

mind a canopy

By the numbers

What the bridges tell you before you leave the dock.

686: bridges mapped on Amsterdam's water
416: publish an official clearance
86: open for boats
270: publish no figure. We show them as unknown.

Key findings

What we found

The lowest published bridge clearance in Amsterdam is 0.75 mOetewalerbrug.
41 bridges publish a clearance below 2 metres18 of them are below 1.5 m. Half of all published clearances are under 2.50 m.
270 of 686 bridges have no published clearanceMost are fixed bridges that publish no height to the national feed. We show them as unknown rather than guess.
The old centre has the lowest bridgesHalf of the published clearances inside the emission-free zone are under 2.30 m, against 2.60 m outside it. Floating Today calculated this from Rijkswaterstaat's figures and the City's zone boundary.

Lowest bridges

The tightest 10 at the normal water level.

For a bridge that opens, the figure is the gap when it is closed.

1OetewalerbrugFixedClearance0.75 m
2Haarlemmervaartbrug (Brug 193)OpensClearance0.87 m
3VenserbrugFixedClearance0.90 m
4Uiverbrug (Brug 2208)OpensClearance1.00 m
5Berta de VriesbrugFixedClearance1.06 m
6Evert van der Wallbrug (Brug 355)FixedClearance1.12 m
7DiemerbrugFixedClearance1.20 m
8BullebakFixedClearance1.22 m
9Westergasbrug (Brug 193)OpensClearance1.27 m
10Bakkerijbrug (Brug 86)FixedClearance1.35 m

Source: Rijkswaterstaat FIS.

How much room

Half publish under 2.50 m. 41 give less than 2 m.

That is the middle of Amsterdam's published clearances. Under 2 m is where a canopy, a windscreen or a standing passenger starts to matter. The tallest is Nesciobrug at 9.51 m. Floating Today calculated this distribution from the published figures.

The 416 bridges with an officially published clearance, grouped by headroom at the normal water level. Bridges with no published figure are not in this chart at all.

No figure

270 bridges publish no height. We show them as unknown, never as a guess.

270 of Amsterdam's 686 bridges have no officially published clearance. Most of them are fixed bridges that publish no height to the national feed. Tap one on the map and it says plainly that we do not have its headroom, rather than showing a number.

Water level

The figure on the board moves with the water.

A published clearance assumes the water is at its normal level. When the water is higher, every bridge clears less than its figure; when it is lower, more. Real clearance = published clearance − (today's level − the normal level). Always read the height board at the bridge before you commit.

Today's water level, and what NAP means

Questions

What people ask answered from the data.

What is the lowest bridge in Amsterdam?: Of the bridges that publish a clearance, Oetewalerbrug is the lowest, at 0.75 m at the normal water level, according to Rijkswaterstaat. 18 bridges in Amsterdam publish less than 1.5 m, and 270 publish no figure at all. The water level shifts every figure, so read the height board at the bridge.
How many bridges are there in Amsterdam?: Floating Today maps 686 bridges on Amsterdam's water, 86 of which open and 600 of which are fixed. 416 publish an official clearance.
How high can my boat be to pass under Amsterdam's bridges?: It depends entirely on your route. Half of the bridges that publish a clearance give less than 2.50 m, and 41 give less than 2 m. 270 bridges publish no figure at all. Plan your route, check each bridge on it, measure your boat with any canopy up, and read the board at the bridge: the water level moves every figure.

Data and methodology

How we built it from official data to this page.

Source
Bridge positions from OpenStreetMap; clearances, phone numbers and opening times from Rijkswaterstaat.
Match
We pair each official record with its bridge and remove duplicates.
Calculate
Every count, ranking and distribution on this page, recomputed with each release.
Show honestly
A bridge without a figure stays unknown. The board at the bridge always wins.

Sources: Rijkswaterstaat FIS (CC0)OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Coverage: The bridges on our Amsterdam map
Last checked: Bridge list 11 July 2026; opening times daily
Updated: Opening times daily; the bridge list and clearances with each release
About the data: Positions and names come from OpenStreetMap. Clearances, phone numbers and opening times are official Rijkswaterstaat figures, shown as published, at the normal water level.
What we add: We match the two sources, remove duplicates, and calculate every count, ranking and distribution on this page. Only official clearances are ranked or charted; a bridge without one is unknown, never estimated.

Planning a boat trip?

A route shows every bridge on your way, with its published clearance where there is one.

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