section_path: Infrastructure and transportation/Bridges
section_name: Bridges
paragraph_text: Bridges
  
  The Queen Emma Bridge, a 168 metres (551 ft) long pontoon bridge, allows pedestrians to walk between the Punda and Otrobanda districts. This swings open to allow the passage of ships to and from the port. The bridge was originally opened in 1888 and the current bridge was installed in 1939. It is best known and, more often than not, referred to by the locals as "Our Swinging Old Lady".
  
  The Queen Juliana Bridge carries motor vehicle traffic between the same two districts and its 1974 opening allowed the Queen Emma Bridge to become a pedestrian-only bridge. At 185 feet (56 m) above the sea, the Queen Juliana Bridge is one of the highest bridges in the Caribbean.