Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean - Pontoon Bridge - postcard by Dexter c.1960s

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• Picture / Image:  Famous Pontoon Bridge closing after ship passed through entering Curaçao harbour [in the Dutch Caribbean] 
• Publisher: Dexter Press Inc.
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^{Curaçao (/ˈkjʊərəsoʊ/;[6] Dutch: Curaçao, pronounced [kyːraːˈsʌu, kuː-];[7] Papiamento: Kòrsou, pronounced [ˈkorsou]) is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about 65 km (40 mi) north of the Venezuelan coast. It is a constituent country (Dutch: land) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.}

^{The country was formerly part of the Curaçao and Dependencies colony (1815–1954) and is now formally called the Country of Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao;[8] Papiamento: Pais Kòrsou);[9] it includes the main island of Curaçao and the uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao"). Curaçao has a population over 160,000 in an area of 444 km2(171 sq mi) and its capital is Willemstad.}

^{Before the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010, Curaçao was administered as the "Island Territory of Curaçao"[10] (Dutch: Eilandgebied Curaçao, Papiamento: Teritorio Insular di Kòrsou), one of five island territories of the former Netherlands Antilles.}

^{The Queen Emma Bridge, a 168 metres (551 ft) long pontoon bridge, connects pedestrians between the Punda and Otrobanda districts.[87] This swings open to allow the passage of ships to and from the port.[88] The bridge was originally opened in 1888 and the current bridge was installed in 1939.[89] It is best known and, more often than not, referred to by the locals as "Our Swinging Old Lady".[90]}

^{The Queen Juliana Bridge connects mobile traffic between the same two districts. At 185 feet (56 m) above the sea, it is one of the highest bridges in the Caribbean.[88]}