Watch this bridge swing open! Curaçao The Queen Emma Bridge, affectionately called the “Swinging Old Lady,” has connected the Willemstad districts of Punda and Otrobanda since its opening in 1888, when it replaced overcrowded ferries crossing St. Anna Bay. Designed as a floating pontoon bridge with a hinge on one end, it could swing open to let ships pass—a rare engineering choice that made it both practical and iconic. From 1901 to 1934 it operated as a toll bridge, famously charging only peopl