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The masterplan of 1969 cast its shadows ahead. A huge
university campus was perceived including wide, partly three
lane roads. Preparations for the construction of those roads
were made, but proved to be unrealistic. The picture below is
taken in the early 1970s and shows the 'Toulouselaan'. The dimension
of this culvert bridge allows for doubling the road. In fact, in
the early 1990s (1993), the decision was reached not to double,
but to reduce the road to a bycicle lane. It would take another
15 years before factual changes would take place: an idyllic bicycle
route with a recreational spot on the culvert bridge for a picknick
and a view on the adjacent historic scenery.
The building with the saw toothed roof is the former teaching center
for the Faculty of Dentistry. Both the building and the faculty
have disappeared from Utrecht.
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