The bridge has its origins in the late medieval era, when it was built with two towers at either bank as part of a ring of defensive installations around the capital. A 19th Century renovation saw it made into a retractable drawbridge with a unique accordion-fold design that allowed it to be operated by extending and retracting a single pair of cables. The city of Vasel grew out from either side of the bridge, prosperous in its role as a transit gateway between the Gallian and capital and the outside world due to its key position on both ground routes and a series of canals connecting it to the North Sea.
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