Spook bridge van Varsenare, Railway bridge in Varsenare, Belgium

Spook bridge van Varsenare consists of two separate concrete structures crossing railway Line 50A in the municipality of Jabbeke near Varsenare. The construction includes complete roadway elements such as asphalt and guardrails, even though the bridges never connected to any functioning road system.

The bridges were built in 1976 as part of a planned highway project around Bruges, but the project was abandoned in 1977. After the road plans were cancelled, they remained unused until demolition took place in 2011 and 2012.

Locals called them Spookbruggen, ghost bridges, because they stood unused in the fields. The name stuck as the structures became a talking point in Varsenare and Jabbeke. The bridges were also wrongly linked in media to a connection between the A18 and Calais, a claim the sources reject.

The two bridges no longer exist: one was demolished on 17 October 2011, the other on 21 and 22 January 2012, so there is nothing left to visit at the site. The land was replaced by the Kwetshage nature area, created as compensation for the A11 motorway. Walkers now cross fields and paths rather than concrete decks.

The bridges were fully equipped with asphalt and guardrails despite leading nowhere from their construction. This strange sight of a road vanishing into nothing made them a peculiar local landmark.