In memory of the 1944 Waal Crossing by members of the US Army 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) of the 82nd Airborne Division, the bridge and the road over it bears the name 'De Oversteek' (in English: The Crossing). During the Waal Crossing, 48 soldiers died. As a tribute to these men, the bridge is equipped with 48 pairs of light poles that light up pair after pair from south (Nijmegen) to north (Lent) after the city lights are switched on, in the tempo of a slow march. This work of light art is called Lights Crossing. Since 19 October 2014, as a daily tribute, every evening at sunset at least one veteran walks the so-called Sunset March across the bridge during the lighting of the 48 lights one by one.
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