Actually, no.
But, there's is a story to its name, and it's kinda related to the bridge.
The name is 'De Leugenbanke' which kinda translates in to the "bench of lies" (?)
There used to be a small building there, open at the front, with benches in it. Older people - all men for sure - would gather there, and talk shop. And all kinds of big stories, like the ones fisher men talk of, the size of the fish they got on their lines...
Next bit done, the fixed part, where the lifting part will be connected. Now as you can tell, I apparently have decided what water level to go for. It was determined by me coming across the four creatures in the second picture. They should be on grass, so I need to have a green bank, so I cannot go for a high water level. Decision making can be so simple ...