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From here you can also walk over the bridge, walk along the motorway over the grass towards a small petrol station 250 meters further, behind the bend. If you do that don't try (like me) to go right to the little residence, there are rivers and no path to get to the station, there are no other ways than walk along the road. Be careful when walking here, the space between you and cars is minimal.
:''Just recently I hitchhiked out on Utrechtsbrug - first on the onramp after the bridge, after being pushed away by cops on the gas station - and was harassed by the police that I can not stand on a gas station (!) to hitchhike but have to go into the city to the liftplaats near Amstel Station. They were close at arresting me because I wanted their identy and the law by which they want to ban me from the gas station and they couldn't give me any of it. In the end I convinced them that if I bought a coffee at the store and asked if I could hitchhike that there was no law against me standing there then and they accepted. But they were really pushy and blamed me for "coming as a guest to this country and not accepting rules" and how bad I should feel. If you hitchhike from Utrechtsbrug try to get to the gas station without being seen, also ignore the signs that you are not allowed to walk, its just 50 meters than there is enough space.'' [[User:Farben.rausch|Farben.rausch]] ([[User talk:Farben.rausch|talk]])
NOTE: Though the spot is generally awesome, you are likely to spend hours waiting for cars going as far as [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verzorgingsplaats_Haarrijn Haarrijn] on Sundays (and probably Saturdays too). It might be reasonable to try further spots to avoid local traffic during the end of week.
