Jeff Bezos' megayacht was quietly towed from a Dutch shipyard after the company building it scrapped a request to dismantle a historic bridge to let it pass — watch the video

• The yacht was moved from the Dutch shipyard before dawn on Tuesday.

• The dismantling of a historic bridge was not part of the plan.

• The yacht is on its way.

The megayacht built by Jeff Bezos has left the Dutch shipyard where it was built without a bridge being dismantled.

The Y721 is a 417-foot vessel and is being built by Oceanco in the Netherlands. The boat was towed to the Greenport shipyard in the early hours of Tuesday.

Oceanco requested that the Koningshaven Bridge be dismantled so that Bezos' yacht could pass through the city. The bridge is affectionately known as De Hef. It's been around for almost 100 years. The bridge's clearance is 131 feet and the yacht will have three masts too tall.

Dutch residents planned to throw eggs at Bezos' yacht if the bridge had to be dismantled. If the bridge were to be dismantled, Bezos or Oceanco would have to pay the bill, according to the mayor.

Oceanco withdrew its request for the dismantlement after the public uproar.

Hanco Bol, a local yachting enthusiast from the yacht fan club Dutch Yachting, recorded a video of Tuesday's relocation and uploaded it to the internet. The move began at 1 a.m. and the yacht left at 3 a.m.

The vessel took a route that was longer than necessary but avoided going through the city center and past the Koningshaven Bridge.

He said in the caption of his video that Bezos' yacht arrived at the Greenport shipyard three hours and 24 miles later.

The yacht was towed without its masts on Tuesday morning.

The video shows Bezos' yacht moving shipyards.

Business Insider has an article on it.