During 29 October the village of Kaatsheuvel is liberated by the 51st Highland Division. Units have entered the Loonse and Drunense Duinen (dunes). It is clear that the next move will be to attack Waalwijk. This means that, as usual, all bridges are being prepared for demolition. That is the job of a Sprengkommando under Wachtmeister Kuche which has set up a base in the Hertogin van Brabant mill in Drunen. That night at 03.30 hours the last remaining bridges over the Afwateringskanaal are blown up. The Eastern Langstraat is now definitely isolated. This area will be liberated in a separate operation, Guy Fawkes, that is launched at the end of the week and pushes the last German troops across the Maas the following Sunday, 5 November. 

The moment has come to restore roads and bridges. The Canadian engineers of 8 Field Squadron begin to construct bridges all over the Afwateringskanaal, also at Baardwijk. First the remains of the old road bridge are demolished. It is not until 14 November that the engineers can start on the actual construction.

The bridge is finished after three days. Unfortunately it can be observed by the enemy in Drongelen, on the north bank of the Maas. That is why, with some gallows humour, it is named ‘Maybe Beige’. The name turns out to be a fitting one. After just a few days it is hit by German shells and the central pier disappears under the water. A new pier is put in place but that is washed away by the rising water. The bridge begins to buckle in the centre. The Canadian engineers despair when they see the wreckage. A mechanism is fixed to both ramps to jack up the bridge. Once more a new central pier is put in place and finally the bridge is ready once more. This time it will function until long after the end of the war. 

On the surface the connection with the Eastern Langstraat has now been restored, but that is not the whole story. Because the entire Langstraat is very close to the front line there is still a curfew in force. If someone wishes to visit friends or relatives in the evening he or she needs a permit. This is issued to very few people. Guards check everyone at all the bridges including the one at Baardwijk; Dutchmen, mostly young men from Waalwijk, by day, Allied soldiers after dark. These posts remain in place until just before the end of the war in May 1945.