Saltstraumen Bridge

Saltstraumen Bridge
Saltstraumen bru

Saltstraumen with Saltstraumen Bridge and the Børvasstindan mountains
Coordinates 67°13′51″N 14°36′41″E / 67.23083°N 14.61139°E / 67.23083; 14.61139Coordinates: 67°13′51″N 14°36′41″E / 67.23083°N 14.61139°E / 67.23083; 14.61139
Carries 17
Crosses Saltstraumen
Locale Bodø, Norway
Characteristics
Design Cantilever bridge
Material Concrete
Total length 768 metres (2,520 ft)
Width 11.3 metres (37 ft)
Longest span 160 metres (520 ft)
Number of spans 10
Clearance above 41 metres (135 ft)
History
Construction cost NOK 25 million[1]
Opened 1977[1]

Saltstraumen Bridge (Norwegian: Saltstraumen bru) is a cantilever box girder bridge that crosses the Saltstraumen strait between the islands of Knaplundøya and Straumøya in the municipality of Bodø in Nordland county, Norway.

Saltstraumen bru

The bridge is 768 metres (2,520 ft) long, the longest of the 10 spans is 160 metres (520 ft), and the maximum clearance to the sea is 41 metres (135 ft). The bridge is made of prestressed concrete. Saltstraumen Bridge was opened in 1978.[2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Aas Jakobsen Reference List, retrieved 9 August 2014
  2. "Saltstraumen Bridge". Broer.no. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  3. Saltstraumen Bridge at Structurae. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  4. Merzagora, Eugenio A. (ed.). "Road Viaducts & Bridges in Norway (> 500 m)". Norske bruer og viadukter. Retrieved 2012-03-08.


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