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Svinesund Bridge

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Crosses
  
Total length
  
704 m (2,310 ft)

Opened
  
13 June 2005

Longest span
  
247 m

Location
  
Address
  
Height
  
92 m

Clearance below
  
55 m

Svinesund Bridge

Carries
  
Four lanes on European route E6

Locale
  
Swedish municipality of Strömstad, Norwegian municipality of Halden

Width
  
2 vehicular lanes in each direction

Bridge type
  
Arch bridge, Through arch bridge, Deck arch bridge

Similar
  
Gamle Svinesundbrua, Uddevalla Bridge, Tjörn Bridge, Fredriksten, Fredhällsbron

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The Svinesund Bridge (Norwegian: Svinesundsbrua, Swedish: Svinesundsbron) is a through arch bridge crossing Iddefjord at Svinesund, and joining Sweden and Norway. Svinesund is a sound separating the Swedish municipality of Strömstad from the Norwegian municipality of Halden, and thus it is the border between Norway and Sweden in this region. The bridge is the westernmost border crossing (and one of the southernmost) between the two countries and carries the European route E6 which is a major traffic route in the area, connecting Oslo and the rest of Norway with Gothenburg, Malmö, Copenhagen and the rest of Europe.

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Description of the bridge

The New Svinesund Bridge is a highway bridge across the Iddefjord at Svinesund. The bridge's construction cost was NOK 500 million, while the total cost of the project including approach work, customs (this is an EU border) and toll plazas, and new interchanges for E6 (with the old bridge and old E6 becoming local routes) was SEK 1,400 million. The project is a joint venture of the Swedish and Norwegian road authorities, and all costs are to be financed with tolls (some writings refer to them as "road tax") collected. Both bridges are tolled in both directions.

The total length of the bridge is 704 metres (2,310 ft) and consists of a substructure in ordinary reinforced concrete together with a steel box-girder superstructure. The main span of the bridge between abutments is approximately 247 metres (810 ft) and consists of a single ordinary reinforced concrete arch which carries two steel box-girder bridge decks, one on either side of the arch. The level of the top of the arch and the bridge deck are +91.7 metres (300.9 ft) and +61 metres (200.1 ft), respectively. Over the part of the bridge where the arch rises above the level of the bridge decking, the two bridge decks are joined by traverse beams positioned at 25.5 metres (83.7 ft) centres. The traverse beams are in turn supported by hangers to the concrete arch.

Old Svinesund Bridge

The former Svinesund Bridge (1946) [1], 1-kilometre (0.62 mi) to the east, was renamed the Old Svinesund Bridge but is still in service as a complement to the new bridge. Heavy trucks (gross weight exceeding 3,500 kg / 7,700 lb) are no longer permitted on the old bridge now that the new one is available. There was fairly much truck traffic, a fairly large part of Norwegian import, which now uses the new bridge.

It was built during the war period 1939-1946. It was delayed because of the war and the fact that it was partly destroyed when lightning ignited explosives (1942), placed on the bridge as a defence measure.

References

Svinesund Bridge Wikipedia


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