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Kallestadsundet Bridge
The Kallestadsundet Bridge is a bridge over the Veafjorden in Vaksdal municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The bridge links the mainland part of Vaksdal municipality to the part that lies on the island of Osterøy. The bridge lies about northwest of the village of Stamneshella. The bridge was opened in 1985 and it was the first bridge to connect Osterøy island to the mainland. In 1997, the Osterøy Bridge was opened for traffic, as the second bridge to Osterøy island. See also *List of bridges in Norway *List of bridges in Norway by length This is a list of the bridges in Norway listed by their full length above water or land. Bridges {, class="wikitable sortable" , - bgcolor="#efefef" !align="left", !! align="left", Name !! Length (metres) !! Span (metres) !! C ... References External linksView of the bridge Vaksdal Osterøy Road bridges in Vestland {{norway-bridge-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veafjorden
Veafjorden (historically, the Vedåfjorden) is a fjord in Vestland county, Norway. The long fjord flows between the mainland and the island of Osterøy in Vaksdal municipality. There is one bridge across the fjord, the Kallestadsundet Bridge near Stamneshella. The fjord is named after the old ''Veo'' farm, located on the shore of Osterøy island, about north of Stanghelle. The farm sits at the foot of steep mountains and is only accessible by boat or by hiking by foot for to the nearest road. A scene from the movie "The Golden Compass" was filmed along the Veafjorden. See also * List of Norwegian fjords This list of Norwegian fjords shows many of the fjords in Norway. In total, there are about 1,190 fjords in Norway and the Svalbard islands. The sortable list includes the lengths and locations of those fjords. Fjords See also * List of gla ... References {{authority control Fjords of Vestland Vaksdal Osterøy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaksdal
is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Dalekvam. Other villages in Vaksdal include Dalegarden, Flatkvål, Helle, Nesheim, Stamneshella, Stanghelle, and Vaksdal. The municipality is the 160th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vaksdal is the 205th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,867. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 6.5% over the previous 10-year period. In 2016, the chief of police for Vestlandet formally suggested a reconfiguration of police districts and stations. He proposed that the police station in Solund be closed. General information The municipality of Vaksdal was created on 1 January 1964 after a major municipal restructuring after the Schei Committee's recommendations. Vaksdal was formed from the following places: * All of Bruvik municipality, excep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestland
Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based, but the County Governor is based in Hermansverk. The county is one of two counties in Norway that have Nynorsk as their official written language form (the others are neutral as to which form people use). Vestland was created in 2020 when the former counties of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane (with the exception of Hornindal municipality, which became part of Volda municipality in Møre og Romsdal county) were merged. History Vestland county is a newly created county, but it has been inhabited for centuries. The area was made up of many petty kingdoms under the Gulating during the Middle Ages. The northern part was the known as ''Firdafylke'' (now the Fjordane region; Nordfjord-Sunnfjord), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osterøy (island)
Osterøy is an island situated northeast of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. With a total area of , it is the largest Norwegian island not located directly adjacent to the ocean, and the second largest such island in Northern Europe. Osterøy is covered by two municipalities: the majority () by Osterøy municipality, and the rest () by Vaksdal municipality. The vast majority of the island's population lives in Osterøy municipality (7,305 inhabitants as of 2008). The island is surrounded by fjords with mainland Norway on all sides of those fjords. The Osterfjorden- Romarheimsfjorden flows along the north side, the Sørfjorden flows along the southern and western sides, and the Veafjorden flows along the eastern side. The highest mountain on Osterøy is the tall Høgafjellet. There are two road bridges that connect the island to the rest of the road network in Norway. The first is the Osterøy Bridge, built in 1997 on the southwestern tip of the island. That b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stamneshella
Stamneshella or Stamnes is a village in Vaksdal municipality, Vestland county, Norway. It is located along the northern part of the Veafjorden, at the entrance to the Vikafjorden. The village is an old church site, with records showing a church in this village dating back to the early 14th century. The present Stamnes Church was built in 1861. The village also has a shop, a daycare centre, and a preschool. There a small bridge over the Vikafjorden on the eastern end of the village. It connects to a small residential area on the other side of the fjord that is surrounded by mountains and the fjord. About northwest of the village lies the Kallestadsundet Bridge, which connects the mainland to the island of Osterøy Osterøy is an island municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The municipality encompasses most of the island of Osterøy. The administrative centre of Osterøy is the village of Lon ..., across the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osterøy Bridge
The Osterøy Bridge ( no, Osterøybrua) is a suspension bridge in Vestland county, Norway. The bridge connects the Kvisti farm area on the island of Osterøy in Osterøy Municipality with the Herland farm area on the mainland in Bergen Municipality east of the city of Bergen. The bridge is the third largest suspension bridge in Norway. It is part of Norwegian County Road 566 (''Fylkesvei 566''). The Osterøy Bridge is a long suspension bridge that has a main span of . There are 8 spans, and none of the piers are in the water, just on land. There is of clearance below the bridge. The two suspension towers are each high. The bridge was completed on 3 October 1997 and cost about . The bridge was designed by the structural engineering firm Aas-Jakobsen. It was put into service 28 years after the first plans for a connection between Osterøy and Bergen were prepared. It was opened for traffic by Sissel Rønbeck, the Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bridges In Norway
This is a list of bridges and viaducts in Norway, including those for pedestrians and vehicular traffic. Historical and architectural interest bridges Major road and railway bridges This table presents the structures with spans greater than 200 meters (non-exhaustive list). {{row indexer, {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! class="unsortable", ! scope=col , ! scope=col , Name ! scope=col , Span ! scope=col , Length ! scope=col width="115" , Type ! scope=col width="115" , Carries''Crosses'' ! scope=col , Opened ! scope=col , Location ! scope=col , County ! class="unsortable", Ref. , - , , , _row_count, , Hardanger Bridge, , {{convert, 1310, m, ft, abbr=on, , {{convert, 1373, m, ft, abbr=on, , {{Sort, S, SuspensionSteel box girder deck, concrete pylons, , {{center, National Road 7 National Road 13''Hardangerfjord'', , 2013, , Bruravik–Brimnes{{Coord, 60, 28, 43.5, N, 6, 49, 49.8, E, type:landmark, display=inline, name=Hardanger Bridge, , Vestland, , {{cite web , url= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bridges In Norway By Length
This is a list of the bridges in Norway listed by their full length above water or land. Bridges {, class="wikitable sortable" , - bgcolor="#efefef" !align="left", !! align="left", Name !! Length (metres) !! Span (metres) !! Completed !! align="left", County , - , , , Drammen Bridge , , align="right" , 1,892 , , align="right" , 60 , , align="center" , 1975 , , Buskerud , - , , , Nordhordland Bridge , , align="right" , 1,614 , , align="right" , 172 , , align="center" , 1994 , , Hordaland , - , , Hålogaland Bridge , align="right" , 1,533 , align="right" , 1,145 , align="center" , 2018 , Nordland , - , , , Sannesund Bridge , , align="right" , 1,528 , , align="right" , 139 , , align="center" , 1978 , , Østfold , - , , , Mjøsa Bridge , , align="right" , 1,421 , , align="right" , 69 , , align="center" , 1985 , , Hedmark/Oppland , - , , , Hardanger Bridge , , align="right" , 1,380 , , align="right" , 1310 , , ali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osterøy
Osterøy is an island municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The municipality encompasses most of the island of Osterøy. The administrative centre of Osterøy is the village of Lonevåg in the central part of the island. The largest settlement is the village of Valestrandfossen with 1,219 inhabitants as of 1 January 2016. Osterøy municipality and Vaksdal Municipality are both located on the island of Osterøy. Osterøy municipality covers most of the island with the mostly uninhabited northeastern part of the island belonging to Vaksdal municipality. Osterøy is located a short distance northeast of the city of Bergen. It is surrounded by the Osterfjorden, Sørfjorden, and Veafjorden. The 19th-century musician and composer Ole Bull had a summer home in Valestrandfossen in Osterøy. The historic Havrå farm is a cluster farm which represents the traditional way of living for farmers. Havrå is located on the south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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