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Stavanger City Bridge ( no, Stavanger bybru or just ''Bybrua'') is a cable-stayed bridge in the city of Stavanger which is in the large
Stavanger Municipality Stavanger (, , US usually , ) is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the administrative center of Rogaland county. Th ...
in
Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...
county, Norway. The bridge has one tower and it was one of the first larger cable-stayed bridges in Norway when it opened on 31 January 1978. The bridge crosses the Straumsteinsundet strait connecting the city centre of Stavanger to the small islands of
Grasholmen Grasholmen is an island in Stavanger municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the Buøy neighborhood in the borough Hundvåg in the city of Stavanger, just north of the city centre. The island is connected to mainland Stavanger ...
and Sølyst. It is the main connection to the whole the borough of Hundvåg which is a series of islands that are all interconnected by small bridges. The Stavanger City Bridge is long, the main span is , and the maximum clearance to the sea is . The reinforced concrete bridge has 24 spans. The bridge has a high volume of travelers crossing it every day. This has led to the construction of the new Hundvåg Tunnel, which will connect the mainland city of Stavanger with the islands of
Buøy Buøy is an island in the municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Hundvåg in the city of Stavanger. The island was formerly separated from the island of Hundvåg by a small channel of water, bu ...
and Hundvåg. The tunnel opened in 2020. It runs under the strait, immediately west of the bridge.


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Bridges in Rogaland Bridges completed in 1978 1978 establishments in Norway Transport in Stavanger Cable-stayed bridges in Norway {{norway-bridge-stub