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The Einang Sound Bridge ( no, Einangsundet bru) is a road bridge in the municipality of
Vestre Slidre Vestre Slidre is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Slidre. Other villages in Vestre Slidre include Lomen and Røn. ...
in
Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The ...
county,
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 t ...
. The bridge crosses the
Einang Sound The Einang Sound ( no, Einangsundet) is a small sound in the middle of Slidre Fjord in Oppland county, Norway, about wide. It is crossed by Norwegian County Road 261 via the Einang Sound Bridge ( no, Einangsundet bru), which was built in 1963. ...
and Slidre Fjord, and it is a branch of
Norwegian County Road 261 County Road 261 ( no, Fylkesvei 261) is a road in Oppland County, Norway. It runs from Hålimo in the municipality of Vang to Håde in the municipality of Nord-Aurdal, passing through the municipality of Vestre Slidre Vestre Slidre is a mun ...
connecting it to
European route E16 European route E16 is the designation of a main west-east road through Northern Ireland, Scotland, Norway and Sweden, from Derry to Gävle, via Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, previously by ferry to Bergen, Voss, through the Gudvanga Tunnel and th ...
. The bridge is a
suspension bridge A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (bridge), deck is hung below suspension wire rope, cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridg ...
with three spans creating a total length of . The bridge was built in 1963.15 bruer kan bli stengt. 2005. ''NRK'' (December 1).
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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 ...


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{{Coord, 61, 4, 23.53, N, 8, 59, 31.44, E, display=title Vestre Slidre Suspension bridges in Norway Bridges in Innlandet Roads in Innlandet Bridges completed in 1963