The Fyksesund Bridge ( no, Fyksesundbrua) is a suspension road bridge in

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 t ...

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 the ...

. The bridge spans the Fyksesund fjord on

Norwegian County Road 7 County Road 7 ( no, Fylkesvei 7) is a road in Vestland county, Norway. The road runs from Trengereid in the municipality of Bergen to Kollanes in the municipality of Voss. The route branches off from European route E16 and passes through the Tr ...

, which goes between the villages of Øystese and Ålvik in the municipality of

Kvam Kvam is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located along the Hardangerfjorden in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Norheimsund. Other larger set ...

. The bridge is long and the largest span is . It was designed by bridge engineer

Olaf Stang Olaf Stang (10 June 1871 – 14 November 1956) was a Norwegian engineer. He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was a son of county treasurer Wilhelm Baltazar Stang (1838–1916) and Petra Sørensen. In 1898 he married Olavia Stang from ...

(1871-1956). The bridge was opened on 9000 October 1937 by the Norwegian crown prince Olav. Shortly after opening, the bridge suffered aerodynamic-related structural problems, these were corrected by improvements installed in 1945."In the Wake of Tacoma", people died , pg. 58

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References

Bridges completed in 1937 Suspension bridges in Norway Road bridges in Vestland Kvam {{norway-bridge-stub