The High Coast Bridge ( sv, Högakustenbron), also known as the Veda Bridge ( sv, Vedabron), 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 ...
crossing the mouth of the river
Ångermanälven near
Veda, on the border between the municipalities of
Härnösand and
Kramfors in the province of
Ã…ngermanland in northern
Sweden
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. The area is often referred to as
High Coast, hence its name. The older bridge across the same river is the
Sandö Bridge, in a new extension of the
European route E4.
It is (as of 2016) the third
longest suspension bridge
The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e. the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length of main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of suspens ...
in Scandinavia (after the
Great Belt Fixed Link in
Denmark and
Hardanger Bridge in Norway), the fourth longest in Europe, and the 21st longest of the world.
The total length is , the span is , and the column
pillars are tall. The max height for ships is . The bridge was constructed between 1993 and 1997 and was officially opened on 1 December 1997 by king
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
The shorter name, the Veda Bridge, refers to the village Veda, which lies 1 km west of the south abutment of the bridge.
References
External links
The official website of the High Coast Bridge*
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Suspension bridges in Sweden
Bridges completed in 1997
1997 establishments in Sweden