The Kvalsund Bridge ( no, Kvalsundbrua) 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 ...
in
Hammerfest Municipality
Hammerfest (; sme, Hámmerfeasta ) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. Hammerfest is the northernmost town in the world with more than 10,000 inhabitants. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hammerfe ...
,
Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English language, English), is a Counties of Norway, county in Northern Norway, northern Norway that was established ...
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
Kvalsundet strait between the mainland and the island of
Kvaløya. The bridge is located just west of the village of
Kvalsund
Kvalsund ( sme, Fálesnuorri and fkv, Valasnuora) is a former municipality in the old Finnmark county in Norway. The municipality is now part of Hammerfest Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county. The municipality existed from 1869 until its ...
and about south of the town of
Hammerfest
Hammerfest (; sme, Hámmerfeasta ) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. Hammerfest is the northernmost town in the world with more than 10,000 inhabitants. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hammerfe ...
.
Opened for traffic in 1977, the bridge has 11 spans, the main span being . The maximum clearance to the sea is . The Kvalsund Bridge is the 56th longest suspension bridge in the world, and also the northernmost suspension bridge in the world.
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Media gallery
File:Kvalsundbrua small.jpg, Kvalsund Bridge from below
File:Finnmark Brücke nach Hammerfest 2.JPG, Kvalsund Bridge near Hammerfest
File:Kvalsund Bridge-2.jpg, Kvalsund Bridge in winter
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Road bridges in Troms og Finnmark
Bridges completed in 1977
Former toll bridges in Norway
Suspension bridges in Norway
1977 establishments in Norway
Hammerfest
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