The Måbø Bridge ( no, Måbø bru) is a stone arch bridge over the

Bjoreio The Bjoreio, also known as the Bjoreia, is a river in the municipality of Eidfjord in Vestland, Norway. The river is long, and it has a drainage basin of . Its natural average discharge is , but this is considerably less today because of hydroel ...

River in the Måbø Valley just below Lake Måbø (''Måbøvatnet'') in the municipality of

Eidfjord Eidfjord is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Eidfjord, where the majority of the municipal populatio ...

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 ...

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 was built in 1910 and has two spans, measuring and , and it is wide. The bridge has protected status as cultural heritage. The bridge was built as part of the first road into the Måbø Valley, constructed from 1900 to 1916. Today's

Norwegian National Road 7 Norwegian National Road 7 ( no, Riksvei 7, ) is a national road in Norway which runs from the town of Hønefoss in Viken county to the village of Granvin in Vestland county. The route is long and runs east–west through Viken and Vestland coun ...

passes nearby, looping out of the Kvernhushaug Tunnel (below) and into the Måbø Tunnel (above). The bridge was taken out of service when the new route for National Road 7 was completed. The previous bridges in the Måbø Valley, predating the road built in 1900, were probably wooden

beam bridge Beam bridges are the simplest structural forms for bridge spans supported by an abutment or pier at each end. No moments are transferred throughout the support, hence their structural type is known as '' simply supported''. The simplest beam ...

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Old photo of the Måbø Bridge
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