The Osterøy Bridge ( no, Osterøybrua) is a

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county,

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. The bridge connects the Kvisti farm area on the island of

Osterøy Osterøy is an island municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordhordland. The municipality encompasses most of the island of Osterøy. The administrative centre of Osterøy is the village of Lone ...

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with the Herland farm area on the mainland in

Bergen Municipality Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

east of the city of

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. The bridge is the third largest suspension bridge in Norway. It is part of

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(''Fylkesvei 566''). The Osterøy Bridge is a long

that has a main span of . There are 8 spans, and none of the piers are in the water, just on land. There is of clearance below the bridge. The two suspension towers are each high. The bridge was completed on 3 October 1997 and cost about . The bridge was designed by the structural engineering firm Aas-Jakobsen. HavreMap

It was put into service 28 years after the first plans for a connection between Osterøy and Bergen were prepared. It was opened for traffic by

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, the

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. The bridge was built to withstand quite strong winds. Experts have indicated that the bridge should be capable of surviving an extreme storm. The bridge is tuned so that its greatest

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occurs when the wind is about such as a light breeze.

Media gallery

File:Osterøybrua 2.jpg File:Osterøybrua 1.jpg, Bridge deck File:Osterøybrua osterøy.JPG, Northern end File:Osteröysbrua IMG 3730.JPG, Aerial view of Osterøy

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* Bridges completed in 1997 Suspension bridges in Norway Road bridges in Vestland Osterøy 1997 establishments in Norway Road bridges in Bergen Toll bridges in Norway {{Norway-bridge-stub