The Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry is a closed

automobile ferry Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, Trailer (vehicle), trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their o ...

Norwegian County Road 755 Norwegian County Road 755 ( no, Fylkesvei 755) is a county road in Trøndelag county, Norway. The road runs from the village of Røra in the municipality of Inderøy to the village of Vanvikan in Indre Fosen municipality. It was known as Norwe ...

that once connected the village of

Kjerringvik Kjerringvika or Kjerringvik is a village located in the municipality of Inderøy in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the shore of the Trondheimsfjord at the Skarnsund strait, about northeast of the village of Mosvik. The village is ...

Mosvik Mosvik is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality was part of the Innherred region. The municipality existed from 1901 until its dissolution in 2012. The old municipality encompassed the southern par ...

municipality on the

Fosen Fosen is a traditional district in Trøndelag, consisting of the municipalities Osen, Roan Åfjord, Ørland, Indre Fosen, Orkland, Heim, Hitra and Frøya. The district is dominated by forested valleys, lakes, coastal cliffs but also shallow ar ...

peninsula to the village of

Vangshylla Vangshylla is a village in the municipality of Inderøy in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the southwest end of the Inderøya peninsula in the Utøy area, surrounded on two sides by the Trondheimsfjord. The village sits at the southe ...

in the municipality of

Inderøy Inderøy is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen. Other villages include Framverran, Gangstadhaugen, Hylla, Kjerknesvågen, Kjer ...

Innherred Innherred or Innherad is a Districts of Norway, traditional district in Trøndelag county in the central part of Norway. It consists of the areas around the inner part of the Trondheimsfjord in the central-east part of the county. The district incl ...

. The passage across

Trondheim Fjord The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from the municipality of Ørland in ...

Skarnsundet Skarnsund or Skarnsundet is a strait in the Trondheimsfjord in Trøndelag county, Norway. The strait connects the Beitstadfjorden with the outer section of the Trondheimsfjorden. The long and wide Skarnsund is located in the municipality of Ind ...

was operated by

Innherredsferja Innherredsferja AS (''"The Innherred Ferry"'') was a Norwegian ferry operator in the Trondheimsfjord in Nord-Trøndelag county. It operated the Levanger–Hokstad Ferry between the town of Levanger and the island of Ytterøya, and the Vangshyll ...

from 1964 to 1991, when the ferry was replaced by the

Skarnsund Bridge The Skarnsund Bridge ( no, Skarnsundet bru or ) is a long concrete cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Skarnsundet strait, in the municipality of Inderøy in Trøndelag county, Norway. When finished in 1991, it replaced the Vangshylla–Kjerrin ...

History

Automobile ferry transport in

started in 1958 when the company

started the route

Levanger Levanger is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the district of Innherred. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Levanger. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Alstadhaug, Ekne, ...

–

Hokstad Hokstad is a small village and ferry quay on the island of Ytterøya in the municipality of Levanger in Trøndelag county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory ...

–Vangshylla–Kjerringvik–

Venneshamn Venneshamn is a village in the municipality of Inderøy in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord on the northeastern end of the Fosen peninsula. The village is located about north of the village of Mosvik, and about ...

; connecting Levanger to the island of

Ytterøya Ytterøya is an island in the Trondheimsfjord in the municipality of Levanger in Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt) ...

, and onwards connecting Inderøy with Mosvik. In 1964, a new road between Kjerringvik and Venneshamn opened, and at the same time a second ferry was purchased, allowing two routes to be established, the

Levanger–Hokstad Ferry The Levanger–Hokstad Ferry is an automobile ferry on Norwegian County Road 774 that connects the island of Ytterøya to the town of Levanger on the mainland of Levanger municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The long passage on Trondheimsf ...

and the Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry. Four ferries have been used on the line; MF ''Innherredsferja'' (1964–69), MF ''Skarnsund'' (1969–82), MF ''Mosvik'' (1982–88), and MF ''Skarnsund II'' (1988–91). Planning of the bridge began in 1983 with the establishment of the company ''AS Skarnsundsbrua'' that would finance the bridge and construction started in 1988. On 19 December 1991 the last ferry sailed, with King

Harald V Harald V ( no, Harald den femte, ; born 21 February 1937) is King of Norway. He acceded to the throne on 17 January 1991. Harald was the third child and only son of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. He was second in the lin ...

on board, and the bridge officially opened.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vangshylla-Kjerringvik Ferry Car ferry lines in Trøndelag Mosvik Inderøy Norwegian County Road 755 1964 establishments in Norway