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Øresund Bridge
The Øresund or Öresund Bridge is a combined List of road–rail bridges, railway and motorway cable-stayed bridge across the Øresund strait between Denmark and Sweden. It is the second longest bridge in Europe and combines both roadway and railway in a single structure. It runs nearly from the Swedish coast to the artificial island Peberholm in the middle of the strait. The Øresund Link is completed by the Øresund Bridge#Øresund Tunnel, Øresund Tunnel from Peberholm to the Danish island of Amager. The bridge as part of the Øresund Link connects the road and rail networks of the Scandinavian Peninsula with those of Central Europe, Central and Western Europe. A data cable also makes the Link the backbone of Internet data transmission between central Europe and Sweden. The international European route E20 crosses via road, the Øresund Line via railway. The construction of the Great Belt Fixed Link (1988–1998), connecting Zealand to Funen and thence to the Jutland Penin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Øresund Bridge From The Air In September 2015
Øresund or Öresund (, ; ; ), commonly known in English as the Sound, is a strait which forms the Danish–Swedish border, separating Zealand (Denmark) from Scania (Sweden). The strait has a length of ; its width varies from to . The narrowest point is between Helsingør in Denmark and Helsingborg in Sweden. Øresund, along with the Great Belt, the Little Belt and the Kiel Canal, is one of four waterways that connect the Baltic Sea to the Atlantic Ocean via Kattegat, Skagerrak, and the North Sea; this makes it one of the busiest waterways in the world. The Øresund Bridge, between the Danish capital Copenhagen and the Swedish city of Malmö, inaugurated on 1 July 2000, connects a bi-national metropolitan area with close to 4 million inhabitants. The HH Ferry route, between Helsingør, Denmark and Helsingborg, Sweden, in the northern part of Øresund, is one of the world's busiest international ferry routes, with more than 70 departures from each harbour per day. Øresund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
