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The Ã…kviksundet Bridge () is a
box girder bridge A box girder bridge, or box section bridge, is a bridge in which the main beam (structure), beams comprise girders in the shape of a hollow box. The box girder normally comprises prestressed concrete, structural steel, or a composite ma ...
that crosses the Åkviksundet strait between the islands of Dønna and Staulen in
Nordland Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...
county,
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. Together with the Hoholmen Bridge, it forms the road connection between Herøy Municipality and Dønna Municipality. The bridge is long, the longest of the three spans is , and the maximum clearance to the sea is . Jan-Eirik Nilsskog was the main engineer that built the bridge. The Åkviksundet Bridge was opened by
King Harald V Harald V (, ; born 21 February 1937) has been King of Norway since 1991. A member of the House of Glücksburg, Harald was the third child and only son of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. He was second in the line of succ ...
on 19 June 1999.


See also

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List of bridges in Norway This is a list of bridges and viaducts in Norway, including those for pedestrians and vehicular traffic. Historical and architectural interest bridges Major road and railway bridges This table presents the structures with spans greater than ...
* List of bridges in Norway by length *
List of bridges The list of bridges contains various notable bridges around the world. The list is sorted by continent, and within continents, sorted alphabetically by country. Africa Algeria * Ouadi El Roukham Bridge Botswana *Kazungula Bridge (connects wit ...
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List of bridges by length This is a list of the world's longest bridges that are more than in length sorted by their full length above land and water. The main span is the longest span without any ground support. ''Note: There is no standard way to measure the total ...


References

Herøy, Nordland Dønna Road bridges in Nordland Bridges completed in 1999 1999 establishments in Norway {{Norway-bridge-stub