Borgarfjarðarbrú (, "Borgarfjörður bridge") is the second longest bridge in
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
, after
Skeiðarárbrú. It crosses
Borgarfjörður, linking
Borgarnes to
Route 1 (the Ring Road) and connecting the town with other parts of Iceland. It spans 520 m and was opened on 13 September 1981,
with repairs being done in 2012.
Before the bridge was opened, the Ring Road crossed the Hvítá river upstream of its mouth into Borgarfjörður at the
bridge at Ferjukot opened in 1928.
References
Bridges in Iceland
Borgarbyggð
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