The High Coast Bridge (), also known as the Veda Bridge (), is a

suspension bridge A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (bridge), deck is hung below suspension wire rope, cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridg ...

crossing the mouth of the river Ångermanälven near

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, on the border between the municipalities of

Härnösand Härnösand () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 25,012 inhabitants in 2023. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape just ...

and

Kramfors Kramfors () is a locality and the seat of Kramfors Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It had a population of 5,990 inhabitants in 2010. The town grew on the western bank of the Ångerman river in the 19th century as harvested logs ...

in the province of

Ångermanland Ångermanland ( or ) is a historical province (''landskap'') in the northern part of Sweden. It is bordered (clockwise from the north) by Swedish Lapland, Västerbotten, the Gulf of Bothnia, Medelpad and Jämtland. The name is derived from the ...

in northern

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. The area is often referred to as

High Coast The High Coast () is a part of the coast of Sweden on the Gulf of Bothnia, in the Ångermanland province of northeast Sweden, centered in the area of the municipalities of Kramfors, Härnösand and Örnsköldsvik. It is notable as an area for ...

, hence its name. The older bridge across the same river is the

Sandö Bridge The Sandö Bridge () is a concrete arch bridge crossing the Ångerman River in Kramfors Municipality in northern Sweden. It has a free span of 264 meters and is 42 meters above the water. The surrounding area is often referred to as The High Coast ...

, in a new extension of the

European route E4 European route E4 passes from north to south through Sweden from the border with Finland, with a total length of . The Finnish part lies entirely within Tornio in northern Finland, and is only long. The Swedish part traverses most of Sweden e ...

. It is (as of 2016) the third longest suspension bridge in Scandinavia (after the

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and

Hardanger Bridge The Hardanger Bridge () is a suspension bridge across the Eidfjorden branch off of the main Hardangerfjorden in Vestland county, Norway. The bridge connects the municipalities of Ullensvang and Ulvik. It replaced a ferry connection between ...

in Norway), the fourth longest in Europe, and the 21st longest of the world. The total length is , the span is , and the column

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are tall. The max height for ships is . The bridge was constructed between 1993 and 1997 and was officially opened on 1 December 1997 by king

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. The shorter name, the Veda Bridge, refers to the village Veda, which lies 1 km west of the south abutment of the bridge.

References

External links

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The official website of the High Coast Bridge
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoga Kusten Bridge Suspension bridges in Sweden Bridges completed in 1997 1997 establishments in Sweden Härnösand Municipality Kramfors Municipality Buildings and structures in Västernorrland County 20th-century establishments in Västernorrland County