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Lilla Sjötullsbron ( Swedish: "Small Sea Customs Bridge") is a concrete
pedestrian bridge A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians.''Oxford English Dictionary'' While the primary meaning for a bridge is a structure which links "two points at a ...
in central
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. Passing over Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen it connects
Djurgården Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, , is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum Skansen, the small resident ...
island to the mainland north of it. Completed in 1965, the bridge was named after the building of the canal guard, called ''Lilla sjötullen'' ("Small sea Customs"), built in the 1820s. The bridge is about 3.7 metres wide, 32 metres long of which some 20 metres passes over the canal. It offers a horizontal clearance of 3.1 metres.


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List of bridges in Stockholm This is a list of some of the most notable bridges and viaducts in Stockholm, starting with those located closest to the city centre. Many more bridges and viaducts could, of course, be added, including those on the rail transport, rail and motorwa ...
* Djurgårdsbron * Djurgårdsbrunnsbron *
Djurgårdsbrunnsviken Djurgårdsbrunnsviken is a bay in central Stockholm, Sweden, together with the canal Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen forming the northern shore line of the island Djurgården (or more correctly between Northern Djurgården, Northern and Southern Djurgår ...
Bridges in Stockholm Bridges completed in 1965 Pedestrian bridges in Sweden 1965 establishments in Sweden 1960s establishments in Stockholm {{Sweden-bridge-struct-stub