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
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
,
Sweden
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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 ...
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Djurgårdsbron
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Djurgårdsbrunnsbron
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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
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