The Stuguflåt Bridge ( or ) is a stone railway bridge north of
Stuguflåten on the
Rauma Line
The Rauma Line () is a long railway between the town of Åndalsnes (in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county), and the village of Dombås (in Dovre Municipality in Innlandet county), in Norway. Running down the Romsdalen valley, the line ...
over the
Rauma River
The Rauma is a river that runs through the Romsdalen valley in Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet counties in Norway. It runs for from the lake Lesjaskogsvatnet in Lesja Municipality (in Innlandet county), through the valley all the way to the town ...
in
Innlandet
Innlandet is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (Jevnaker Municipality and Lunner Municipality were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken ( ...
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 ...
. The bridge is long, has a span, and is wide.
Work began on the bridge in 1919, and the foundations were laid in autumn 1920, with the walls started by summer 1921. The first rails were laid on 16 September 1921 and were finished on 22 August 1922. The first train crossed in autumn 1922 and materials from this cargo were used to make a permanent snowplough. The Stuguflåt Bridge has been used year round since 1923, and the total cost of the bridge was .
In January 1945,
Joachim Rønneberg
Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg (30 August 1919 – 21 October 2018) was a Norwegian Army officer and broadcaster. He was known for his resistance work during World War II, most notably commanding Operation Gunnerside, and his post-war war informat ...
and
SOE agents (
Operation Fieldfare) tried to damage the bridge in order to halt the movement by German occupying forces on the Rauma Line. The bridge was reopened three weeks later.
Årbok for Sunnmøre Historielag 2005
accessed 12.2.12.
See also
*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
This is a list of the bridges in Norway listed by their full length above water or land.
Bridges
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References
External links
Raumabanen.net/Anleggstiden
– Plans and building of Rauma Line.
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Railway bridges in Innlandet
Bridges completed in 1922
Lesja
1922 establishments in Norway
Bridges on the Rauma Line