Mjøsund Bridge Explained

Mjøsund Bridge
Native Name:Mjøsundbrua
Native Name Lang:no
Crosses:Mjøsundet
Locale:Ibestad and Salangen, Norway
Design:Cantilever
Open:1994
Coordinates:68.8892°N 17.4608°W

Mjøsund Bridge (Norwegian: Mjøsundbrua) is a cantilever bridge in Ibestad Municipality and Salangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is part of the Norwegian County Road 848 that crosses the Mjøsundet strait between the mainland of Norway and the island of Andørja. The bridge and the nearby Ibestad Tunnel connect the two main islands of Ibestad together with the mainland.

The 840m (2,760feet) long Mjøsund Bridge was opened in 1994 and it cost . The longest span is and the clearance for boats below the bridge is . The bridge lies just north of where the Salangen fjord and Astafjorden meet.[1]

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  1. Web site: bro – Lengste veibroer i norge. https://archive.today/20130222232617/http://snl.no/bro/Lengste%20veibroer%20i%20norge. dead. 2013-02-22. Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 2012-09-07.