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]