Replot Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Replot Bridge
Official Name:Swedish: Replotbron
Finnish: Raippaluodon silta
Carries:2 lanes of Finnish regional road 724
Locale:Korsholm, Finland
Maint:Finnish Road Administration
Designer:Insinööritoimisto Suunnittelu-Kortes AEK Oy
Design:cable-stayed tuftform
Mainspan:250m (820feet)
Length:1045m (3,428feet)
Width:12m (39feet)
Height:82.5m (270.7feet)
Below:26m (85feet)
Begin:1994-09-01
Complete:1998-07-31
Open:1997-08-27
Coordinates:63.2067°N 21.4722°W

The Replot Bridge (Swedish: Replotbron; Finnish: Raippaluodon silta) is a cable-stayed tuftform bridge connecting the island of Replot with the mainland in Korsholm, near Vaasa, Finland. It is long and the longest bridge of Finland. Two supporting pylons are both 82.5m (270.7feet) high.

The bridge was inaugurated 27 August 1997 by the president of Finland Martti Ahtisaari.

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