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| Old Varodd Bridge | |
| Native Name: | Gamle Varoddbrua |
| Native Name Lang: | NO |
| Design: | Former suspension bridge |
| Length: | 618m (2,028feet)[1] |
| Mainspan: | 337m (1,106feet) |
| Spans: | 8 |
| Height: | 70m (230feet) |
| Below: | 30m (100feet) |
| Open: | 1956 |
| Replaced By: | The eastbound cantilever bridge (2020) |
The Varodd Bridges are two parallel cantilever bridges in Kristiansand municipality, in Agder county, Norway, and they cross the Topdalsfjorden. They are named after the peninsula on the western shore. It goes from Vige and ends in Søm in Kristiansand. The bridges carry the European route E18 highway over the fjord.[2]
The Old Varodd Bridge was a former suspension bridge, which opened in 1956. It was a long suspension bridge, with a main span of . The two towers reached above sea level. Before the completion of the second bridge, this was the only bridge crossing Topdalsfjorden, making it a two-lane bridge carrying traffic in both directions. The replacement bridge was built in between the two current bridges and construction began in early 2017. The suspension bridge was demolished and removed in the fall of 2020.[3]
| New Varodd Bridge | |
| Native Name: | Nye Varoddbrua |
| Native Name Lang: | NO |
| Design: | Cantilever bridge |
| Length: | 660m (2,170feet) |
| Mainspan: | 260m (850feet) |
| Spans: | 4 |
| Below: | 32m (105feet) |
| Open: | 1993 |
The New Varodd Bridge is parallel to the older bridge, and was completed in 1993 at a cost of US$13 million. It is a cantilever bridge with four spans. The main span is and a total length of . The bridge has a 32m (105feet) clearance below it. The bridge was built solely to relieve the traffic on the older bridge, and the two lanes only handled westbound traffic.
Another new cantilever bridge for eastbound traffic is under construction between the old and new Varodd Bridge. It was completed in 2020.[4]