Sandö Bridge

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The Sandö Bridge (in Swedish Sandöbron) is a concrete arc bridge crossing the Ångermanälven river in the Kramfors municipality in the province of Ångermanland in northern Sweden.

The area is often referred to as The High Coast. The bridge was in 1997 replaced as main road connection by the Höga Kusten Bridge, the new bridge across the river, in a new extension of the European route E4.

During the construction, the bridge fell down Augusti 31 1939, and 18 workers were killed. This accident was given little attention by the press, since the World War II started the day after.

The bridge was opened in 1943, and was with a free span of 264 meters and 42 meters height above the water, until 1964 the largest concrete arc in the world. It was renovated after 1997 and reopened in 2003.