Saltstraumen Bridge

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Saltstraumen Bridge
Saltstraumen with Saltstraumen Bridge and the Børvasstindan mountains
Official name	Saltstraumen bru
Crosses	Saltstraumen
Locale	Bodø, Nordland, Norway
Longest span	160 m (525 ft)
Total length	768 m (2,520 ft)
Width	11.3 m (37 ft)
Vertical clearance	41 m (135 ft)
Coordinates	67°13′51″N 14°36′41″E / 67.23083, 14.61139Coordinates: 67°13′51″N 14°36′41″E / 67.23083, 14.61139

Saltstraumen Bridge (Norwegian: Saltstraumen bru) is a cantilever bridge that crosses Saltstraumen between Knaplundøya and Straumøya in Nordland county in Norway. The bridge is 768 metres long, the longest span is 160 metres, and the maximum clearance to the sea is 41 metres. The bridge has 10 spans.

Saltstraumen Bridge was opened in 1978.

[edit] See also

• List of bridges in Norway
• List of bridges in Norway by length

[edit] External links

• Saltstraumen Bridge in the Structurae database
• The World's Longest Tunnel Page (bridge section)

[edit] More pictures of Saltstraumen Bridge

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