Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry

Vangshylla–Kjerringvik
Skarnsund Ferry
Waterway Trondheimfjord
at Skarnsund
Transit type Double-ended
Route Norwegian County Road 755
Carries Automobiles and passengers
Terminals Vangshylla
Kjerringvik
Operator Innherredsferja
Authority Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Began operation 1958
Ended operation 1991
Successor Skarnsund Bridge
System length 9.0 kilometres (5.6 mi)
Travel time 10 min
Frequency 1 / hour
No. of vessels MF Skarnsund

The Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry is a closed automobile ferry on Norwegian County Road 755 that once connected the village of Kjerringvik in Mosvik municipality on the Fosen peninsula to the village of Vangshylla in the municipality of Inderøy in Innherred. The passage across the Trondheimfjord at Skarnsundet was operated by Innherredsferja from 1964 to 1991, when the ferry was replaced by the Skarnsund Bridge.[1]

History

Automobile ferry transport in Innherred started in 1958 when the company Innherredsferja started the route Levanger–Hokstad–Vangshylla–Kjerringvik–Venneshamn; connecting Levanger to the island of Ytterøya, and onwards connecting Inderøy with Mosvik. In 1964, a new road between Kjerringvik and Venneshamn opened, and at the same time a second ferry was purchased, allowing two routes to be established, the Levanger–Hokstad Ferry and the Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry.[2]

Four ferries have been used on the line; MF Innherredsferja (1964–69), MF Skarnsund (1969–82), MF Mosvik (1982–88), and MF Skarnsund II (1988–91).[3]

Planning of the bridge began in 1983 with the establishment of the company AS Skarnsundsbrua that would finance the bridge and construction started in 1988. On 19 December 1991 the last ferry sailed, with King Harald V on board, and the bridge officially opened.

References

  1. ↑ Norwegian Public Roads Administration (2008). "Ferjestatistikk 2007" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  2. ↑ Adresseavisen (2004-12-02). "Ferjene i Midt-Norge" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  3. ↑ Fjordfähren. "Trondheimsfjord" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2008-07-09.
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