Gjemnessundbrua, the suspension bridge of KRIFAST. Southward view to Gjemnes. Gjemnes is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway on the Romsdal peninsula.

KRIFAST is the name of the road system connecting the city of Kristiansund and the islands of Frei, Bergsøya and Aspøya to the mainland of Møre og Romsdal, Norway, giving 22,000 people a connection to the mainland. Kristiansund is a city and municipality on the western coast of Norway, in the Nordmøre district of the county Møre og Romsdal Frei is a former municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional The most famous parts are the underwater tunnel and two of the bridges. 25 km (15. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand 5 mi) of road and 6 km (3. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States 5 mi) of pedestrian and bike road are also counted as part of KRIFAST, which was opened in 1992. The bicycle, cycle, or bike is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)

The road system's name is a portmanteau of "Kristiansund" and "fastlandsforbindelse" (the latter being the Norwegian phrase for "mainland connection"). Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Mainland is usually the Continental part of a region as opposed to the Islands nearby

A total of seven bridges are part of KRIFAST, the most famous one being the suspension bridge Gjemnessundbrua from Bergsøya to Gjemnes, with 108 m (354 ft) high towers and a span between them of 623 m (2,044 ft). This article is concerned with a particular type of suspension bridge the suspended-deck type Gjemnessund Bridge (Gjemnessundbrua is a Suspension bridge that crosses Gjemnessundet between Gjemnes on the mainland and Bergsøya in Gjemnes is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway on the Romsdal peninsula. There is also the 933 m (0. 6 mi) long pontoon bridge Bergsøysundet flytebru from Bergsøya to Aspøya, which is the only bridge of its kind where nothing but the ends are anchored to solid rock. A pontoon bridge or floating bridge is a Bridge that floats on water supported by barge-or-boat-like pontoons to support the bridge deck and its dynamic Bergsøysund Bridge (Bergsøysundbrua is a Pontoon bridge that crosses Bergsøysundet between Aspøya and Bergsøya in Møre og Romsdal The bridge is supported by 7 pontoons, floating on a 320 m (1,050 ft) deep fjord. A fjord or fiord (fjɔːd|fiːɔːd or fiːɔːd is a long narrow Inlet with steep sides created in a valley carved by glacial activity.

The 5. 1 km (3. 2 mi) long underwater tunnel goes under the fjord Freifjorden. A tunnel is an underground passageway The definition of what constitutes a tunnel is not universally agreed upon It is 134 m (440 ft) below sea-level at the deepest, though the bottom 35 m (115 ft) is solid rock. A drive through the tunnel takes about 5 minutes. Because of the relatively steep climb there are three lanes at each end, but only two at the bottom.

KRIFAST was authorised by the Norwegian parliament, the Storting, in 1985, and construction began in October 1988. The Storting ( Stortinget, literally "the Great Thing /Assembly" is the Norwegian Parliament, and is located in the capital city The government pledged to finance 39% of the expenses, the rest were to be taken in as toll on road traffic and car ferry fares (on the ferries to be obsoleted by the tunnel and bridges). A toll road, (also known as a tollway, turnpike, pike, or toll highway, especially if it is constructed to Freeway standards As of July 1991, the project employed 427 people, and spent NOK 2 million daily on construction. The krone ( sign: kr; code: NOK) is the Currency of Norway. The plural form is kroner. Four years and NOK 1. 1 billion later, in August 1992, KRIFAST was opened for regular traffic. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)