Nordhordland Bridge (Nordhordlandsbrua) is a bridge that crosses Salhusfjorden from the mainland to Flatøy in Hordaland county in Norway. Flatøy (or Flatøyni as referred to on older maps is one of two smaller islands that together with the larger island Holsnøy make up the municipality Meland is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional The bridge connects the northern parts of Hordaland (Nordhordland) to the city of Bergen. Nordhordland is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, consisting of the northern portion of the county of Hordaland. is the second largest city in Norway. It is located on the south-western coast of Norway in the county of Hordaland in between a group of mountains known as De syv fjell Nordhordland Bridge is a pontoon and cable-stayed bridge with one tower. 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 A The bridge is 1614 metres long (not 1610, as it is sometimes inaccurately stated [1]), the longest span is 172 metres, and the maximum clearance to the sea is 32 metres. The cable-stay part of the bridge has 19 spans. The free-floating bridge has the longest laterally-unsupported span in the world
Nordhordland Bridge was opened in 1994. It was the second permanent pontoon bridge in Norway. The bridge ceased being a toll bridge on December 31, 2005 at 16:00 [2]. A toll bridge is a Bridge over which Traffic may pass upon payment of a fee or toll.
See also
- List of bridges in Norway
- List of bridges in Norway by length
- List of bridges
- List of bridges by length
External links
- Web page about Nordhordland Bridge
- Article about the bridge (in Norwegian)
- Nordhordland Bridge in the Structurae database
- The World's Longest Tunnel Page (bridge section)
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