Öland Bridge

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Coordinates: 56 ° 40 ′ 27 ″  N , 16 ° 25 ′ 12 ″  E

Ölandsbron
Ölandsbron
The Öland Bridge of Kalmar seen from
use Road bridge, 4 lanes
Convicted Länsväg 137
Crossing of Kalmar Sound
place Kalmar , Färjestaden
Entertained by Vägverket
overall length 6072 m
width 13 m
Longest span 130 m
height 41.69 m
Clear height 36 m
vehicles per day 17,085 vehicles (2012)
building-costs SEK 86.3 million
start of building January 1968
opening September 30, 1972
location
Öland Bridge (Kalmar)
Öland Bridge

Ölandsbron ( German : Ölandbrücke ) is a bridge that connects Kalmar on the Swedish mainland with Färjestaden on the island of Öland in the east.

Data

It is 6072 meters long and is supported by 156 pillars. It has an average height of 36 meters and is 13 meters wide. At its highest point, the carriageway is 41.69 meters above sea level, at its lowest point 6.65 meters. Your total of 155 bridge fields consist of prestressed concrete , of which the six in the middle have a span of 150 meters each. 7,000 tons of reinforcing steel and 105,000 cubic meters of concrete were used. The bridge is divided into three sections. The low western section is 795 meters long and has 23 fields.

This is followed to the east by the high bridge with a length of 910 meters and 23 fields. The longest section is the eastern part, facing Öland, with 124 fields and a length of 4355 meters. The construction of the bridge cost 80 million Swedish kronor . Another 19 million were invested in the driveways to the bridge.

history

As early as 1932 there were first concrete proposals for a fixed bridge connection between Öland and the mainland. It was not until November 18, 1966 that the construction of the large bridge was recorded as a plan by a government resolution. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on December 30, 1967 by the then Transport Minister Svante Lundkvist.

The bridge opened on September 30, 1972 and is still Sweden's longest bridge to this day. The Oresund Bridge , which connects Sweden with Denmark , is longer overall, but its Swedish part is not. It used to be the longest bridge in Europe.

Öland Bridge as seen from Öland.

Web links

Commons : Ölandbrücke  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ölandsbron.com - Miljökampen på Öland. In: Ölandsbron.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2015 ; Retrieved November 11, 2015 (Swedish).
  2. ↑ oeland.se: The Öland Bridge , last accessed on July 6, 2017