Öland Bridge
Coordinates: 56 ° 40 ′ 27 ″ N , 16 ° 25 ′ 12 ″ E
Ölandsbron | ||
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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 | |
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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.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ölandsbron.com - Miljökampen på Öland. In: Ölandsbron.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2015 ; Retrieved November 11, 2015 (Swedish).
- ↑ oeland.se: The Öland Bridge , last accessed on July 6, 2017