The Oresund Bridge

[Navigator]

I watched Frontiers of Construction tonight about this bridge between Sweden and Denmark. What a beauty... It's supposedly the longest bridge in the world and also has a tunnel (maybe 2, I was painting while it was on. ..lol)

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PROJECT OVERVIEW

In 1991 the Denmark and Swedish governments agreed to build a bridge to connect the two countries across Oresund. Later that year the two parliaments ratified the agreement and scheduled the design to be completed by 1994. The 16 km long Oresund link between Sweden and Denmark is now complete. At 6 am on August 14, 1999 the final section of the Oresund bridge was placed in position by the floating crane, "Svanen". Six hours later, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark met on the bridge to mark the fact that Denmark and Sweden are linked once more - 7,000 years after the Ice Age when they were landlocked. The project opened to traffic during the summer of 2000.

The Oresund Bridge is the world's longest single bridge carrying both road and railway traffic. In the design full advantage was taken of repetition by composing the major part of the bridge of identical spans. The high bridge with its record-breaking cable-stayed span of 490m is designed to harmonize both structurally and aesthetically with the approach bridges. In the construction phase the on-site activities were completed in just 2 1/2 years due to an extensive use of prefabrication and erection of large units.

Have you been across it, Dunedan??

[Navigator]

I've been across this bridge that crosses Chesapeake Bay between Delaware and Maryland. It's a beauty, too...also has a tunnel.



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[Dunedan]

lol
Yeah Nav I have, went down to visit my brother in Denmark and sat on a train over the bridge. I was actually impressing
I bet the Russians and the rest are pissed cuz it isent high enough for oil platforms hehe but who are they kidding the damn Norwegians take all the oil annyway...hey..damnit I am part Norwegian...I ment "the wonderfull Norwegians."

Hey that's a neat bridge, love that curve

[Navigator]

It's pretty high tho...I saw a freighter go under and it looked like a rowboat..lol I'll bet they calculated it just so the Russians couldn't get by with the oil rigs. Sneaky buggers...lolol