Havøysund Bridge
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Havøysund Bridge is a cantilever bridge
that crosses Havøysundet from the mainland to the fishing village Havøysund
on Havøya in Finnmark
county in Norway
. The Havöysund bridge is the northernmost bridge in the world. The bridge is 293 metres long, and the main span is 124 metres.
Havøysund Bridge was opened in 1986 and is part of County Road 889
.
Cantilever bridge
A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using cantilevers, structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end. For small footbridges, the cantilevers may be simple beams; however, large cantilever bridges designed to handle road or rail traffic use trusses built from...
that crosses Havøysundet from the mainland to the fishing village Havøysund
Havøysund
Havøysund is the administrative centre of the Måsøy municipality, Norway. Its population in 2006 was 1,125. Located on Havøya, but is connected to the mainland through the Havøysund Bridge....
on Havøya in Finnmark
Finnmark
or Finnmárku is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast.The county was formerly known as Finmarkens...
county in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The Havöysund bridge is the northernmost bridge in the world. The bridge is 293 metres long, and the main span is 124 metres.
Havøysund Bridge was opened in 1986 and is part of County Road 889
Norwegian County Road 889
County Road 889 is long and runs between Smørfjord and Havøysund in Finnmark, Norway. The road runs through Porsanger, Kvalsund and Måsøy. At Smørfjord, the road branches from E69. It crosses to Havøysund across the Havøysund Bridge. The section from Russelv to Havøysund is designated one of...
.
See also
- List of bridges in Norway
- List of bridges in Norway by length
- List of bridges
- List of bridges by length
