Kylling Bridge
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Kylling Bridge is a railway bridge that crosses the Rauma River
near Verma
in the Romsdalen
valley in Møre og Romsdal
county, Norway
. It is probably the best known and most photographed railway bridge in Norway. Kylling Bridge is 76 metres (249.3 ft) long. The main span is 42 metres (137.8 ft), and side spans are 10 metres (32.8 ft) and 8 metres (26.2 ft). The clearance to the river is 59.3 metres (194.6 ft).
The building of Kylling Bridge started in September 1913. After almost 9 years, the bridge was finally finished in winter 1921. Raumabanen railway opened on 29 November 1924. Kylling Bridge cost NOK
676,000.
Rauma River
Rauma is a river in the Møre og Romsdal and Oppland counties in Norway. It runs for from the lake Lesjaskogsvatnet in the municipality of Lesja to the town of Åndalsnes in the municipality of Rauma. The river was once famous for its salmon-fishing, but since an infection with Gyrodactylus...
near Verma
Verma, Møre og Romsdal
Verma is a village in the municipality of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the highway deep in the Romsdal valley. The village lies along the Raumabanen railway, where the Kylling Bridge crosses the Rauma River....
in the Romsdalen
Romsdalen
Romsdalen is a valley running through the municipalities of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal County and Lesja in Oppland county Norway.-Location:The river Rauma follows the Romsdalen valley from lake Lesjaskogsvatnet to the town of Åndalsnes, where it empties into the Romsdalsfjord. The Rauma Line and...
valley in Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...
county, 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...
. It is probably the best known and most photographed railway bridge in Norway. Kylling Bridge is 76 metres (249.3 ft) long. The main span is 42 metres (137.8 ft), and side spans are 10 metres (32.8 ft) and 8 metres (26.2 ft). The clearance to the river is 59.3 metres (194.6 ft).
The building of Kylling Bridge started in September 1913. After almost 9 years, the bridge was finally finished in winter 1921. Raumabanen railway opened on 29 November 1924. Kylling Bridge cost NOK
Norwegian krone
The krone is the currency of Norway and its dependent territories. The plural form is kroner . It is subdivided into 100 øre. The ISO 4217 code is NOK, although the common local abbreviation is kr. The name translates into English as "crown"...
676,000.