Kåkern Bridge
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Kåkern Bridge is a cantilever
road bridge that crosses Kåkernsundet between Flakstadøya
and Moskenesøya
in Nordland
county, Norway
. It is 303 metres long.
Kåkern Bridge was opened in 2002. It replaced an older suspension bridge
. The old Kåkern Bridge was 228 metres long. http://www.gjenbruksprosjektet.net/filemanager/download/1077/Oppsumm%20infodag%20-%20KORT.doc It was opened in 1961. It was demolished when the new bridge was opened.
Kåkern Bridge is one of many bridges that connect the islands of Lofoten
to each other.
Cantilever
A cantilever is a beam anchored at only one end. The beam carries the load to the support where it is resisted by moment and shear stress. Cantilever construction allows for overhanging structures without external bracing. Cantilevers can also be constructed with trusses or slabs.This is in...
road bridge that crosses Kåkernsundet between Flakstadøya
Flakstadøya
Flakstadøya is an island in Lofoten in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in Flakstad municipality.The island is connected to Moskenesøya in the west by Kåkern Bridge, and to Vestvågøya through the undersea tunnel Nappstraumtunnelen....
and Moskenesøya
Moskenesøya
Moskenesøya is an island in Lofoten in Nordland county of Norway. The island consists of an agglomeration of glaciated hills with the highest peak at . It is elongated from south-west to north east, is about 40 km long and 10 km wide, and has a very uneven shoreline...
in Nordland
Nordland
is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...
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 303 metres long.
Kåkern Bridge was opened in 2002. It replaced an older suspension bridge
Suspension bridge
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. Outside Tibet and Bhutan, where the first examples of this type of bridge were built in the 15th century, this type of bridge dates from the early 19th century...
. The old Kåkern Bridge was 228 metres long. http://www.gjenbruksprosjektet.net/filemanager/download/1077/Oppsumm%20infodag%20-%20KORT.doc It was opened in 1961. It was demolished when the new bridge was opened.
Kåkern Bridge is one of many bridges that connect the islands of Lofoten
Lofoten
Lofoten is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Though lying within the Arctic Circle, the archipelago experiences one of the world's largest elevated temperature anomalies relative to its high latitude.-Etymology:...
to each other.
See also
- List of bridges in Norway
- List of bridges in Norway by length
- List of bridges
- List of bridges by length