Runde Bridge is a cantilever bridge

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 the Rundasundet between the islands Remøya

Remøya

Remøya is an island in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located north of the municipal center of Fosnavåg. The island is connected to other islands via a network of bridges. The Remøy Bridge connects it to the island Leinøya and the Runde Bridge connects...

 and Runde

Runde

Runde is an island in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island has a population of about 90 people, and it's connected by the Runde Bridge to the island of Remøya to the south....

 in the municipality of Herøy

Herøy, Møre og Romsdal

Herøy is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the town of Fosnavåg on the island of Bergsøya. The industrial area of Eggesbønes is located south of Fosnavåg on the same island...

 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...

. The bridge is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Fosnavåg

Fosnavåg

is a city in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is the administrative center of the municipality of Herøy. The city is located on the island of Bergsøya which is connected to Kvalsund on the island of Nerlandsøya via the Nerlandsøy Bridge to the west...

 and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northwest of Ulsteinvik

Ulsteinvik

is the commercial and administrative centre of the municipality of Ulstein in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The urban area of Ulsteinvik has a population of 5,251 people. As such, Ulsteinvik contains 74% of the population of the municipality of Ulstein...

.

The 428 metres (1,404.2 ft) long bridge carries the Fyklesvei 18 highway and it opened on 3 March 1982.

See also

• Herøy Bridge
  Herøy Bridge
  Herøy Bridge is a cantilever bridge that connects the islands of Gurskøya and Leinøya in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of a bridge network which connects all of the main islands of the municipality together. It is about southeast of Fosnavåg.The bridge...
  
  
• Remøy Bridge
  Remøy Bridge
  Remøy Bridge is a bridge from connecting the islands of Leinøya and Remøya in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The bridge carries the county highway 18 over the Nordre Vaulen strait....
  
  
• Nerlandsøy Bridge
  Nerlandsøy Bridge
  Nerlandsøy Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Søre Vaulen strait between the islands of Bergsøya and Nerlandsøya in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.The long Nerlandsøy Bridge opened on 25 September 1968...
  
  
• List of bridges in Norway
• List of bridges in Norway by length
• List of bridges
• List of bridges by length

External links

• Road Viaducts & Bridges in Norway (499-200 m)

Pictures of Runde Bridge

• http://fuv.hivolda.no/prosjekt/haraldeikrem/Rundebrua.jpg
• http://www.etojm.com/Galleri/Galleri21_30/G29Runde/Rundebrua.htm
• http://www.runde.nl/content/foto_htm/b13.htm