Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry

Infobox Ferry route
name = Vangshylla–Kjerringvik
nativename = Skarnsund Ferry

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crosses = Trondheimfjord
at Skarnsund
route = Norwegian National Highway 755
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carries = Automobiles and passengers
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quays = Vangshylla
Kjerringvik
operator = Innherredsferja
authority = Norwegian Public Roads Administration
ferries = MF "Skarnsund"
ferrytype = Double-ended
traveltime = 10 min
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frequency = 1 / hour
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length = convert|9.0|km|mi
opened = 1958
closed = 1991
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successor = Skarnsund Bridge
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The Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry is a closed automobile ferry on Norwegian National Highway 755 that connected the municipality of Mosvik at Kjerringvik and the peninsula of Fosen to Inderøy at Vangshylla and Innherred. The passage on Trondheimfjord at Skarnsundet was operated by Innherredsferja from 1964 to 1991, when the ferry was replaced by the Skarnsund Bridge. [cite web |url=http://www.vegvesen.no/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urlpdf&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition%3A&blobheadervalue1=attachment%3Bfilename%3Dpdf_Statens_vegvesen.pdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=SVVvedlegg&blobwhere=1210075240176&ssbinary=true |title=Ferjestatistikk 2007 |author=Norwegian Public Roads Administration |date=2008 |accessdate=2008-07-09 |language=Norwegian]

History

Automobile ferry transport in Innherred started in 1958 when the company Innherredsferja started the route Levanger–Hokstad–Vangshylla–Kjerringvik–Venneshamn; connecting Levanger to the island of Ytterøy, and onwards connecting Inderøy with Mosvik. In 1964 a new road between Kjerringvik and Venneshamn opened, and at the same time a second ferry was purchased, allowing two routes to be established, the Levanger–Hokstad Ferry and the Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry. [cite web |url=http://www.adressa.no/tema/villeveier/article359491.ece |title=Ferjene i Midt-Norge |author=Adresseavisen |date=2004-12-02 |accessdate=2008-07-09 |language=Norwegian]

Four ferries have been used on the line; MF "Innherredsferja" (1964–69), MF "Skarnsund" (1969–82), MF "Mosvik" (1982–88) and MF "Skarnsund II" (1988–91). [cite web |url=http://www.fjordfaehren.de/ferjesteder/trondheimsfjord.htm |title=Trondheimsfjord |author=Fjordfähren |accessdate=2008-07-09 |language=Norwegian]

Planning of the bridge 1983 with the establishment of the company "AS Skarnsundsbrua" that would finance the bridge; construction started in 1988 and on 19 December 1991 the last ferry went, with King Harald V on board, and the bridge opened.

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