Gjemnessund Bridge

Gjemnessund Bridge (Gjemnessundbrua) is a suspension bridge that crosses Gjemnessundet between Gjemnes on the mainland and Bergsøya in Møre og Romsdal county in Norway. It is the longest suspension bridge in Norway, although it is not the longest span. The bridge is 1257 metres long, the main span is 623 metres, and the maximum clearance to the sea is 43 metres. The bridge has 21 spans.

Gjemnessund Bridge was opened in 1992. It was built as part of Krifast, the town of Kristiansund's road connection to the mainland.

Many bridges slowly deteriorate and need to be repaired because the salty seawater damages the concrete and the iron inside it. Gjemnessund Bridge has had a problem with seabirds, whose manure contain salt and ammonia. The salt and ammonia damages the concrete. To prevent this, the bridge is cleaned, and the critical parts of the concrete are covered with an elastic membrane that protects the concrete against the manure and the harmful content. [http://www.tk.no/nyheter/article908606.ece]

ee also

*List of bridges in Norway
*List of bridges in Norway by length
*List of bridges
*List of bridges by length
*List of largest suspension bridges
*Bergsøysund Bridge
*Straumsund Bridge

External links

* [http://fuv.hivolda.no/prosjekt/eriksst/hengebru.htm A page about Gjemnessund Bridge (in Norwegian)]
* [http://www.osni.nl/fotos/vak2004a/slides/Gjemnessundbrua.jpgA picture of the bridge]
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* [http://home.no.net/lotsberg/data/norway/bru.html The World's Longest Tunnel Page (bridge section)]