Askøy Bridge

Infobox Bridge
bridge_name = Askøy Bridge


caption = The Askøy Bridge. Photo taken from the mainland.
official_name = Askøybrua
carries = Riksvei 562 (motor vehicles)
crosses = Byfjorden
locale = Bergen-Askøy municipal border, Norway
maint = Norwegian Public Roads Administration
design = Suspension
mainspan = 850 m (2789 feet)Cite web|url=http://www.aaj.no/bruer/pdf/Askoy_referanse_eng.pdf|title=Askøy Bridge|accessdate=2008-02-25|publisher=Aas-Jakobsen|language=English]
length = 1057 m (3468 feet)
width = 15.5 m (51 feet)
height =
load =
clearance =
below = 62 m (203 feet)
traffic = 14,600Cite web|url=http://www.bt.no/lokalt/article470830.ece|title=Askøybrua forbi Nordhordlandsbrua|accessdate=2008-02-25|publisher=Bergens Tidende|year=2008|author=John Lindebotten|language=Norwegian]
begin = 1989
complete = 1992
open = December 12, 1992
coordinates = coord|60.396134|5.214214|type:landmark_region:NO-07|display=inline,title

Askøy Bridge ( _no. Askøybrua) is a suspension bridge that crosses Byfjorden between the city of Bergen and Askøy in Hordaland county, Norway. Opened in December 1992, it has the longest span in Norway, despite not being the country's longest suspension bridge. The bridge is 1057 metres long, while the main span is 850 metres and the clearance to the sea 62 metres. The bridge has 7 spans, and was a toll bridge until November 18, 2006.Cite web|url=http://www.bt.no/lokalt/hordaland/article316518.ece|title=Gratis i kø over Askøybrua|accessdate=2008-02-25|publisher=Bergens Tidende|year=2006|author=Einar H. Spang|language=Norwegian]

ee also

*List of bridges in Norway
*List of bridges in Norway by length
*List of longest suspension bridges

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