- Farø Bridges
The Farø Bridges (Danish, Farøbroerne) are two
road bridge s that connect the islands ofFalster andZealand (Sjælland) inDenmark .The two bridges meet upon the small island of
Farø which is approximately mid-way across the sound. Farø has area 0.93 km², with a recorded population of 5 in 2008. [http://www.statistikbanken.dk/BEF4] A smaller bridge from Farø provides access toBogø and thence to the island ofMøn . The Bridges carry the combined E47 route to Lolland and E55 route to Falster, fromCopenhagen and Helsingør, both of which continue to mainland Europe by ferry. A further bridge from Lolland, theFehmarn Belt bridge is planned to carry the E47 route toGermany , replacing the ferry.The Farø Bridges were opened by Queen Margrethe II on
June 4 ,1985 . They were built because of the increasing congestion problems on the oldStorstrøm Bridge from 1937.The high (south) bridge crosses
Storstrømmen between Falster andFarø . It is acable-stayed bridge . The bridge is 1726 metres long, the longest span is 290 metres, and the maximum clearance to the sea is 26 metres strung up on 95.14 meters high suspension towers, which was finished in 1984. It was one of the first cable-stayed bridge inScandinavia (the first was theStrömsund Bridge ). The two towers supporting the span are of 'diamond' shape construction, rising from a single point to either side of the roadway, then combining to one point above the centre of the bridge. There is only one row of suspension cables, along the centre of the roadway.The low (north) bridge crosses
Kalvø Strøm between Farø and Zealand. It is abeam bridge . The bridge is 1596 metres long, the longest span is 40 metres, and the maximum clearance to the sea is 20 metres.ee also
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List of bridges in Denmark
*List of bridges
*Storstrøm Bridge
*Masnedsund Bridge References
External links
* [http://www.highways.dk/danmark/broer/farobroer.php A page about the Farø Bridges (in Danish)]
* [http://www.trafikken.dk/wimpdoc.asp?page=document&objno=10937 Pictures of the Farø Bridges]
* [http://www.trafikken.dk/wimpdoc.asp?page=document&objno=17176 Pictures of and data about the Farø Bridges]
* [http://www.trafikken.dk/wimpdoc.asp?page=document&objno=70059 Webcam on the high bridge]
* [http://home.no.net/lotsberg/data/danmark/bru.html Data on Danish bridges]
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