Vejle Fjord Bridge

Vejle Fjord Bridge

Vejle Fjord Bridge ( _da. Vejlefjordbroen) is a cantilever bridge that spans Vejle Fjord between Mølholm and Nørremarken near the town of Vejle in Denmark. The bridge is 1712 metres long, the longest span is 110 metres, and the maximum clearance to the sea is 40 metres. The bridge has 16 spans.

Vejle Fjord Bridge was built to lead traffic past the town of Vejle, where traffic congestion had become a problem in the 1970s. The building started in 1975, and the bridge was opened on July 1, 1980. It cost 350 million kroner. The bridge now has more traffic than any other motorway bridge in Denmark.

External links

* [http://www.highways.dk/danmark/broer/vejlefjordbro.php A page about Vejle Fjord Bridge (in Danish)]
* [http://www.trafikken.dk/wimpdoc.asp?page=document&objno=10993 Pictures of Vejle Fjord Bridge]
* [http://www.trafikken.dk/wimpdoc.asp?page=document&objno=17230 Picture of and data about the bridge]
* [http://www.trafikken.dk/wimpdoc.asp?page=document&objno=20444 Webcam on the bridge]
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* [http://home.no.net/lotsberg/data/danmark/bru.html http://home.no.net/lotsberg/data/danmark/bru.html]
*Pictures from Vejle municipality's web page: [http://www.vejle.dk/pictures/vejlebroen1.jpg] [http://www.vejle.dk/pictures/vejlebroen2.jpg] [http://www.vejle.dk/pictures/vejlebroen3.jpg] [http://www.vejle.dk/pictures/vejlebroen4.jpg] [http://www.vejle.dk/pictures/vejlebroen5.jpg]


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