Erfjord Bridge

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Erfjord Bridge
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View of the bridge
Coordinates 59°21′17″N6°13′47″E / 59.3548°N 6.2297°E / 59.3548; 6.2297 Coordinates: 59°21′17″N6°13′47″E / 59.3548°N 6.2297°E / 59.3548; 6.2297
CarriesRiksvei 13.svg Rv13
Crosses Erfjorden
Locale Suldal, Rogaland
Characteristics
Design Suspension bridge
Material Concrete and Steel
Total length294 metres (965 ft)
Longest span228 metres (748 ft)
No. of spans3
Piers in water0
Clearance below 23 metres (75 ft)
History
OpenedNovember 1963

Erfjord Bridge (Norwegian : Erfjord bru) is a suspension bridge in the municipality of Suldal in Rogaland county, Norway. The bridge was completed in November 1963 and it crosses the Erfjorden as part of the Norwegian National Road 13, a main road between the cities of Bergen and Stavanger in Western Norway. [1]

Norwegian language North Germanic language spoken in Norway

Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is the official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional varieties, and some Norwegian and Swedish dialects, in particular, are very close. These Scandinavian languages, together with Faroese and Icelandic as well as some extinct languages, constitute the North Germanic languages. Faroese and Icelandic are hardly mutually intelligible with Norwegian in their spoken form because continental Scandinavian has diverged from them. While the two Germanic languages with the greatest numbers of speakers, English and German, have close similarities with Norwegian, neither is mutually intelligible with it. Norwegian is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era.

Suspension bridge type of bridge

A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridges, which lack vertical suspenders, have a long history in many mountainous parts of the world.

Suldal Municipality in Rogaland, Norway

Suldal is a municipality in the northeast corner of Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Ryfylke. Since 1965, the administrative centre of Suldal is the village of Sand i Ryfylke. Other villages in Suldal include Hålandsosen, Jelsa, Marvik, Nesflaten, and Suldalsosen.

The concrete and steel bridge has a total length of 294 metres (965 ft) which is made up of three spans, the longest span measuring 228 metres (748 ft). The sailing clearance below the bridge is 23 metres (75 ft). [2] [3]

Concrete Composite construction material

Concrete, usually Portland cement concrete, is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that hardens over time—most frequently in the past a lime-based cement binder, such as lime putty, but sometimes with other hydraulic cements, such as a calcium aluminate cement or Portland Cement. It is distinguished from other, non-cementitious types of concrete all binding some form of aggregate together, including asphalt concrete with a bitumen binder, which is frequently used for road surfaces, and polymer concretes that use polymers as a binder.

Steel alloy made by combining iron and other elements

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon, and sometimes other elements. Because of its high tensile strength and low cost, it is a major component used in buildings, infrastructure, tools, ships, automobiles, machines, appliances, and weapons.

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Erfjorden

Erfjorden is a fjord in the municipalities Suldal and Hjelmeland in Rogaland county, Norway. The 16-kilometre (9.9 mi) long fjord begins at the small village of Tysse in Suldal and heads south past the village of Hålandsosen before making a sharp turn to the west before emptying into the larger Nedstrandsfjorden. The Erfjord Bridge crosses the fjord, just north of Hålandsosen. The innermost part of the fjord is sometimes referred to as the Tyssefjorden.

Hålandsosen Village in Western Norway, Norway

Hålandsosen is a village in Suldal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the eastern shore of the Erfjorden, about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east of the village of Jelsa and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of the municipal centre of Sand. The Norwegian National Road 13 runs through the village, and the Erfjord Bridge lies just north of the village. It is the only bridge over the Erfjorden.

References

  1. ↑ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Erfjorden". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Evensen, Knut Harald, ed. (2010). NAF Veibok 2010-2012 (in Norwegian) (29th ed.). Oslo: Norges Automobil-Forbund. p. 24–25.
  3. ↑ Erfjord Bridge at Structurae . Retrieved 2015-05-18.


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