Kåkern Bridge

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Kåkern Bridge

Kåkern bru
Kakern Bridge 2013.jpg
View of the bridge
Coordinates 68°01′08″N13°10′53″E / 68.0189°N 13.1815°E / 68.0189; 13.1815 Coordinates: 68°01′08″N13°10′53″E / 68.0189°N 13.1815°E / 68.0189; 13.1815
CarriesStamvei E10.svg E10
CrossesKåkernsundet
Locale Flakstad, Norway
Characteristics
Design Cantilever bridge
Material Prestressed concrete
Total length303 metres (994 ft)
Width10 metres (33 ft)

The Kåkern Bridge (Norwegian : Kåkern bru) is a cantilever road bridge that crosses the Kåkernsundet strait between the islands of Flakstadøya and Moskenesøya in the municipality of Flakstad in Nordland county, Norway. The 303-metre (994 ft) long Kåkern Bridge was opened in 2002. The Kåkern Bridge is one of the many bridges that connect the islands of the Lofoten archipelago to each other. The Fredvang Bridges are the only other bridge connection between Flakstadøya and Moskenesøya. [1] [2]

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.

Cantilever beam anchored at only one end

A cantilever is a rigid structural element, such as a beam or a plate, anchored at one end to a support from which it protrudes; this connection could also be perpendicular to a flat, vertical surface such as a wall. Cantilevers can also be constructed with trusses or slabs. When subjected to a structural load, the cantilever carries the load to the support where it is forced against by a moment and shear stress.

Flakstadøya island

Flakstadøya is an island in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The entire island lies within Flakstad Municipality with the Vestfjorden on the east side of the island and the Norwegian Sea on the west side of the island.

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History

The old Kakern Bridge (approx 1961) Kanstadsamlingen - NMF010005-00188.jpg
The old Kåkern Bridge (approx 1961)

The present Kåkern Bridge replaced an older suspension bridge. The old Kåkern Bridge was 228 metres (748 ft) long and it was in use from 1961 until 2002 when the new bridge was completed just to the south of the old bridge. [3]

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.

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References

  1. ↑ Merzagora, Eugenio A. (ed.). "Road Viaducts & Bridges in Norway (499-200 m)". Norske bruer og viadukter . Retrieved 2012-06-17.
  2. ↑ Kåkern Bridge at Structurae . Retrieved 2012-06-17.
  3. ↑ Old Kåkern Bridge at Structurae . Retrieved 2012-06-17.


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