Great Belt Fixed Link
bridge–tunnel road and railway crossing of the Great Belt in Denmark
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The Great Belt Fixed Link (also called the Great Belt Bridge) (Danish: Storebæltsforbindelsen), is the bridge and tunnel across the strait between the main Danish islands of Zealand (Sjælland) and Funen (Fyn).[2]
Great Belt Bridge (East Bridge) | |
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 The East Bridge as seen from the Sjælland side | |
| Coordinates | 55°20′31″N 11°02′10″E / 55.34194°N 11.03611°E |
| Carries | 4 lanes of European route E20 |
| Crosses | Great Belt |
| Official name | Østbroen |
| Maintained by | A/S Storebælt |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension bridge |
| Material | Concrete and steel |
| Total length | 6,790 metres (22,277 ft) |
| Width | 31 metres (102 ft) |
| Height | 256.3 metres (841 ft) |
| Longest span | 1,624 metres (5,328 ft) |
| Piers in water | 19 |
| Clearance below | 65 metres (213 ft) |
| History | |
| Designer | COWI & Ramboll |
| Constructed by | Hochtief, Skanska, Højgaard & Schultz and Monberg & Thorsen |
| Construction start | 1991 |
| Construction end | 1998 |
| Opened | 14 June 1998 |
| Statistics | |
| Toll | 240.00 DKK ($36.40) per car.[1] |
| Location | |
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This waters between the two Danish islands is called the Great Belt (Danish: Storebælt).
Related pages
changeNotes
change- ↑ Storebælt.dk (2013). "Tolls". A/S Storebælt. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ↑ Railway-technology.com, "Great Belt Fixed Link, Denmark"; retrieved 2012-3-25.
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Storebæltsbroen.
- http://www.storebaelt.dk/english Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, http://www.storebaelt.dk/omstorebaelt Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Structurae, Great Belt East Bridge, East Tunnel, West Bridge