Oresund Bridge
Øresund Bridge is a combined
twin-track railway and dual carriageway bridge-tunnel across the Øresund strait
between Sweden and Denmark. The bridge runs nearly 8 km from the Swedish coast
to the artificial island of Peberholm, which lies in the middle of the strait.
The remainder of the link is by tunnel from Peberholm to the Danish island of
Amager.
On both approaches to the three cable-stayed
bridge sections, the girder is supported every 140 m by concrete piers. The two
pairs of free-standing cable supporting towers are 204 m high allowing shipping
57 of head room under the main span. Its 491 m cable-stayed main span is one of
the longest of this type in the world.
The Oresund Bridge was designed by the Danish architectural
practice Dissing+Weitling. The construction of the Øresund Bridge began in
1995, and was finished 14 August 1999.
