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.