Great Belt Bridge
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| The Great Belt Bridge (The East Bridge) |
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| The East Bridge as seen from the Zealand side. | |
| Official name | Østbroen |
| Carries | Motor vehicles |
| Crosses | Great Belt |
| Maintained by | A/S Storebælt |
| Designer | Dissing+Weitling |
| Design | Suspension bridge |
| Material | Concrete and steel |
| Piers in water | 19 |
| Total length | 6,790 metres (22,277 ft) |
| Width | 31 metres (102 ft) |
| Height | 254 metres (833 ft) |
| Longest span | 1,624 metres (5,328 ft) |
| Clearance below | 65 metres (213 ft) |
| Completion date | 1998 |
| Opened | 14 June 1998 |
| Coordinates | 55°20′31″N 11°02′10″E / 55.34194°N 11.03611°E |
The Great Belt Bridge (Danish: Storebæltsforbindelsen), also called the Great Belt Fixed Link, is the bridge and tunnel across the strait between the main Danish islands of Zealand (Sjælland) and Funen (Fyn).[1]
This waters between the two Danish islands is called the Great Belt (Danish: Storebælt).
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Notes [change]
- ↑ Railway-technology.com, "Great Belt Fixed Link, Denmark"; retrieved 2012-3-25.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Storebæltsbroen |
- Storebælt (English), (Danish)
- Structurae, Great Belt East Bridge, East Tunnel, West Bridge
