The Oresund Bridge
Combined road and rail link connecting Denmark and Sweden.
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Where it is
Coordinates: 55°34′16″N 12°50′56″E (55.5710, 12.8490) · Open in OpenStreetMap
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The Øresund Bridge is a combined road and rail link that connects Sweden to Denmark across the Øresund strait.[1][2] The Øresund Link comprises the bridge, a tunnel, and the artificial island Peberholm.[1][3]
Geography and history
In 1910, a proposal for a railway tunnel across the strait was put to the Swedish Parliament.[4] The Danish and Swedish governments signed an agreement to build a fixed link in 1973, but that project was cancelled in 1978.[5][6] A tunnel was chosen for part of the route to avoid interfering with air traffic from Copenhagen Airport and to provide a clear channel for ships.[7] The artificial island Peberholm was built just south of Saltholm.[8][9]
Via the Great Belt Fixed Link, the bridge links the Scandinavian Peninsula's road and rail systems to those of Mainland Europe.[1] A formal proposal for a bridge was initially made in 1936 by a group of engineering companies.[4] In 1991, a fresh accord was reached, selecting a path linking Limhamn and Kastrup.[6][10] Jørgen Nissen, Klaus Falbe Hansen, Niels Gimsing, and Georg Rotne were the designers of the bridge.[7]
What the cited sources add
A 2020 article from nordics.info notes that the bridge's opening had a huge social and economic impact on both Denmark and Sweden.[2] The same source reports that 16 unexploded bombs were found in the Sound during construction.[2] The Øresundsbro Konsortiet website describes the company as a Danish-Swedish entity equally owned by A/S Øresund and Svensk-Danska Broförbindelsen SVEDAB AB.[11] According to the 1999 article "Absolut bro", the Øresund Bridge holds the record as the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world that carries both road and rail traffic.[9][12]
The bridge's official website reports that the high bridge has a free span of 490 meters and pylons that are 203.5 meters tall.[3]
References
- Wikipedia, "Øresund Bridge" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hoge, "Link Finally Anchors Sweden to the Rest of Europe (Published 1999)", The New York Times, 1999-09-05; "Copenhagen Is Linked To the Continent (Published 1997)", The New York Times, 1997-06-08; cnplus, "21Jun91 SWEDEN: ORESUND LINK PROJECT TO SYMBOLISE END OF SWEDISH ISOLATION FROM EC.", Construction News, 1991-06-20; "New Baltic data cable plan unfolding", Yle yhtiönä, 11 December 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "A short history of the Oresund Bridge", nordics.info Aarhus University, 21 April 2020. facts only, no text reused. nordics.info
- "Bridge, pylons, and cable stays", oresundsbron.com. facts only, no text reused. oresundsbron.com
- Wikipedia, "Øresund Bridge" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Øresundsbron's history", Øresundsbron; "A Submarine Military Tunnel". Scientific American, 6 August 1910, p. 104; Boge, "Votes Count but the Number of Seats Decides: A comparative historical case study of 20th century Danish, Swedish and Norwegian road policy.", DBI Norwegian School of Management, 2006; Marstrand, "Det Store Vej - og broprojekt Motorveje med broer over storebælt og Øresund", Ingeniøren, 14 March 1936, p. 67–70 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Øresund Bridge" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Boge, "Votes Count but the Number of Seats Decides: A comparative historical case study of 20th century Danish, Swedish and Norwegian road policy.", DBI Norwegian School of Management, 2006; OECD, "OECD Territorial Reviews OECD Territorial Reviews: Oresund, Denmark/Sweden 2003", OECD Publishing, 2003, p. 77; Defense Transportation Journal, Vol. 29, No. 6 (November/December, 1973), p. 7 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Øresund Bridge" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Strait crossings 2001: proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on Strait Crossings, Bergen, Norway, 2 - 5 September 2001", CRC Press, 1 January 2001; Centre for Mega Projects in Transport and Development, "Project Profile: Sweden, The Oresund Link", Omega Case Studies, 2014 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Øresund Bridge" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Getting the balance right. The Øresund Bridge - Design", 1999, p. 417–426 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Øresund Bridge" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Øresundsbro Konsortiet", Øresundsbron; "Absolut bro", Forskning & Framsteg, June 1999 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Absolut bro", Forskning & Framsteg, June 1999. facts only, no text reused. fof.se
- Wikipedia, "Øresund Bridge" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Proposition 1990/91:158 med anledning av ett avtal mellan Sverige och Danmark om en fast förbindelse över Öresund", Sveriges Riksdag (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Øresundsbro Konsortiet", Øresundsbron. facts only, no text reused. oresundsbron.com
- Wikipedia, "Øresund Bridge" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Absolut bro", Forskning & Framsteg, June 1999 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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