Nærøysund Bridge

Nærøysund Bridge Nærøysund bru
View of the bridge
Coordinates	64°51′02″N 11°13′08″E / 64.8506°N 11.2189°E / 64.8506; 11.2189
Carries	Fv770
Crosses	Nærøysundet
Locale	Nærøysund Municipality
Characteristics
Design	Suspension bridge
Total length	701 metres (2,300 ft)
Longest span	325 metres (1,066 ft)
No. of spans	17
Clearance below	41 metres (135 ft)
History
Construction start	January 1978
Construction end	October 1981
Opened	6 November 1981
Location

The Nærøysund Bridge (Norwegian: Nærøysund bru) is a suspension bridge that crosses the Nærøysundet strait between the islands of Marøya and Inner-Vikna in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of the town of Rørvik. Together with the Marøysund Bridge, it connects the islands of Vikna to the mainland. The Nærøysund Bridge is 701 metres (2,300 ft) long, the main span is 325 metres (1,066 ft), and the maximum clearance to the sea is 41 metres (135 ft). The bridge has 17 spans. The Nærøysund Bridge was opened in 1981, when it briefly held the title of the world's longest cable-stay bridge.^[1][2]

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