Vejle Fjord Bridge

Vejle Fjord Bridge
Official name	Vejlefjordbroen
Carries	Six lanes
Crosses	Vejle Fjord
Locale	Vejle
Designer	Hvidt & Mølgaard
Design	Cantilever bridge
Total length	1,712 metres (5,617 ft)
Width	276 metres (905.5 ft)
Longest span	110 metres (361 ft)
Clearance below	40 metres (131 ft)
Opened	1 July 1980
Daily traffic	Up to 65,000 road vehicles
Coordinates	55°42′00″N 9°34′23″E

Vejle Fjord Bridge (Danish: Vejlefjordbroen) is a cantilever bridge that spans Vejle Fjord between Mølholm and Nørremarken near the town of Vejle in Denmark. The bridge is 1712 metres long, the longest span is 110 metres, and the maximum clearance to the sea is 40 metres. The bridge has 15 spans.

Vejle Fjord Bridge was built to lead traffic past the town of Vejle, where traffic congestion had become a problem in the 1970s. The building started in 1975, and the bridge was opened on July 1, 1980. It cost 350 million kroner. The bridge now has more traffic than any other highway bridge in Denmark.

External links

• A page about Vejle Fjord Bridge (in Danish)
• Pictures of Vejle Fjord Bridge
• Picture of and data about the bridge
• Webcam on the bridge
• Vejle Fjord Bridge at Structurae
• http://home.no.net/lotsberg/data/danmark/bru.html
• Pictures from Vejle municipality's web page: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5][6]