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HÅLOGALAND BRIDGE
THE DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION
Photo Credit: Pål Jakobsen
1. INTRODUCTION
The Halogaland suspension bridge crosses the Rombak
fjord near Narvik in the northern part of Norway.
planes it will become the world´s longest bridge with a
spatial cable system; its main cable curves to form an
oval in the horizontal plane with the hangers slightly
inclined in the vertical plane.
It will be part of the European Route E6 highway. With
its main span of 1,145m it will be one of the longest
bridges in Europe. Having transversely inclined cable
Figures 1 + 2: Location of the bridge in Norway
Source: Google Maps
2/2017