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VESSELS FOR HÅLOGALAND
BRIDGE
Srđan Bošković
Figure 1: Sheerleg Uglen lifting bridge segments for central part of the Hålogaland Bridge
Photo Credit: Ugland Construction AS
The Sichuan Road and Bridge Group (SRBG) from
China is building a suspension bridge over a fjord near
the city of Narvik in northern Norway.
The Hålogaland Bridge has a free span of 1,145
metres. The bridge lies above the Arctic Circle and is
the longest suspension bridge within the Arctic Circle
and will be one of the longest suspension bridges in
Europe when it opens for traffic.
The bridge is made up of 30 deck sections, each with a
length of 40 metres and width of 18.6 metres. The
three heaviest sections weigh nearly 250 tonnes, with
the remainder weighing 160 tonnes each.
Fabrication of all steel parts was ordered from four
Chinese factories and lasted four years, before
transportation to Norway on board the Korean heavy
load carrier ‘Korex SPB No.2’.
Floating crane Uglen (The Owl) provided by the
company Ugland was used during September/October
2017 at Hålogaland bridge project. The main purpose
was to lift all 30 steel bridge deck segments from
special transport vessel to the installation points.
Lifting height varied from 35 to 60 metres.
3/2018