Bøkfjord Bridge
Bridge in Sør-Varanger Municipality
69°40′53″N 30°6′36″E / 69.68139°N 30.11000°E / 69.68139; 30.11000Bøkfjord Bridge (Norwegian: Bøkfjordbrua) is a road bridge which crosses the Paatsjoki river at its mouth into Bøkfjord, in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.
The main bridge was built in parts in Nordhausen, Germany, assembled in Wilhelmshaven, Germany and transported by barge to the place.[3] It was put into place on 20 May 2017.[4]
It was opened for traffic on 28 September 2017, inaugurated by the minister of transport Ketil Solvik-Olsen (Norway) and vice minister of transport Sergey Aristov (Russia), who also marked the opening of other new roads on the cross-border E105 between Kirkenes and Zapolyarny.[2] It replaced the old, low and narrow Elvenes Bridge.[5]
References
- ^ a b vegkart (zoom into the area and search for "bru")
- ^ a b Vegåpning med ministre, skolebarn, hornmusikk og velsignelse
- ^ "A gateway to the east". Delfzijl: Royal Wagenborg. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Unik bru mot Russland på plass (in Norwegian)
- ^ Monterte Sør-Varangers nye landemerke lørdag ettermiddag Archived 2017-08-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
Eksterne lenker
- E105 Hesseng–Storskog, project site (in Norwegian)