Old Sotra Bridge
Bridge in Vestland, Norway
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Summary
Old Sotra Bridge is a suspension bridge[1]. It draws 104 Wikipedia views per month (suspension bridge category, ranking #78 of 199).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Øygarden Municipality[3], Bergen Municipality[4]
- Country: Norway[5]
- Instance of: road bridge[6]
- Maintained by: Norwegian Roads Administration[7]
- Crosses: Knarreviksundet[8]
- Made from material: steel[9]
- Commons category: Gamle Sotrabrua[10]
- Terminus: Knarrevik[11], Drotningsvik[12]
- Inception: December 11, 1971[13]
- Replaces: Alvøen–Brattholmen ferry[14]
- Date of official opening: May 25, 1972[15]
- Length: 1236 m[16]
- Height: 100 m[17]
- Capital cost: 40,000,000 Norwegian krone[18]
- Carries thoroughfare: Norwegian National Road 555[19]
- Longest span: 468 m[20]
- Clearance: 50 m[21]
- Annual average daily traffic: 27,796[22], 26,922[23], 27,457[24], 27,851[25]
- Bridge number: 12-1594[26]
Why It Matters
Old Sotra Bridge has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]