LITTLE BELT BRIDGE (1970)

The 'New Little Belt Bridge (Nye Lillebæltsbro)' is a suspension bridge that crosses the Little Belt strait between Jutland (Jylland) and the island of Funen (Fyn). The bridge is 1700 metres long, the main span is 600 metres, the pylons reaching a height of 120 metres, and the maximum clearance from the sea is 44 meters.

The New Little Belt Bridge was built from 1965 to 1970. It was opened by King Frederik IX on October 21, 1970.
The bridge was constructed to alleviate congestion on the Old Little Belt Bridge due to the increasing car traffic between Jutland and Funen. It is a motorway on the E20 bridge with three-lane carriageways as opposed to the single lanes of the old bridge. The bridge has heating in the road deck, so it can be kept free of ice and snow in winter.

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External links

See also

★ List of bridges in Denmark

★ List of bridges

External links

★ A page about the New Little Belt Bridge (in Danish)

★ Pictures of the New Little Belt Bridge

★ Picture of and information about the New Little Belt Bridge

★ Another page about the Little Belt Bridges (in Danish)

★ Web camera on the bridge

★ Another picture of the bridge

★ And another one

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★ http://home.no.net/lotsberg/data/danmark/bru.html