Osterøy Bridge
title: "Osterøy Bridge" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bridges-completed-in-1997", "suspension-bridges-in-norway", "road-bridges-in-vestland", "osterøy", "1997-establishments-in-norway", "road-bridges-in-bergen", "toll-bridges-in-norway"] topic_path: "geography/norway" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osterøy_Bridge" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| bridge_name | Osterøy Bridge |
| native_name | Osterøybrua |
| native_name_lang | NO |
| image | Osteroy Bridge 2009.JPG |
| image_size | 250px |
| caption | View of the bridge over Sørfjord |
| other_name | Kvistibrua |
| carries | |
| crosses | Sørfjorden |
| locale | Osterøy Municipality/Bergen Municipality |
| design | Suspension bridge |
| material | Steel and concrete |
| length | 1065 m |
| height | 121.7 m |
| mainspan | 595 m |
| spans | 8 |
| pierswater | None |
| below | 58 m |
| open | 1997 |
| designer | Aas-Jakobsen |
| owner | Statens vegvesen |
| coordinates | |
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The Osterøy Bridge () is a suspension bridge in Vestland county, Norway. The bridge connects the Kvisti farm area on the island of Osterøy in Osterøy Municipality with the Herland farm area on the mainland in Bergen Municipality east of the city of Bergen. The bridge is the third largest suspension bridge in Norway. It is part of Norwegian County Road 566 (Fylkesvei 566).
The Osterøy Bridge is a 1065 m long suspension bridge that has a main span of 595 m. There are 8 spans, and none of the piers are in the water, just on land. There is 53 m of clearance below the bridge. The two suspension towers are each 121.5 m high. The bridge was completed on 3 October 1997 and cost about . The bridge was designed by the structural engineering firm Aas-Jakobsen.
It was put into service 28 years after the first plans for a connection between Osterøy and Bergen were prepared. It was opened for traffic by Sissel Rønbeck, the Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications. The bridge was built to withstand quite strong winds. Experts have indicated that the bridge should be capable of surviving an extreme storm. The bridge is tuned so that its greatest oscillation occurs when the wind is about 10 m/s such as a light breeze.
Media gallery
HavreMap.jpg|Map of the bridge area Osterøybrua 2.jpg Osterøybrua 1.jpg|Bridge deck Osterøybrua osterøy.JPG|Northern end Osteröysbrua IMG 3730.JPG|Aerial view of Osterøy
References
References
- "Osterøy Bridge".
- "Aas-Jakobsen AS".
- "Norske bruer og viadukter".
- "Osterøy Bridge". Bridge-Info.org.
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