Bøkfjord Bridge
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| native_name = Bøkfjordbrua
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| carries = European route E105
| crosses = Paatsjoki (Pasvikelva)
| locale = Sør-Varanger Municipality
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| builder = Schachtbau Nordhausen Stahlbau GmbH and HAK Entreprenør AS
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| inaugurated = 29 September 2017[https://www.vegvesen.no/Europaveg/e105/Nyhetsarkiv/vegapning-med-ministre-skolebarn-hornmusikk-og-velsignelse Vegåpning med ministre, skolebarn, hornmusikk og velsignelse]
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Bøkfjord Bridge ({{langx|no|Bøkfjordbrua}}) is a road bridge which crosses the Paatsjoki river at its mouth into Bøkfjord, in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.
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The main bridge was built in parts in Nordhausen, Germany, assembled in Wilhelmshaven, Germany and transported by barge to the place.{{Cite web |title=A gateway to the east |url=https://www.wagenborg.com/cases/a-gateway-to-the-east |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204112844/https://www.wagenborg.com/cases/a-gateway-to-the-east |archive-date=4 February 2023 |access-date=8 November 2023 |publisher=Royal Wagenborg |location=Delfzijl}} It was put into place on 20 May 2017.[https://www.nrk.no/finnmark/unik-bru-mot-russland-pa-plass-1.13525020 Unik bru mot Russland på plass] (in Norwegian)
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. It replaced the old, low and narrow Elvenes Bridge.[https://www.vegvesen.no/Europaveg/e105/Nyhetsarkiv/monterer-s%C3%B8r-varangers-nye-landemerke-l%C3%B8rdag-ettermiddag Monterte Sør-Varangers nye landemerke lørdag ettermiddag] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814224728/https://www.vegvesen.no/Europaveg/e105/Nyhetsarkiv/monterer-s%C3%B8r-varangers-nye-landemerke-l%C3%B8rdag-ettermiddag |date=2017-08-14 }} (in Norwegian)
References
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Eksterne lenker
- [http://www.vegvesen.no/Europaveg/e105 E105 Hesseng–Storskog, project site (in Norwegian)]