Fyksesund Bridge

{{Short description|Road bridge in Norway}}

{{Infobox bridge

|bridge_name = Fyksesund Bridge

|native_name = Fyksesundbrua

|native_name_lang = NO

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|caption = View of the bridge

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|carries = {{fylkesvei|7}}

Norway

|design = Suspension bridge

|material = Reinforced Concrete

|length = {{convert|344|m}}

|width = 1 lane

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|mainspan = {{convert|230|m}}

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|clearance = {{convert|28|m}}

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|open = 1937

|inaugurated = 9 Oct 1937

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|coordinates = {{coord|60|24|00|N|06|15|37|E|type:landmark_region:NO|display=title,inline}}

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The Fyksesund Bridge ({{langx|no|Fyksesundbrua}}) is a suspension road bridge in Vestland county, Norway.

The bridge spans the Fyksesund fjord on Norwegian County Road 7, which goes between the villages of Øystese and Ålvik in the municipality of Kvam. The bridge is {{convert|344|m}} long and the largest span is {{convert|230|m}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.kvam.no/databasepresentasjon/registreringsskjema/vis_data_alt.asp?id=69 |title=Fykse |last=Tangen |first=Frank |date=16 March 2009 |publisher=Kvam herad |language=no |accessdate=3 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724181321/http://www.kvam.no/databasepresentasjon/registreringsskjema/vis_data_alt.asp?id=69 |archive-date=24 July 2011 }} It was designed by bridge engineer Olaf Stang (1871-1956). The bridge was opened on October 9, 1937 by the Norwegian crown prince Olav.{{cite book | last =Brekke | first =Nils Georg | title =Kulturhistorisk vegbok Hordaland | publisher =Hordaland Fylkeskommune | year=1993 | location =Bergen | language=no | page =88 | isbn =82-7326-026-7}}{{cite news|first=Kjartan |last=Rødland |author-link=Kjartan Rødland |title=Klave og ku, tunnel og bru |date=February 13, 2009 |url=http://www.bt.no/kultur/lokalhistorie/Klave-og-ku,-tunnel-og-bru-791981.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222174349/http://www.bt.no/kultur/lokalhistorie/Klave-og-ku,-tunnel-og-bru-791981.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 22, 2013 |work=Bergens Tidende |accessdate=3 November 2009 |language=no }}{{cite book|url=http://www.lotsberg.net/data/norway/bru-2.html|chapter=Road Viaducts & Bridges in Norway (499-200 m) |editor-last=Merzagora|editor-first=Eugenio A.|title=Norske bruer og viadukter|accessdate=2014-06-29}}{{Structurae|id=20007567|title=Fyksesund Bridge}}. Retrieved 2014-06-29.{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Olaf_Stang|title= Olaf Stang|publisher=Store norske leksikon

|accessdate= November 1, 2017}}

Shortly after opening, the bridge suffered aerodynamic-related structural problems, these were corrected by improvements installed in 1945."In the Wake of Tacoma", people died {{ISBN|0-7844-0542-5}}, pg. 58