Grenland Bridge

{{short description|Bridge in Telemark, Norway}}

{{Infobox bridge

|name = Grenland Bridge

|native_name = Grenlandsbrua

|native_name_lang = NO

|official_name =

|other_name =

|image = Grenlandsbrua.JPG

|image_size = 250px

|alt =

|caption = View of the Grenlandsbrua, seen from Breviksbrua

|carries = Two lanes of E18

|crosses = Frierfjord

|locale = Porsgrunn / Bamble,
Telemark, Norway

|design = Asymmetrical
cable-stayed bridge

|material =

|length = {{convert|608|m}}

|width = {{convert|12|m}}

|height = {{convert|168|m}}

|mainspan = {{convert|305|m}}

|spans =

|pierswater =

|load =

|clearance =

|below = {{convert|50|m}}

|begin =

|cost = {{NOK|180 million|lk=on}}{{Citation |title=Reference Portfolio - Grenland Bridge |url=http://www.aaj.no/bruer/pdf/Grenland_referanse_eng.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007040811/http://www.aaj.no/bruer/pdf/Grenland_referanse_eng.pdf |url-status=dead |publisher=Aas Jakobsen |archive-date=7 October 2013 |accessdate=9 August 2014}}

|complete =

|open = 1996

|inaugurated =

|toll =

|traffic =

}}

Grenland Bridge ({{langx|no|Grenlandsbrua}}) is Norway's highest cable-stayed bridge with a tower height of {{convert|168|m|ft|0}}. The bridge, which opened in 1996, is part of the European Route E18 highway and it crosses the Frierfjord, a fjord in Telemark county. The bridge connects the town of Brevik in Porsgrunn Municipality to the town of Stathelle in Bamble Municipality. When built, it replaced Brevik Bridge (Breviksbrua) as the primary route across the fjord.[http://www.bridge-info.org/bridge/index.php?ID=1 Breviks bridge on bridge-info.org] Brevik bridge (bridgeinfo.net){{Cite web |title=Grenland bru |url=https://snl.no/Grenland_bru |access-date=2016-11-15 |publisher=Store norske leksikon}}

File:Stathelle og Brevik.jpg

The {{convert|608|m|ft|adj=mid|-long|0}} bridge uses cable stayed construction to provide clearance for vessels up to {{convert|50|m|ft|0}} in height. The stay cables are arranged in 21 cable pairs with lengths from {{convert|84|to|287|m|ft|0}}. The bridge's span is {{convert|305|m|ft|0}}.{{Structurae|id=20004012|title=Grenland Bridge}} It has two lanes, one per direction.

In 2021 the construction of a similar bridge started just west of the existing bridge. It will be opened in 2025, and then there will be four-lane motorway traffic with one direction per bridge.{{cite web |url=https://www.bygg.no/article/1474064!/|title=Nye Veier starter opp på nye Grenlandsbrua|access-date=2022-07-15|date=2024-01-12|language=no|work=www.bygg.no}}