Mjøsa Bridge
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|name = Mjøsa Bridge
|native_name = Mjøsbrua
|native_name_lang = NO
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|image = Ringsaker moelv Mjösbrua IMG 1554.JPG
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|caption = View of the bridge
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|crosses = Mjøsa
|design = Box girder bridge
|material = Prestressed concrete
|length = {{convert|1421|m}}
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|mainspan = {{convert|69|m}}
|spans = 21
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|below = {{convert|15|m}}
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The Mjøsa Bridge ({{langx|no|Mjøsbrua}}) is a box girder bridge that crosses Lake Mjøsa in Innlandet county, Norway. The east side of the bridge begins in the town of Moelv in Ringsaker Municipality and the village of Biri in Gjøvik Municipality. The bridge is {{convert|1421|m}} long, the longest span is {{convert|69|m}}, and the clearance to the water below is {{convert|15|m}}. The bridge has 21 spans and one vehicular lane in each direction. The Mjøsa Bridge was opened in 1985.{{Structurae|id=20007274|title=Mjøsa Bridge}}. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
The government is currently planning to replace the bridge with a new four-lane bridge over the lake as part of an expansion of the E6 highway around Moelv.{{Cite web |last=Strande |first=Mona |date=2021-07-16 |title=Ny Mjøsbru blir flere år forsinket |url=https://www.tu.no/artikler/ny-mjosbru-blir-flere-ar-forsinket/511967 |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=Tu Bygg |language=no}} Work (or construction) on the (new, wooden) bridge has been paused as of Q3 2022, as a consequence of the 2022 collapse of the Tretten Bridge in Norway.
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External links
- [http://img.groundspeak.com/cache/1e39fd5c-a45c-4c85-af9f-55ea57432767.jpg A picture of the bridge]
- [http://www.vegvesen.no/aarsmelding/2001/elementer/mjosbru.jpg Another picture of the bridge]
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Category:Bridges completed in 1985
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