Raftsund Bridge

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The Raftsund Bridge ({{langx|no|Raftsundbrua}}) is a two-lane cantilever road bridge in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The bridge carries the European route E10 highway and it crosses the Raftsundet strait between the islands of Austvågøya and Hinnøya. The bridge is {{convert|711|m}} long, the main span is {{convert|298|m}}, and the maximum clearance to the sea beneath the bridge is {{convert|45|m}}. The bridge has 4 spans.{{cite book|url=http://www.lotsberg.net/data/norway/bru.html|chapter=Road Viaducts & Bridges in Norway (> 500 m) |editor-last=Merzagora|editor-first=Eugenio A.|title=Norske bruer og viadukter|accessdate=2018-12-22}}

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The Raftsund Bridge was opened on 6 November 1998, at a cost of {{NOK|125 million|link=yes}}.{{citation | url = http://www.aaj.no/bruer/pdf/Raftsundet%20bridge%20SEI-mai-1999-final.pdf | title = Raftsundet Bridge in Lofoten, Norway | author1 = Stein Fergestad | author2 = Sturla Rambjør | publisher = Aas Jakobsen | date = May 1999 | accessdate = 9 August 2014 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140810070521/http://www.aaj.no/bruer/pdf/Raftsundet%20bridge%20SEI-mai-1999-final.pdf | archivedate = 10 August 2014 }} It was the last of the long bridges connecting the Vesterålen islands. It is part of the Lofast project, the road connecting the Lofoten islands to the mainland, which was completed in December 2007.