Skjomen Bridge

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|bridge_name = Skjomen Bridge

|native_name = Skjombrua

|native_name_lang = NO

|image = Skjomen bridge.jpg

|image_size = 250px

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|caption = View of the bridge

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|carries = {{europavei|6}}

|crosses = Skjomen

|locale = Narvik Municipality, Norway

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|length = {{convert|711|m}}

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|mainspan = {{convert|525|m}}

|spans = 9

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|clearance_below = {{convert|35|m}}

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|open = 1972

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The Skjomen Bridge ({{langx|no|Skjombrua}}) is a suspension bridge in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The bridge is part of the European route E6 highway. It crosses the Skjomen fjord about {{convert|15|km}} west of the town of Narvik. The {{convert|711|m|adj=on}} bridge has a main span of {{convert|525|m}}. The maximum clearance to the sea is {{convert|35|m}}. The bridge has nine spans. The Skjomen Bridge was opened in 1972.{{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=2019-01-05}} Between 1938 and 1972 there was a car ferry here, going on a route about 400 meters north of the present bridge.

File:Skjomen Bridge.jpg

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