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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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.
In popular culture
The "Roadblock" task for the fifth episode of The Amazing Race 17 was filmed at this bridge. The contestant had to rappel down a rope hanging from the bridge and then climb back up the rope.
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External links
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Category:Road bridges in Nordland
Category:Bridges completed in 1972
Category:Suspension bridges in Norway
Category:1972 establishments in Norway
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