Sundøy Bridge

{{short description|Bridge in Leirfjord Municipality, Norway}}

{{Infobox bridge

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| name = Sundøy Bridge

| native_name = Sundøybrua

| native_name_lang = no

| image = Dagviksbukta (Vefsnfjorden) 2, 2011 June.jpg

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| caption = View of the bridge

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| carries = 2 lanes of Fv220

| crosses =

| locale = Leirfjord Municipality

| design = Cantilever bridge

| material = Concrete

| length = {{convert|538|m}}

| width = {{convert|10.3|m}}

| height =

| mainspan = {{convert|298|m}}

| spans = 3

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| load =

| clearance_above =

| clearance_below = {{convert|43.5|m}}

| begin = 2001

| complete = 2003

| cost = {{NOK|150 million|link=yes}}
({{USD|22.4 million}}){{citation | url = http://www.aaj.no/bruer/pdf/Sundoy_referanse_eng.pdf | title = Reference Portfolio - Sundøy Bridge | publisher = Aas Jakobsen | access-date = 9 August 2014 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000532/http://www.aaj.no/bruer/pdf/Sundoy_referanse_eng.pdf | archive-date = 4 March 2016 }}

| open = 9 August 2003

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The Sundøy Bridge ({{langx|no|Sundøybrua}}) is a cantilever bridge in Leirfjord Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The concrete bridge connects the mainland to the village of Sundøya on the island of Alsta. The {{convert|538|m|adj=on}} bridge has three spans, with the main span being {{convert|298|m}} long. The maximum clearance to the sea is {{convert|43.5|m}}.{{Structurae|id=20002968|title=Sundøy Bridge}}. Retrieved 2012-01-09.{{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|access-date=2012-01-09}}

File:Sundøybrua 003.JPG

The Sundøy Bridge was opened on 9 August 2003. It was designed by Jan-Eirik Nilsskog. The bridge cost {{NOK|150 million}}. The decision to spend such an amount of money on a bridge to a place with less than 150 inhabitants was disputed. However, Sundøya did not get connected to the mainland when the rest of Alsta did, following the opening of the Helgeland Bridge in 1991. This was because Seven Sisters mountains separate the two sides of the island with no roads crossing them. Consequently, the people at Sundøya thought it was only fair that they got their connection as well.