Sykkylven Bridge

{{short description|Bridge in Møre og Romsdal, Norway}}

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| crosses = Sykkylvsfjorden

| locale = Sykkylven, Norway

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| material = Concrete

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The Sykkylven Bridge ({{langx|no|Sykkylvsbrua}}) is a concrete bridge that crosses the Sykkylvsfjorden in Sykkylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It connects the municipal center of Aure with the village of Ikornnes on the other side of the fjord.{{Cite SNL|Sykkylvsbrua|Sykkylvsbrua|2025-04-19|Jarslett|Yngve|2024-11-22}}

File:View over Sykkylven.jpg

The Sykkylven Bridge was opened on 14 October 2000. The bridge is {{convert|860|m}} long, the longest span is {{convert|60|m}}, and the maximum clearance to the sea is {{convert|16|m}}. The bridge has 15 spans. It cost {{NOK|140,000,000}}, and was paid for by the Ekornes corporation.{{cite news|work=Aftenposten|date=16 July 2005|access-date=2008-07-20|last=Aurdal|first=Martine|title=Ridderen av Sykkylven|language=no|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article1081076.ece|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524015025/http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article1081076.ece|archive-date=24 May 2011}}

Initially, it was a toll bridge from 2000 until 2018 to help pay off the cost of the bridge. Since 1 January 2018 it has been free of tolls.{{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/mr/storslatt-fyrverkeri-for-a-feire-slutten-pa-bompenger-ved-sykkylvsbrua-1.13894384|language=no|title=Storslått fyrverkeri for å feire slutten på bompenger ved Sykkylvsbrua|newspaper=NRK}}

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