The Øresund Bridge is a combined motorway and railway link across the Øresund strait, connecting Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden. Construction began in 1995 and the bridge opened to traffic on 1 July 2000. It runs about 7.85 kilometers from the Swedish coast to the artificial island of Peberholm, carrying four lanes of European route E20 and a double-track railway, the Øresund Line. It is owned and operated by Øresundsbro Konsortiet, a company jointly held by the Danish and Swedish states, and directly links the Scandinavian peninsula's road and rail networks to mainland Europe. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Completion Year SignificanceOne of the longest combined road and rail bridges in Europe, and the physical link that made the integrated Øresund region of Copenhagen and Malmö possible; it carries both a four lane motorway and a double track railway on the same structure. 1 Sources
1. Øresund Bridge (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)Lead
The Øresund Bridge or Öresund Bridge
History
Construction began in 1995 and it opened to traffic on 1 July 2000.
Link features
At 7.85 km (4.88 mi), the bridge covers half the distance between Sweden and the Danish island of Amager
Infobox
Øresundsbroen (Danish)
Introduction, structure description
It is the second longest bridge in Europe and combines both roadway and railway in a single structure.
- In Category: Infrastructure
- Part Of: Rail Transport
- Part Of: Road Transport
In Group: Cable-Stayed Bridges, Lead sentence
The Øresund Bridge or Öresund Bridge is a combined railway and motorway cable-stayed bridge across the Øresund strait between Denmark and Sweden.
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