Infrastructure

Øresund Bridge

Also Known As Öresund Bridge · Øresundsbroen (Danish)

Citation Formats

General Reference

Transport Atlas. "Øresund Bridge." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/infrastructure/oresund-bridge.

APA Style

Transport Atlas. (n.d.). Øresund Bridge. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/infrastructure/oresund-bridge

BibTeX

@misc{transportatlas-resund-bridge,
  author = {Transport Atlas},
  title = {Øresund Bridge},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/infrastructure/oresund-bridge},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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.

Facts

Completion Year

2000 1

Significance

One 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

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