Remøy Bridge
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Remøy Bridge is a bridge from connecting the islands of Leinøy
a and Remøya
in the municipality of Herøy
in Møre og Romsdal
county, Norway
. The bridge carries the county highway 18 over the Nordre Vaulen strait
.
The 340 metres (1,115.5 ft) long bridge opened in 1967. The bridge is about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of Fosnavåg
and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of Ulsteinvik
. The bridge is part of a network of bridges that connect all the main islands of the municipality of Herøy.
Leinøy
Leinøy or Leinøya is an island in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Its original name was Bølandet, but Leinøy is now the common name. The island is located east of the municipal center of Fosnavåg. The island is connected to other islands via a network of bridges...
a and Remøya
Remøya
Remøya is an island in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located north of the municipal center of Fosnavåg. The island is connected to other islands via a network of bridges. The Remøy Bridge connects it to the island Leinøya and the Runde Bridge connects...
in the municipality of Herøy
Herøy, Møre og Romsdal
Herøy is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the town of Fosnavåg on the island of Bergsøya. The industrial area of Eggesbønes is located south of Fosnavåg on the same island...
in Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The bridge carries the county highway 18 over the Nordre Vaulen strait
Strait
A strait or straits is a narrow, typically navigable channel of water that connects two larger, navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of water that is otherwise not...
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The 340 metres (1,115.5 ft) long bridge opened in 1967. The bridge is about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of Fosnavåg
Fosnavåg
is a city in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is the administrative center of the municipality of Herøy. The city is located on the island of Bergsøya which is connected to Kvalsund on the island of Nerlandsøya via the Nerlandsøy Bridge to the west...
and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of Ulsteinvik
Ulsteinvik
is the commercial and administrative centre of the municipality of Ulstein in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The urban area of Ulsteinvik has a population of 5,251 people. As such, Ulsteinvik contains 74% of the population of the municipality of Ulstein...
. The bridge is part of a network of bridges that connect all the main islands of the municipality of Herøy.
See also
- Runde BridgeRunde BridgeRunde Bridge is a cantilever bridge that crosses the Rundasundet between the islands Remøya and Runde in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway...
- Herøy BridgeHerøy BridgeHerøy Bridge is a cantilever bridge that connects the islands of Gurskøya and Leinøya in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of a bridge network which connects all of the main islands of the municipality together. It is about southeast of Fosnavåg.The bridge...
- Nerlandsøy BridgeNerlandsøy BridgeNerlandsøy Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Søre Vaulen strait between the islands of Bergsøya and Nerlandsøya in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.The long Nerlandsøy Bridge opened on 25 September 1968...
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