The Trengsel Bridge () is a bridge that crosses the
Trengselet strait in
Sørfold Municipality
Sørfold is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of S ...
in
Nordland
Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The bridge is on the
European route E6
European route E6 (, , or simply E6) is the main north–south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the countr ...
highway between the towns of
Fauske Fauske may refer to:
Places
*Fauske Municipality, a municipality in Nordland county, Norway
*Fauske (town), a town within Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway
* Fauske Church, a church in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway
Pe ...
and
Narvik
() is the third-largest List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Narvik (town), town of Narvik. Some of the notable villag ...
. From the bridge, the beginning of an old railway tunnel for the
Polar Line
The Polar Line (, ) is an incomplete and abandoned railway line in Norway, from Fauske (town), Fauske to Narvik (town), Narvik and, if finished, ultimately would have run to Kirkenes.
The railway was constructed by the ''Wehrmacht'' in occupat ...
railway can be seen just to the north of the eastern end of the bridge. The tunnel was never completed.
See also
*
List of bridges in Norway
This is a list of bridges and viaducts in Norway, including those for pedestrians and vehicular traffic.
Historical and architectural interest bridges
Major road and railway bridges
This table presents the structures with spans greater than ...
References
Road bridges in Nordland
Sørfold
European route E6 in Norway
Bridges completed in 1966
1966 establishments in Norway
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