Elgeseter Bridge () is a bridge in the city and municipality of

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

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 ...

. It is part of 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 which passes over the ''

Nidelva Nidelva is a river in Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. The name of the long river translates to "the River Nid" since the suffix ''elva'' is the Norwegian language, Norwegian word for "the river". Location The Nidelva starts at the Hytt ...

'' river and connects Prinsens street in the Midtbyen area of

with Elgeseter street in the Elgeseter area of Trondheim in the south. The Trondheim city council decided on 17 March 1949 that the bridge should be built. Elgeseter bridge was opened in 1951 after a construction period of 2 years.

History

The main entryway into Trondheim for hundreds of years has been at Elgeseter; the first bridge here is mentioned in 1178. It was on this bridge that the battle between the

birkebeiner The Birkebein Party or Birkebeinar (; (nynorsk) or (bokmål)) was the name for a rebellious party in Norway, formed in 1174 around the pretender to the Norwegian throne, Eystein Meyla. The name has its origins in propaganda from the establ ...

s and the

bagler The Bagli Party or Bagler (Old Norse: ''Baglarr'', Norwegian Bokmål: ''Bagler'', Norwegian Nynorsk: ''Baglar'') was a faction or party during the Norwegian Civil Wars. The Bagler faction was made up principally of the Norwegian aristocracy, cle ...

s took place in 1199. Two years after the city was destroyed by fire in 1681, the

Old Town Bridge Old Town Bridge (Norwegian: Gamle Bybro or Bybroa) is located in Trondheim, Trøndelag County, Norway. History Gamle Bybro crosses the Nidelva River from the south end of the main street Kjøpmannsgata connecting to the Trondheim neighbo ...

() was built. Until then the Elgeseter Bridge was the only connection across the Nidelva. The bridge has been reconstructed many times. In the 16th century it was for a period called "''Gårdsbroen''" and "''Kanikke bro''". After the Old Town Bridge was completed, the bridge to Elgeseter fell to decay, and collapsed. Elgeseter bridge between 1864 and 1884

In 1863 a wooden railway bridge was constructed at that location for the Trondhjem-Størenbanen railway line to Trondheim. This bridge was called "''Kongsgårds bro''". The railway bridge was converted into a roadway bridge in 1885, after the train station was relocated to

Brattøra Brattøra is an artificial island and industrial area in the city of Trondheim which is located in Trondheim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located at the mouth of the river Nidelva just north of the city centre ( Midtb ...

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File:Elgeseter bru Trondheim 01.jpg, View of the bridge from the air File:Trondheim elgeseterbru 1.jpg, Looking north (

Nidaros Cathedral Nidaros Cathedral () is a Church of Norway cathedral located in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county. It is built over the burial site of Olav II of Norway, King Olav II ( 995–1030, reigned 1015–1028), who became the patron saint of th ...

in the distance) File:Trondheim elgeseterbru 2.jpg, View of the roadway on the bridge File:Nidelva_dusk.JPG, View from the bridge looking west towards Ila. File:Bakklandet.JPG, View from the bridge looking east towards Bakklandet and surrounding areas.

References

Railway bridges in Trøndelag Road bridges in Trøndelag Bridges completed in 1863 Bridges completed in 1951 1951 establishments in Norway 1863 establishments in Norway Buildings and structures in Trondheim {{norway-bridge-stub

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