The Hadsel Bridge () is a

cantilever A cantilever is a rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is unsupported at one end. Typically it extends from a flat vertical surface such as a wall, to which it must be firmly attached. Like other structural elements, a cantilev ...

road bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...

Hadsel Municipality Hadsel () 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 Vesterålen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of ...

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 carries

Norwegian County Road 82 County Road 82 () is a road in Nordland county, Norway. It runs between the village of Fiskebøl (in Hadsel Municipality) and the town of Andenes (in Andøy Municipality). The road runs through the municipalities of Hadsel, Sortland, and Andø ...

and it crosses the Langøysundet strait between the islands of

Langøya Langøya is the third largest island of Norway (outside of Svalbard), with an area of . The island is a part of the Vesterålen archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The island includes Bø Municipality and Øksnes Municipality as well as pa ...

and Børøya. Together with the Børøy Bridge it connects the island of

Hadseløya or is an island in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the Vesterålen region on the north side of the Hadselfjorden. The town of Stokmarknes is situated on the northern shore of the island and the village of Mel ...

and the town of

Stokmarknes or is a town and the administrative centre of Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the northern coast of the island of Hadseløya and on the small, neighboring island of Børøya. The town has a population (2023) o ...

to the neighboring island of

. The Hadsel Bridge is long, the main span is , and the maximum clearance to the sea is . The bridge has a total of 27 spans. The Hadsel Bridge was opened in 1978. It was one of 4 bridges that were built in the 1970s to connect the islands of

Vesterålen Vesterålen ( , ; ) is a district and archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. It is located just north of Lofoten and west of Harstad. It is the northernmost part of Nordland county. Sortland is the largest town, situated near the center of the a ...

to each other. The other bridges that were built during that period are the

Sortland Bridge The Sortland Bridge () is a cantilever road bridge that crosses the Sortlandssundet strait between the village of Strand, Nordland, Strand on Hinnøya island and the Sortland (town), town of Sortland on Langøya island. It is located within Sortla ...

Andøy Bridge The Andøy Bridge () is a cantilever road bridge that crosses the Risøysundet strait between the islands of Andøya and Hinnøya in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The northern end of the bridge is located in the village of Risøy ...

, and Kvalsaukan Bridge. Together with the

Tjeldsund Bridge The Tjeldsund Bridge () is a suspension road bridge that crosses the Tjeldsundet strait between the mainland and the island of Hinnøya in Troms county, Norway. The bridge is long, the main span is , and the maximum clearance to the sea is . The ...

near the town of Harstad, these bridges connect the islands of Vesterålen to the mainland. Before the bridge was built, a ferry carried passengers across the sound between

Sandnes Sandnes () is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It lies immediately south of Stavanger, the 4th largest municipality in Norway, and together the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sand ...

on Langøya and the town of Stokmarknes on Hadseløya. When the bridge was first opened, it was a

toll bridge A toll bridge is a bridge where a monetary charge (or '' toll'') is required to pass over. Generally the private or public owner, builder and maintainer of the bridge uses the toll to recoup their investment, in much the same way as a toll road ...

, but it is not anymore.

References

Road bridges in Nordland Hadsel Former toll bridges in Norway 1978 establishments in Norway Bridges completed in 1978 Norwegian County Road 82 {{norway-bridge-stub

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