The Kjellingstraumen Bridge () is a

suspension bridge A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (bridge), deck is hung below suspension wire rope, cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridg ...

that crosses the Kjellingsundet strait at the mouth of the

Beiar Fjord Beiar Fjord () is a fjord in Nordland, Norway. The fjord lies mostly within Beiarn Municipality, but the westernmost part of the fjord lies in Gildeskål Municipality Gildeskål is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland ...

() in

Gildeskål Municipality Gildeskål is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Bodø Region and the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipali ...

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 long bridge carries

Norwegian County Road 17 County Road 17 (), also known as the Coastal Highway (), is a Norwegian highway that runs from the town of Bodø in Nordland county (in the north) to the town of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county (in the south). It is long and includes six ferry ...

. The bridge was opened in 1975 and the longest span is .. Retrieved 2019-01-31. Noorwegen 093

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A picture of the Kjellingstraumen Bridge
Gildeskål Road bridges in Nordland Bridges completed in 1975 Suspension bridges in Norway 1975 establishments in Norway Norwegian County Road 17 Roads within the Arctic Circle {{norway-bridge-stub