Kuokkala Bridge () is a
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 ...
in
Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä () is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Central Finland. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Jyväskylä is approximately , while the Jyväskylä sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately ...
,
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
over the lake
Jyväsjärvi. When the city of Jyväskylä expanded into
Kuokkala, the eastern part of the town, it was deemed necessary to link the city centre to the new neighbourhood through a new bridge.
During the summer of 1977, three main options were considered: a continuation at the bottom of Vaasankatu to Kylmänoro, and two different paths from the southernmost edge of Lutakko, to Ainola and Peltoniemi. The last of these options was chosen on 26 September 1977 by the city council. The design work started in 1979, the main concern being the muddy lake bottom.
The city council approved the new bridge, an arch joining the tip of Lutakko to Peltoniemi in Kuokkala, on 11 April 1983.
Work started on the bridge on 15 October 1987. The bridge was built from both directions, with the two sides joining on 12 September 1988. The bridge was officially named "Kuokkalan silta" on 11 September 1989, following a naming competition and a first proposal of "
Aallon silta" on 5 March 1987. When the bridge was officially opened on 23 October 1989, it was Finland's fourth longest road bridge and the longest
plate girder bridge.
See also
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List of bridges in Finland
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External links
{{commonscat-inline, Kuokkala Bridge
www.jkl.fi
Bridges completed in 1989
Bridges in Finland
Jyväskylä
Buildings and structures in Central Finland