The Skjervøy Bridge or Skattørsundet Bridge () is a

beam bridge Beam bridges are the simplest structural forms for bridge spans supported by an abutment or pier at each end. No moments are transferred throughout the support, hence their structural type is known as '' simply supported''. The simplest beam ...

Skjervøy Municipality Skjervøy Municipality (, ; ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Skjervøy (village), town of Skjervøy on the island of Skjervøya ...

that crosses the Skattørsundet

strait A strait is a water body connecting two seas or water basins. The surface water is, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and flows through the strait in both directions, even though the topography generally constricts the ...

between the islands of

Kågen or is an island in Skjervøy Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The island lies between the Kvænangen fjord (to the east) and the Lyngen fjord to the west. The island is home to 27 inhabitants (2001). The island is mountainous with several ...

and

Skjervøya , , or is an island in Skjervøy Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The island lies to the east of the island of Kågen and south of the island of Laukøya. The Kvænangen fjord lies to the east of the island. The village of Skjervøy is t ...

Troms Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...

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 has 40 spans, the longest of which is . Skjervøy Bridge was opened in 1971. Together with the

Maursund Tunnel The Maursund Tunnel () is an undersea tunnel in Troms county, Norway. The tunnel goes under the Maursundet strait connecting the mainland part of Nordreisa Municipality with the island of Kågen in Skjervøy Municipality Skjervøy Municipality ...

, it connects the village of Skjervøy to the mainland.

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A picture of Skjervøy BridgeAnother picture of the bridge
{{DEFAULTSORT:Skjervoy Bridge Road bridges in Troms Bridges completed in 1971 1971 establishments in Norway Skjervøy