The Skjervøy Bridge or Skattørsundet Bridge ( no, Skjervøyabrua / Skattørsundet bru) 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 kommune ( sme, Skiervvá suohkan; fkv, Kieruan komuuni) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Skjervøy on the island of Skjervøya, where most of the inha ...

that crosses the Skattørsundet strait between the islands of

Kågen or is an island in Skjervøy Municipality in Troms og Finnmark 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 ...

and

Skjervøya or is an island in Skjervøy Municipality in Troms og Finnmark 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 Skje ...

Troms og Finnmark Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English), is a county in northern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The bridge has 40 spans, the longest of which is . Skjervøy Bridge was opened in 1971. Together with the Maursund Tunnel, 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 og Finnmark Bridges completed in 1971 1971 establishments in Norway Skjervøy