The Skjomen Bridge ( no, Skjombrua) 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 ...

in Narvik Municipality in

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

county, Norway. The bridge is part of the

European route E6 European route E6 ( no, Europavei 6, sv, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and t ...

highway. It crosses the Skjomen fjord about west of the town of Narvik. The bridge has a main

span Span may refer to: Science, technology and engineering * Span (unit), the width of a human hand * Span (engineering), a section between two intermediate supports * Wingspan, the distance between the wingtips of a bird or aircraft * Sorbitan es ...

of . The maximum clearance to the sea is . The bridge has nine spans. The Skjomen Bridge was opened in 1972. Between 1938 and 1972 there was a car ferry here, going on a route about 400 meters north of the present bridge.

In popular culture

The "Roadblock" task for the fifth episode of '' The Amazing Race 17'' was filmed at this bridge. The contestant had to rappel down a rope hanging from the bridge and then climb back up the rope.

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* Narvik Road bridges in Nordland Bridges completed in 1972 Suspension bridges in Norway 1972 establishments in Norway {{Norway-bridge-stub