{{Short description|Road bridge in Norway}} {{Infobox bridge |bridge_name = Fyksesund Bridge |native_name = Fyksesundbrua |native_name_lang = NO |image = URN NBN no-nb digifoto AE0000021270 0001 F 01.jpg |image_size = 250px |alt = |caption = View of the bridge |official_name = |other_name = |locale = [[Kvam Municipality]], [[Norway]] |carries = {{fylkesvei|7}} |design = [[Suspension bridge]] |material = [[Reinforced Concrete]] |length = {{convert|344|m}} |width = 1 lane |height = |mainspan = {{convert|230|m}} |spans = |pierswater = |load = |clearance = {{convert|28|m}} |below = |begin = |complete = |open = 1937 |inaugurated = 9 Oct 1937 |toll = |traffic = |coordinates = {{coord|60|24|00|N|06|15|37|E|type:landmark_region:NO|display=title,inline}} }}
The '''Fyksesund Bridge''' ({{langx|no|Fyksesundbrua}}) is a [[Suspension bridge|suspension road bridge]] in [[Kvam Municipality]] in [[Vestland]] county, [[Norway]].
The bridge spans the [[Fyksesund]] fjord on [[Norwegian County Road 7]], which goes between the villages of [[Øystese]] and [[Ålvik]]. The bridge is {{convert|344|m}} long and the largest span is {{convert|230|m}}.<ref name="kvam">{{cite web |last=Tangen |first=Frank |date=16 March 2009 |title=Fykse |url=http://www.kvam.no/databasepresentasjon/registreringsskjema/vis_data_alt.asp?id=69 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724181321/http://www.kvam.no/databasepresentasjon/registreringsskjema/vis_data_alt.asp?id=69 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |accessdate=3 November 2009 |publisher=[[Kvam herad]] |language=no}}</ref> It was designed by bridge engineer [[Olaf Stang]] (1871-1956). The bridge was opened on October 9, 1937 by [[Olav V|Olav]], the [[Crown Prince of Norway]].<ref name="khvbH">{{cite book |last=Brekke |first=Nils Georg |title=Kulturhistorisk vegbok Hordaland |publisher=Hordaland Fylkeskommune |year=1993 |isbn=82-7326-026-7 |location=Bergen |page=88 |language=no}}</ref><ref name="bt1">{{cite news |last=Rødland |first=Kjartan |author-link=Kjartan Rødland |date=February 13, 2009 |title=Klave og ku, tunnel og bru |url=http://www.bt.no/kultur/lokalhistorie/Klave-og-ku,-tunnel-og-bru-791981.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222174349/http://www.bt.no/kultur/lokalhistorie/Klave-og-ku,-tunnel-og-bru-791981.html |archive-date=February 22, 2013 |accessdate=3 November 2009 |work=Bergens Tidende |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.lotsberg.net/data/norway/bru-2.html |title=Norske bruer og viadukter |editor-last=Merzagora |editor-first=Eugenio A. |chapter=Road Viaducts & Bridges in Norway (499-200 m) |accessdate=2014-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{Structurae|id=20007567|title=Fyksesund Bridge}}. Retrieved 2014-06-29.</ref><ref name="snl">{{Cite SNL|Olaf_Stang|Olaf Stang|2026-01-03|Øderud|Hans Thomas|2024-11-25}}</ref>
Shortly after opening, the bridge suffered aerodynamic-related structural problems, these were corrected by improvements installed in 1945.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Scott |first1=Richard |title=In the Wake of Tacoma |date=2001 |publisher=American Society of Civil Engineers |isbn=9780784470732 |location=Reston, Virginia |doi=10.1061/9780784405420|page=58}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> File:Fyksesund bridge - panoramio.jpg File:Fyksesundbrua.jpg File:Fyksesund.jpg File:Fyksesundbroen.jpg </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{commons category|Fyksesundbrua}} {{Bridges in Norway}} {{authority control}}
[[Category:Bridges completed in 1937]] [[Category:Suspension bridges in Norway]] [[Category:Road bridges in Vestland]] [[Category:Kvam Municipality]]