Grenland Bridge

{{short description|Bridge in Telemark, Norway}} {{Infobox bridge |name = Grenland Bridge |native_name = Grenlandsbrua |native_name_lang = NO |official_name = |other_name = |image = Grenlandsbrua.JPG |image_size = 250px |alt = |caption = View of the Grenlandsbrua, seen from [[Brevik Bridge|Breviksbrua]] |carries = Two lanes of [[European route E18|E18]] |crosses = [[Frierfjord]] |locale = [[Porsgrunn]] / [[Bamble]],<br />[[Telemark]], [[Norway]] |design = Asymmetrical<br />[[cable-stayed bridge]] |material = |length = {{convert|608|m}} |width = {{convert|12|m}} |height = {{convert|168|m}} |mainspan = {{convert|305|m}} |spans = |pierswater = |load = |clearance = |below = {{convert|50|m}} |begin = |cost = {{NOK|180 million|lk=on}}<ref>{{Citation |title=Reference Portfolio - Grenland Bridge |url=http://www.aaj.no/bruer/pdf/Grenland_referanse_eng.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007040811/http://www.aaj.no/bruer/pdf/Grenland_referanse_eng.pdf |url-status=dead |publisher=Aas Jakobsen |archive-date=7 October 2013 |accessdate=9 August 2014}}</ref> |complete = |open = 1996 |inaugurated = |toll = |traffic = }}

'''Grenland Bridge''' ({{langx|no|Grenlandsbrua}}) is [[Norway]]'s highest [[cable-stayed bridge]] with a tower height of {{convert|168|m|ft|0}}. The bridge, which opened in 1996, is part of the [[European Route E18]] highway and it crosses the [[Frierfjord]], a fjord in [[Telemark]] [[counties of Norway|county]]. The bridge connects the town of [[Brevik, Norway|Brevik]] in [[Porsgrunn Municipality]] to the town of [[Stathelle]] in [[Bamble Municipality]]. When built, it replaced [[Brevik Bridge]] (''Breviksbrua'') as the primary route across the fjord.<ref>[http://www.bridge-info.org/bridge/index.php?ID=1 Breviks bridge on bridge-info.org] Brevik bridge (bridgeinfo.net)</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grenland bru |url=https://snl.no/Grenland_bru |access-date=2016-11-15 |publisher=Store norske leksikon}}</ref>

[[File:Stathelle og Brevik.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Grenlandsbrua and Breviksbra crossing the Frierfjord ]] The {{convert|608|m|ft|adj=mid|-long|0}} bridge uses cable stayed construction to provide clearance for vessels up to {{convert|50|m|ft|0}} in height. The stay cables are arranged in 21 cable pairs with lengths from {{convert|84|to|287|m|ft|0}}. The bridge's span is {{convert|305|m|ft|0}}.<ref>{{Structurae|id=20004012|title=Grenland Bridge}}</ref> It has two lanes, one per direction.

In 2021 the construction of a similar bridge started just west of the existing bridge. It will be opened in 2025, and then there will be four-lane motorway traffic with one direction per bridge.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bygg.no/article/1474064!/|title=Nye Veier starter opp på nye Grenlandsbrua|access-date=2022-07-15|date=2024-01-12|language=no|work=www.bygg.no}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090307095303/http://www.en.broer.no/bro/index.php?ID=9 Grenland Bridge on en.Broer.no]

[[Category:Bamble]] [[Category:Bridges in Telemark]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Porsgrunn]] [[Category:Cable-stayed bridges in Norway]] [[Category:Bridges completed in 1996]] [[Category:1996 establishments in Norway]]