Skjomen Bridge

{{Infobox bridge |fetchwikidata=coordinates |bridge_name = Skjomen Bridge |native_name = Skjombrua |native_name_lang = NO |image = Skjomen bridge.jpg |image_size = 250px |alt = |caption = View of the bridge |official_name = |other_name = |carries = {{europavei|6}} |crosses = [[Skjomen]] |locale = [[Narvik Municipality]], [[Norway]] |design = |material = |length = {{convert|711|m}} |width = |height = |mainspan = {{convert|525|m}} |spans = 9 |pierswater = |load = |clearance_above = |clearance_below = {{convert|35|m}} |begin = |complete = |open = 1972 |inaugurated = |toll = |traffic = }}

The '''Skjomen Bridge''' ({{langx|no|Skjombrua}}) is a [[suspension bridge]] in [[Narvik Municipality]] in [[Nordland]] county, [[Norway]]. The bridge is part of the [[European route E6]] highway. It crosses the [[Skjomen]] fjord about {{convert|15|km}} west of the [[Narvik (town)|town of Narvik]]. The {{convert|711|m|adj=on}} bridge has a main [[Span (architecture)|span]] of {{convert|525|m}}. The maximum clearance to the sea is {{convert|35|m}}. The bridge has nine spans. The Skjomen Bridge was opened in 1972.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://www.lotsberg.net/data/norway/bru.html |chapter=Road Viaducts & Bridges in Norway (> 500 m) |editor-last=Merzagora|editor-first=Eugenio A.|title=Norske bruer og viadukter|accessdate=2019-01-05}}</ref> Between 1938 and 1972 there was a car ferry here, going on a route about 400 meters north of the present bridge.

[[File:Skjomen Bridge.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Skjomen bridge from the south side of the Skjomen fjord]]

==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.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{stack|{{commons category|Skjombrua}}}} * {{Structurae|id=20008111|title=Skjomen Bridge}}

[[Category:Narvik Municipality]] [[Category:Road bridges in Nordland]] [[Category:Bridges completed in 1972]] [[Category:Suspension bridges in Norway]] [[Category:1972 establishments in Norway]]