# Tana Bridge

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Bridge in Finnmark, Norway

Tana Bridge Coordinates 70°11′54″N 28°11′58″E / 70.19833°N 28.19944°E / 70.19833; 28.19944 Carries E6 E75 Crosses Tana River Locale Finnmark, Norway Characteristics Total length 260 m (850 ft) Longest span 234 m (768 ft) History Opened 2020 Location Interactive map of Tana Bridge

The **Tana Bridge** ([Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language): *Tana bru*) is a bridge that crosses the [Tana River](/source/Tana_River_(Norway)) in [Finnmark](/source/Finnmark), [Norway](/source/Norway). It is located in a village also called *[Tana bru](/source/Tana_bru)*.

The bridge was opened for traffic on 15 September 2020. It is a 260 meter long cable-stayed bridge with a main span of 234 meters. It is the only bridge over the lowest 100 km of the [Tana River](/source/Tana_(Norway)). One nickname ('new bridge') "Nybrua", was in use in 2020 when the village once had two bridges.

Previously, there have been other bridges named *Tana Bridge*; one bridge was demolished, from late 2020 and into 2021.[1][2] Previously, one bridge was demolished in 1944.

The bridge glows in different colours of light at night with GVA color-changing luminaires.[3]

## The first bridges

The first bridge was a wooden bridge opened in 1939. It was removed every autumn, because it could not handle the [ice-melt flooding](/source/Freshet) in spring. In the winter an [ice road](/source/Ice_road) was made. It had traffic interruption every year when the bridge needed to be removed but the ice was not strong enough to drive on.

Germany occupied Norway 1940-1945 and wanted a continuous road, so they built a suspension bridge similar to the one built 1948. This bridge that was destroyed on November 6, 1944, as a consequence of the [Liberation of Finnmark](/source/Liberation_of_Finnmark) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II).[4][5]

## The bridge that existed from 1948 to 2020

The bridge that was in operation until 2020

In December 2020, twelve metres (from the center) of the bridge, was removed permanently;[2] the final demolishment of the bridge was done [in first half of] 2021.[1]

The old bridge was 220 metres long, and the main span is 194 metres. It was opened in 1948.

## See also

- [Sami Bridge](/source/Sami_Bridge)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto1_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto1_1-1) ["Tana bru"](https://snl.no/Tana_bru). 4 February 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto_2-1) ["Rivinga av brubæringa startet"](https://www.sagat.no/rivinga-av-brubaringa-startet/19.25006). 2 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["GVA lighting"](https://gvalighting.com/portfolio-items/tana-bru/). *gvalighting.com*. 2 February 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Tana bru"](https://snl.no/Tana_bru). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["River gamle Tana bru"](https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/river-gamle-tana-bru-1.15184998). 2 October 2020.

## Related reading

- Chris Mann (2012) *British Policy and Strategy Towards Norway, 1941-45* (Palgrave Macmillan) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780230210226](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780230210226)

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