{{short description|Road bridges in Adger county, Norway}} {{Infobox bridge |fetchwikidata = coordinates |name = Old Varodd Bridge |native_name = Gamle Varoddbrua |native_name_lang = NO |image = Varoddbrua.jpg |caption = The new westbound Varodd Bridge with the Old Varodd Bridge still in place in 2015. |design = Former [[suspension bridge]]<ref name=s-old>{{Structurae|id=20008131|name=Old Varodd Bridge}}</ref> |length = {{convert|618|m|ft}}<ref name=broer-old>{{cite web|title=Old Varodd Bridge|url=http://bridge-info.org/bridge/index.php?ID=31|publisher=Bridge-Info.org|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> |mainspan = {{convert|337|m|ft}}<ref name=s-old /> |spans = 8 |height = {{convert|70|m|ft}}<ref name=broer-old /> |below = {{convert|30|m|ft}}<ref name=broer-old /> |open = 1956<ref name=s-old /> |replaced_by = The eastbound [[cantilever bridge]] (2020) }}
The '''Varodd Bridges''' are two parallel [[cantilever bridge]]s in [[Kristiansand]] municipality, in [[Agder]] county, [[Norway]], and they cross the [[Topdalsfjorden]]. They are named after the peninsula on the western shore. It goes from Vige and ends in [[Søm]] in Kristiansand. The bridges carry the [[European route E18]] highway over the fjord.<ref name="L">{{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|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref>
==Old Bridge== The '''Old Varodd Bridge''' was a former [[suspension bridge]], which opened in 1956. It was a {{convert|618|m}} long suspension bridge, with a main span of {{convert|337|m}}. The two towers reached {{Convert|70|m}} above sea level.<ref name=s-old /><ref name=broer-old /> Before the completion of the second bridge, this was the only bridge crossing Topdalsfjorden, making it a two-lane bridge carrying traffic in both directions.<ref name="L" /> The replacement bridge was built in between the two current bridges and construction began in early 2017. The suspension bridge was demolished and removed in the fall of 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vegvesen.no/Europaveg/varoddbrua/OmProsjektet|title=Varoddbrua-Om Prosjektet|language=no|publisher=Statens vegvesen|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref>
==New bridges== {{Infobox bridge |name = New Varodd Bridge |native_name = Nye Varoddbrua |native_name_lang = NO |image = |design = [[Cantilever bridge]]<ref name=s-new>{{Structurae|id=20008130|name=New Varodd Bridge}}</ref> |length = {{convert|660|m|ft}}<ref name=s-new /> |mainspan = {{convert|260|m|ft}}<ref name=s-new /> |spans = 4 |below = {{convert|32|m|ft}} |open = 1993<ref name=s-new /> }}
The '''New Varodd Bridge''' is parallel to the older bridge, and was completed in 1993 at a cost of US$13 million.<ref name=ENR>{{citation | url = http://enr.construction.com/engineering/pdf/sourcebook/global/2003-Top_Global_Sourcebook.pdf | title = Construction Facts - The Sourcebook of Statistics, Records and Resources | magazine = Engineering News Record | publisher = McGraw Hill | volume = 251, Number 20a | date = November 2003 | access-date = 9 August 2014 | archive-date = 4 September 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140904201609/http://enr.construction.com/engineering/pdf/sourcebook/global/2003-Top_Global_Sourcebook.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> It is a cantilever bridge with four spans. The main span is {{Convert|260|m}} and a total length of {{convert|663|m}}.<ref name=s-new /> The bridge has a {{convert|32|m|adj=on}} clearance below it. The bridge was built solely to relieve the traffic on the older bridge, and the two lanes only handled westbound traffic.<ref name="L" />
'''Another new cantilever bridge''' for eastbound traffic was constructed between the old and new Varodd Bridge. It was completed in 2020.<ref>[https://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/slik-blir-den-nye-varoddbrua-1.13177080nrk.no Ny Varoddbru skal stå klar i 2020] [[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|NRK]]{{in lang|no}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed> Varoddbrua nov 2020.jpg|The two parallel cantilever bridges in 2020. The former suspension bridge has been removed. Kristiansand, Varoddbroene fra Torsvikveien 04-03.JPG|The old suspension bridge on left, the 1993 bridge on right. Varoddbrua (1962).jpg|The old Varodd Bridge in 1962. </gallery>
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[[Category:Geography of Kristiansand]] [[Category:Bridges in Agder]] [[Category:Suspension bridges in Norway]] [[Category:Bridges completed in 1956]] [[Category:Bridges completed in 1993]]