Skarnsund Bridge

Skarnsund Bridge Skarnsundbrua
Coordinates	63°50′36″N 11°04′33″E / 63.843317°N 11.075721°E / 63.843317; 11.075721
Carries	Fv755
Crosses	Skarnsund strait
Locale	Inderøy, Norway
Maintained by	Statens vegvesen
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	1,010 metres (3,310 ft)
Longest span	530 metres (1,740 ft)
Clearance above	45 metres (148 ft)
History
Opened	19 Dec 1991
Location

The Skarnsund Bridge (Norwegian: Skarnsundet bru or Skarnsundbrua) is a 1,010-metre (3,310 ft) long concrete cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Skarnsundet strait, in the municipality of Inderøy in Trøndelag county, Norway. When finished in 1991, it replaced the Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry and it gives the communities in the municipalities of Mosvik and Leksvik easier access to the central areas of Innherred. The bridge is the only road crossing of the Trondheimsfjord, and is located along Norwegian County Road 755.

The bridge has a span of 530 metres (1,739 ft), making it the longest of its type in the world for two years. The two 152-metre (499 ft) tall pylons are located at Kjerringvik on the west side, and at Vangshylla on the east side. Following the opening, there was a seventeen-year collection of tolls, needed to finance 30% of the 200 million kr investment. In 2007, the bridge was listed as a cultural heritage. In 2012, the municipalities of Mosvik and Inderøy (on either side of the bridge) were merged to form one large municipality of Inderøy.