Bøkfjord Bridge

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Bøkfjord Bridge Bøkfjordbrua
The bridge being mounted on location
Coordinates	69°40′53″N 30°6′36″E / 69.68139°N 30.11000°E / 69.68139; 30.11000Coordinates: 69°40′53″N 30°6′36″E / 69.68139°N 30.11000°E / 69.68139; 30.11000
Carries	European route E105
Crosses	Paatsjoki (Pasvikelva)
Named for	Bøkfjorden
Characteristics
Total length	284 m[1]
Longest span	120 m[1]
No. of lanes	1+1 (no barrier)
History
Constructed by	Schachtbau Nordhausen Stahlbau GmbH and HAK Entreprenør AS
Inaugurated	29 September 2017[2]
Replaces	Elvenes bru
Statistics
Toll	no
Location

The bridge being transported

Bøkfjord Bridge (Norwegian: Bøkfjordbrua) is a road bridge which crosses Paatsjoki river at its mouth into Bøkfjord, in Sør-Varanger municipality in Troms og Finnmark, Norway.

The main bridge was built in parts in Nordhausen, Germany, assembled in Wilhelmshaven, Germany and transported by boat to the place.^[3] It was put into place on May 20, 2017.^[4] It was opened for traffic on 28 September 2017, inaugurated by the minister of transport Ketil Solvik-Olsen (Norway) and vice minister of transport Sergey Aristov (Russia), who also marked the opening of other new roads on E105 between Kirkenes and Zapolyarny.^[2] It replaces the old, low and narrow .^[5]

References[]

Eksterne lenker[]

• E105 Hesseng–Storskog, project site (in Norwegian)