LØVSETH+PARTNERE | Nordhordalandsbridge

Nordhordalandsbridge

Client: Statens vegvesen (Norwegian Public Roads Administration)

Architect: Lunde & Løvseth/ Nils Slaatto

Prizes: Den Norske Stålprisen (The Norwegian Steel Prize), Den Europeiske Stålprisen (The European Steel Prize)

Completed: 1995

 

Due to the great bridge length and winds and great depths of sea, the bridge was executed as a floating bridge on pontoons and with a slanted roof over the sailing trail. The pontoons are in concrete and the bridge construction in steel