Hvítá bridge

Hvítá

The Hvítá Bridge ( Isl: Hvítárbrú, unofficial name) is a single-track road opened in 1928 bridge over the river Hvítá in West Iceland. It is a two arches 106 meters long reinforced concrete bridge. The bridge was until the opening of the bridge over the Borgarfjorður at Borgarnes 1981 part of the main road link between North and South Iceland. In 2002 she was honored at an anniversary conference of the Icelandic engineering corps Verkfræðingafélag Islands as most outstanding Icelandic construction project of the decade 1921-1930.

Location

The bridge is located at the homestead Ferjukot about four kilometers above the mouth of the Hvítá in the Borgarfjorður in present-day municipality Borgarbyggð.

The bridge was designed by the Icelandic engineering Árni Pálsson ( 1897-1970 ). It was, as it was in Icelandic highway bridges usual, built a single track. The total length is 106 meters, the width of 3 meters and the span of each arch 51 meters. When building from April 1928 1100 cubic meters of concrete and 22 tons of steel were used. The bridge is designed for vehicles with a maximum weight of 6 tons. The planned construction cost of 169,000 crowns can be met approximately. At the opening ceremony on 1 November 1928, Prime Minister Tryggvi Þórhallsson appeared despite the cold and snow showers around 500 people.