Tjörn Bridge

58.05930555555611.780555555556Koordinaten: 58 ° 3 ' 33.5 "N, 11 ° 46' 50" E

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Länsväg 160

Askeröfjord

Tjörnbron is the largest bridge of a multi-part bridge system connecting on the west coast of Sweden, the islands Tjörn, Mjörn, Orust and Vindön in the south and in the north at Stenungsund in Sundsandvik (near Uddevalla ) to the mainland. The Tjörnbron is 664 meters long, 15 meters wide, has a span of 386 meters and a vertical clearance for ships of 43 meters. Today's Tjörnbron was opened on 9 November 1981.

Bridge disaster of Tjörn

Called the first bridge to the island Tjörn, Almöbron and opened on June 15, 1960, was the first tube arch bridge and had a span of 278 m. She collapsed as a result of a severe disaster on 18 January 1980.

After the unloaded Norwegian freighter Star Clipper in dense fog too far by the flow in the Askeröfjord from the fairway - island ward - had been driven to port, he had driven around 1:30 clock a bridge abutment, after which the 300 -meter-long middle section of the bridge collapsed and parts fell amidships and on the bridge of the freighter.

Six cars and a truck drove over the bridge edge in depth, as they could not perceive time in the dark and because of dense fog that the road had collapsed in front of them. A total of eight people, all occupants of the crashed vehicles were, lost their lives. On the freighter, no one was injured. During the nearly 22 -month construction period for today's Tjörnbron the connection was secured to the mainland via ferries and a detour via the neighboring island of Orust. On November 9 In 1981, Sweden's King Carl XVI. Gustaf the new Tjörnbron their determination to pass.

As a consequence of the accident at the construction of the bridge has a different design has been chosen, the cable-stayed bridge one. Their two H pylons stand on the opposite shores, so now unobstructed passage is through the waters. In addition, the edge of the road at night is marked on the new Tjörnbron by lights to make the bridge visible even in darkness or fog.

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