Munkholm Bridge

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Isefjorden

Munkholmbroen ( German munkholm Bridge ) is a two-lane road bridge that leads to the Danish island of Zealand on the Tempelkrogen in Isefjorden and connects the Southeast Holbæks with the peninsula Hornsherred and Lejre municipality. From three white steel arches is the superstructure of reinforced concrete bridge, which was completed in 1952 according to plans by Denmark's leading bridge builder anchor Engelund. For the 114 -meter long bridge leading two dams that have a length of 140 meters ( Holbæk over the headland munkholm ) or 35 meters (to the east from the location Langtved ). In the version for not using a hinged opening, whereby the negligible shipping only available south of the building a vertical clearance of 3.45 meters.

History

The economic crisis of the mid 1930s prompted the City Council and the Holbæk Holbæk Office to build a bridge to reduce unemployment in the region. The 1937 approved project came first in criticism, since there were concerns on the part of conservationists who saw a rare endangered butterfly species on the headland munkholm. In addition, traders from Roskilde feared the loss of customers from the hinterland to Holbæk. Despite opposition but with the support of the Ministry of Public Works, today Transportministeriet, the construction company Christiani & Nielsen started work, but soon faltered. Because of the soft subsoil to the short concrete piers is unstable found in the fjord, after which the company was released from his contract. The outbreak of the Second World War and the resulting steel shortage led in 1943 to the final setting of the work.

After the war, laid anchor Engelund 1947 a new draft that led to the construction of the current bridge four years later. After a year of construction, the building on June 4, 1952, inaugurated by the Minister of Public Works Jørgen Jørgensen solemnly. To the construction costs, the Holbæk office and three quarters of the state Vejfonden involved to a quarter.