The Øresund Bridge or Öresund Bridge is a combined railway and motorway cable-stayed bridge across the Øresund strait between Denmark and Sweden. It is the second longest bridge in Europe and combines
Aerial view looking from the Danish side, September 2015
The Øresund Tunnel passing under the Drogden channel
Main span, vertical clearance is 57 m (187 ft)
The Øresund Bridge. Copenhagen in the foreground. An aircraft is seen landing at Copenhagen Airport
The Great Belt Bridge or Great Belt fixed link is a multi-element fixed link crossing the Great Belt strait between the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen. It consists of a road suspension bridge and
Øresund Bridge
…2000. The bridge, as part of the Øresund Link, directly connects the road and rail networks of the Scandinavian Peninsula with Mainland Europe, via the Great Belt Fixed Link (constructed 1988–1998) connecting Zealand to Funen and thence to the Jutland Peninsula. Both projects helped to lessen the isolation of Sweden and the…
The East Bridge as seen from the Zealand side
The West Bridge (foreground) seen from Nyborg at Funen.
Panoramic picture of the East Bridge
Aerial view of the eastern portion, with the East Bridge, or Storebæltsbroen