Little Belt Bridge (1970)

Little Belt Bridge

Little Belt Bridge
Official Name	Little Belt Bridge
Lanes	6
Location	Jutland - Funen
Designer	Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen
Design	Suspension bridge
Total length	1,700 m
Width	33.3 m
Maximum span	600 m
Navigational height	44m
Construction Began	1965
Opening Date	October 21, 1970

File:Little Belt Bridge highway.jpg

The three-lane E20 highway on the bridge (looking east)

The New Little Belt Bridge (Nye Lillebæltsbro) is a suspension bridge that crosses the Little Belt strait between Jutland (Jylland) and the island of Funen (Fyn) in Denmark. The bridge is 1700 metres long, the main span is 600 metres, the pylons reaching a height of 120 metres, and the maximum clearance from the sea is 44 meters.

The New Little Belt Bridge was built from 1965 to 1970 and was opened by King Frederik IX on 21 October 1970.

The bridge was constructed to alleviate congestion on the Old Little Belt Bridge due to the increasing car traffic between Jutland and Funen. It is a motorway on the E20 bridge with three-lane carriageways as opposed to the single lanes of the old bridge. The bridge has heating in the road deck, so it can be kept free of ice and snow in winter. Passing through Little Belt Bridge is toll free.

See also

• List of bridges in Denmark
• List of bridges

External links

• The New Little Belt Bridge - Highways-Denmark.com
• Web camera on the bridge
• Little Belt Bridge (1970) at Structurae