Image 6240.01.01 by Leslie Garland

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6240.01.01 Öresund fixed link crossing between Sweden and Denmark south of Malmö Skåne Sweden Keywords: Opened on 1 July 2000 by Queen Margrethe of Denmark and King Carl Gustaf of Sweden the link comprises a 4 lane toll motorway and a dual track electrified railway The central bridge is a 1092 metre long cable stayed structure with a 490 metre central span making it the world s longest of its type This is reached via a 3739 metre long viaduct on the east and a 3014 metre long viaduct on the west The western viaduct descends to an artificial island Peberholm where the road and railway pass into a 4055 metre long tunnel before rising in the outskirts of Copenhagen Swedish Skane Malmo Oresund communication connection linking joining connecting multi spanning long huge civil engineering infrastructure project international co operation lgpl
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Photographer: Leslie Garland
Collection: Sweden
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6240.01.01
Upload Date: 2005-10-24 09:19:59
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Öresund fixed link crossing between Sweden and Denmark south of

Malmö Skåne Sweden
Keywords: Opened on 1 July 2000 by Queen Margrethe of Denmark and King Carl Gustaf of Sweden the link comprises a 4 lane toll motorway and a dual track electrified railway The central bridge is a 1092 metre long cable stayed structure with a 490 metre central span making it the world s longest of its type This is reached via a 3739 metre long viaduct on the east and a 3014 metre long viaduct on the west The western viaduct descends to an artificial island Peberholm where the road and railway pass into a 4055 metre long tunnel before rising in the outskirts of Copenhagen Swedish Skane Malmo Oresund communication connection linking joining connecting multi spanning long huge civil engineering infrastructure project international co operation lgpl