Tana Bridge

Tana Bridge
Tana Bridge
Coordinates 70°11′46″N 28°11′07″E / 70.1961°N 28.1853°E / 70.1961; 28.1853Coordinates: 70°11′46″N 28°11′07″E / 70.1961°N 28.1853°E / 70.1961; 28.1853
Carries E6 E75
Crosses Tana River
Locale Finnmark, Norway
Characteristics
Total length 229 m (751 ft)
Width 12 m (39 ft)
Longest span 194 m (636 ft)
History
Opened 1948

The Tana Bridge (Norwegian: Tana bru) is a suspension bridge that crosses the Tana River in Finnmark, Norway. It is located in a village also called Tana bru. The bridge is 220 metres long, and the main span is 194 metres. Tana Bridge was opened in 1948. It is the only bridge over the lowest 100 km of the Tana River. There was a predecessor bridge that was destroyed on November 6, 1944 as a consequence of the Liberation of Finnmark during World War II.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tana bru". Wikivoyage. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tana bru". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  • Chris Mann (2012) British Policy and Strategy Towards Norway, 1941-45 (Palgrave Macmillan) ISBN 9780230210226
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