Fossum Bridge
Fossum Bridge is a bridge crossing the river Glomma at Askim in Østfold county, Norway. The old wooden bridge was an arch bridge with two spans which opened in 1856.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: TommyG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fossum brogalleri and Langenes batteri.
Fossum brogalleri
Photo: TommyG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fossum brogalleri is situated 230 metres southwest of Fossum Bridge.
Langenes batteri
Historic site
Photo: Colliekar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Langenes batteri is a historic site, which is situated 1¼ km northeast of Fossum Bridge.
Smaalenene Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Bohuslen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smaalenene bridge, and the new part of the highway between Oslo and Stockholm was opened November 23, 2010 by the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Smaalenene Bridge is situated 1¼ km southwest of Fossum Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Askim.
Askim
Photo: Otebig, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Askim is a municipality in the county of Østfold, Norway. Askim centre had 13,822 inhabitants in 2014. It lies next to the longest river in Norway, Glomma, and has always been a strategic point in wars due to its bridges across the river.
Fossum Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: road bridge in Norway
- Categories: suspension bridge and transportation
- Location: Indre Østfold Municipality, Østfold, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.6032° or 59° 36′ 12″ northLongitude
11.1021° or 11° 6′ 8″ eastElevation
87 metres (285 feet)Open location code
9FFHJ432+7ROpenStreetMap ID
way 457737405OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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In Other Languages
From Hungarian to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Fossum Bridge” goes by many names.
- Hungarian: “Fossum-híd”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fossum bro”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fossum bru”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fossum bru”
- Norwegian: “Fossum bru”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fossum Bridge”. Photo: TommyG, CC BY-SA 4.0.