Birkelandsbrua

Birkelandsbrua is a bridge in Tinn, Telemark, Innlandet. Birkelandsbrua is situated nearby to the railway station Rjukan Station, as well as near the industrial building Såheim Hydroelectric Power Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rjukan Station and Rjukan videregående skole.

Rjukan Station

Railway station

Photo: Bergenga, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rjukan Station is the terminal railway station of the Rjukan Line, located at Rjukan in Tinn Municipality, Norway. The station opened as part of the railway on 9 August 1909 as Saaheim, until renaming to Rjukan on 15 November 1912. Rjukan Station is situated 230 metres west of Birkelandsbrua.

Rjukan videregående skole

School

Photo: Ojtveito, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rjukan videregående skole is a school, which is situated 400 metres west of Birkelandsbrua.

Såheim Hydroelectric Power Station

Industrial building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Såheim Power Station is a hydroelectric power station located in Rjukan, Telemark, Norway, operated by Norsk Hydro. It operates at an installed capacity of 185 MW, with an average annual production of 1,033 GWh. Såheim Hydroelectric Power Station is situated 320 metres east of Birkelandsbrua.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rjukan.

Rjukan

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Rjukan is a town in the Tinn municipality of Telemark, Norway. The town was founded in 1908 by Sam Eyde, who started the plan of building a city from scratch, after buying the renowned Rjukan waterfall to make electric power for fertilizer production.

Birkelandsbrua

Type: Bridge
Category: transportation
Location: Tinn, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

59.8777° or 59° 52′ 40″ north

Longitude

8.58759° or 8° 35′ 15″ east

Elevation

301 metres (988 feet)

Open location code

9FFCVHHQ+32

GeoNames ID

8585252

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“Birkelandsbrua” goes by many names.

Norwegian: “Birkelandsbrua”

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