Old Svinesund Bridge
Old Svinesund Bridge is a bridge in Sweden. Old Svinesund Bridge is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Hjelmkollen, as well as near the rest area Gamle Svinesund rasteplass.Photo: Boberger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge across the Svinesund at the international border between Norway and Sweden
- Also known as: “Gamla Svinesundsbron”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Svinesund Bridge.
Svinesund Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Håkon Aurlien, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Svinesund Bridge is a through arch bridge crossing Iddefjord at Svinesund, and joining Sweden and Norway. Svinesund is a sound separating the Swedish municipality of Strömstad from the Norwegian municipality of Halden, and thus it is the border between Norway and Sweden in this region. Svinesund Bridge is situated 1¼ km west of Old Svinesund Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Halden and Halden.
Halden
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Halden, between 1665 and 1928 known as Fredrikshald, is both a town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The municipality borders Sarpsborg to the northwest, Rakkestad to the north and Aremark to the east, as well as the Swedish municipalities Strömstad, Tanum and Dals-Ed respectively to the southwest, south and southeast.
Halden
Town
Photo: Dark Apostrophe, CC BY 3.0.
Halden is a town, which is situated 7 km northeast of Old Svinesund Bridge.
Old Svinesund Bridge
- Categories: road bridge, international bridge, arch bridge, and transportation
- Location: Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.09718° or 59° 5′ 50″ northLongitude
11.2709° or 11° 16′ 15″ eastOpen location code
9FFH37WC+V9OpenStreetMap ID
way 967930489OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q4441139
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Old Svinesund Bridge” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Հին Սվինեսունդի կամուրջ”
- Danish: “Gamle Svinesundbro”
- Danish: “Gamle Svinesundsbroen”
- Dutch: “Oude Svinesundbrug”
- French: “Vieux pont de Svinesund”
- German: “Alte Svinesundbrücke”
- German: “Gamla Svinesundsbron”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gamle Svinesundsbrua”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gamle Svinesundsbrua”
- Norwegian: “Den gamle Svinesundsbrua”
- Norwegian: “Gamle Svinesundsbrua”
- Russian: “Мост Свинесунд (старый)”
- Russian: “Старый Свинесундский мост”
- Spanish: “Old Svinesund Bridge”
- Swedish: “Gamla Svinesundsbron”
- Ukrainian: “Старий Свінесундський міст”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hjelmkollen and Hjelmkollen fort.
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