How much did Nordhordland Bridge cost to build?
The Nordhordland Bridge (Nordhordlandsbrua, originally Salhusbrua) is the combined floating pontoon and cable-stayed bridge across the Salhus fjord north of Bergen, Norway, with a floating section of 1,243 m, a cable-stayed section of 368 m with a 172 m main span and a 99 m pylon, built from 1991 and opened on 22 September 1994, replacing a ferry. Bergen Byleksikon gives its cost as NOK 914 million and English Wikipedia NOK 910 million in total including auxiliary roads (NOK 513 million for the pontoon bridge and NOK 81 million for the cable-stayed bridge), financed by tolls collected until the end of 2005.
Reported project cost
NOK 914 million
Approximately $129.51 million
Cost basis: 1994
Nordhordalandsbrua_4.JPG: Ovesen derivative work: Arsenikk (talk)CC BY-SA 3.0
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Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost1994
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Key dimensions
- Main spanBergen Byleksikon (Bergen Byarkiv)
- 172 m
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