Skarnsund Bridge

Skarnsund Bridge Skarnsundbrua
View of the bridge
Coordinates	63°50′35.42″N 11°4′31.54″E / 63.8431722°N 11.0754278°E / 63.8431722; 11.0754278Coordinates: 63°50′35.42″N 11°4′31.54″E / 63.8431722°N 11.0754278°E / 63.8431722; 11.0754278
Carries	Road vehicles and pedestrians
Crosses	Skarnsundet
Locale	Inderøy
Maintained by	Nord-Trøndelag Public Roads Administration
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	1,010 metres (3,314 ft)
Longest span	530 metres (1,739 ft)
Clearance below	45 metres (148 ft)
History
Opened	19 December 1991

The Skarnsund Bridge (Norwegian: Skarnsundet bru or Skarnsundbrua) is a 1,010-metre (3,310 ft) long concrete cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Skarnsundet sound, in Inderøy, Norway. When finished in 1991, it replaced the Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry and it gives the communities in Mosvik and Leksvik easier access to the central areas of Innherred. The bridge is the only road crossing of the Trondheimsfjord, and is located on Norwegian County Road 755.

The bridge has a span of 530 metres (1,739 ft), making it the longest of its type in the world for two years. The two 152-metre (499 ft) tall pylons are located at Kjerringvik in Mosvik on the west side, and at Vangshylla in Inderøy on the east side. Following the opening, there was a seventeen-year collection of tolls, needed to finance 30% of the 200 million kr investment. In 2007, the bridge was listed as a cultural heritage.

Prior to its 2012 merger with Inderøy,Mosvik was a separate municipality on the Fosen peninsula and part of Nord-Trøndelag county. The first automotive transport from Mosvik to the more populated area of Innherred commenced in 1958, when the ferry company Innherredsferja started the Levanger–Hokstad–Vangshylla–Kjerringvik–Venneshamn route. In 1964, the road between Kjerringvik and Vennesham, both in Mosvik, opened, and a new ferry was purchased, establishing the Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry.