The old bridge at Svinesund, connecting Sweden and Norway
The new bridge at Svinesund during late construction, connecting Sweden and Norway
Svinesund is a sound separating the Swedish municipality of Strömstad in the province of Bohuslän in the county of Västra Götaland from the Norwegian municipality of Halden in the county of Østfold. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1792x1200, 537 KB) Old Svinesund Bridge in August 2003. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1792x1200, 537 KB) Old Svinesund Bridge in August 2003. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Nya_Svinesundsbron. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Nya_Svinesundsbron. ... Northern Øresund Puget Sound and Mt. ... Strömstad is a town (pop. ... , (Latin: Bahusia; Norwegian: BÃ¥huslen) is a province (landskap) in West Sweden (Västsverige). ... Västra Götaland County, or Västra Götalands län is a County or län on the western coast of Sweden. ... County Østfold District Municipality NO-0101 Administrative centre Halden Mayor (2003) Per Kristian Dahl (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 173 642 km² 596 km² 0. ... Østfold is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. ...
Two bridges, the old and new Svinesund Bridge (no:Svinesundsbroen sv:Svinesundsbron), span the sound. The Swedish side is extremely popular with Norwegians who flock to buy cheaply in Sweden, where a large shopping area can be found immediately after crossing the sound. Following the erection of the new bridge in 2005, road taxes must be paid to drive into Norway using either bridge, and to drive into Sweden using the new bridge. The Svinesund Bridge is a compression arch suspended-deck bridge crossing Ide fjord at Svinesund, and joining Sweden and Norway. ... Norwegian (norsk) is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. ... Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic language (also called Scandinavian languages) spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the Ã…land islands, by more than nine million people. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Coordinates: 59°05′45″N,11°15′35″E Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
Svinesund is a sound separating the Swedish municipality of Strömstad from the Norwegian municipality of Halden, and thus it is the border between Sweden and Norway in this region.
The bridge is the westernmost border crossing (and one of the southernmost) between the two countries and carries the European route E6 which is a major traffic route in the area, connecting Oslo and the rest of Norway with Gothenburg, Malmö and the rest of Europe.
The former Svinesund Bridge (1946) [4], 1 kilometre (0.6 miles) to the east, was renamed the Old Svinesund Bridge but is still in service as a complement to the new bridge.
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