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Limfjord Railway Bridge Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden | |
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Coordinates | 57°03′30″N 9°54′38″E / 57.058333°N 9.910556°E |
Carries | Vendsyssel railway line |
Crosses | The Limfjord |
Locale | North Jutland, Denmark |
Begins | Aalborg |
Ends | Nørresundby |
Owner | Banedanmark |
Characteristics | |
Design | Truss bascule bridge |
Material | Steel |
Total length | 403 metres (1,322 ft) |
Width | 5.7 metres (19 ft) |
No. of spans | 9 |
Piers in water | 7 |
Rail characteristics | |
No. of tracks | 1 |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
History | |
Construction start | 1935 |
Construction end | 1938 |
Opened | 1938 |
Inaugurated | 23 April 1938 |
Replaces | Limfjord Railway Bridge (1879) |
Location | |
The Limfjord Railway Bridge (Danish: Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden) is a railway bridge carrying the Vendsyssel railway line across the Limfjord, a shallow sound separating the North Jutlandic Island from the rest of the Jutland Peninsula, between Aalborg and Nørresundby in North Jutland, Denmark.
The current bridge was inaugurated in 1938 and replaced an earlier bridge from 1879. It has a length of 403 metres (1,322 ft) and is a bascule bridge of steel truss design with nine spans. The bridge carries a single railway track which has a maximum authorized speed of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph).