ÖRESUNDSBRON special - brand new pics of the BRIDGE as you never have seen it!

[Nightsky]

This thread is dedicated to Öresundsbron, the large bridge in The Sound. It goes between SW Malmö and SE Copenhagen.

It is the longest bridge in Europe I think.
The two pillars are the tallest structures in Scandinavia. Today it is hard to believe that I less than 10 years ago didn´t think it would get built,
just like Turning Torso. There were so much people against it!

RELEVANT FACTS ABOUT ÖRESUNDSBRON:
Website:http://www.oresundsbron.com/bron_intro.htm
It was built as late as in year 2000. It serves as Sweden´s link to Europe.
Most part of the bridge is located in Sweden, then the bridge ends on an artificail island called Pepparholmen and after that you go down in a tunnel
beneath the sea. When you are up, you are in Denmark. You can go either by train, or by car. The road is situated above the rails.
Since the bridge was built, the traffic in Malmö has increased very much and a lot of new contruction has began.
Many people commute between Denmark and Sweden every day now, as Copenhagen and Malmö now is considered one region.
However, a new small ferry line will also be started this summer in Malmö/Cph to compete with the bridge.

Height of the 2 pillars: 204m
Length:7845
Costs: Train: 160 skr(around 16 euros) for a roundtrip.
Car: 550 skr(around 55 euros) for a roundtrip, much too expensive in my opinion!

I spent an hour the last weekend on taking pics of the bridge. I took all pics from the Swedish side, of course.

Öresund panorama, taken from Malmö´s southern suburb village Klagshamn:
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/2038/Oresundpanov.jpg

The rest are taken from Brofästet, the site in southern Malmö for tourists to watch the bridge.
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3453/Oresundsbron.jpg

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4885/Oresundsbronfar.jpg

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4807/Oresundsbronstones.jpg


http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6442/Orecool.jpg

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/1241/Orecool2.jpg

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/5997/Orecool3.jpg

Close-ups of the bridge from beneath:

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8710/Oremid.jpg
From right beneath the bridge!

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2765/Oresouth.jpg
From south of the bridge(the rest are from the north).

Here you can study the details:
http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/4184/Oresign.jpg
This is the road above the railway. Look at the signs.

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/2226/Oredetail.jpg
http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/5251/Oredetail3.jpg
http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/4114/Oredetail2.jpg
Can anyone solve this mystery? They have written Christina beneath the ground.
Also look at the swallows that live under the bridge!

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/2512/Orebmw.jpg
Just by chance there was transport trucks with Germans driving off the new BMW 1-series. There are always something happening
at Brofästet!?

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8977/Oredeck.jpg
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/7827/Oredecks.jpg
Here you can see, the trains runs below the road.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8753/Orefence.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8977/Oredeck.jpg
Brofästet´s view point.

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2332/Orerestdist.jpg
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3415/Orerest.jpg
This restaurant at brofästet is located beneath the view point. Look at the bridge mirroring in the windows.


Malmö skyline from the south, you can see Hyllie vattentorn and Turning Torso at the same time.
This is the site were the now cancelled Scandinavian Tower would be built.
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8057/HyllieTT.JPG

[Þróndeimr]

Great pics Nightsky :okay:

The bridge looks very large from the photo posistions. Looks like the bridge is some miles long...!

[Prestonian]

Great pics I love that first one the bridge just seems to carry on forever. There doesn't seem much room for ships though under the central span but I suppose looks can be decieving. Is it a popular route for shipping?

[DenverDane]

Just some minor corrections.. The bridge is not the longest in Europe, though it might be the longest combined tunnel/bridge link, and the pylons are not the tallest in Scandinavia, though they are the tallest in Sweden (the Great Belt Bridge's pylons in Denmark are some 50 meters taller.)

[Phobos]

It's always impossible to see were it ends.very impressive!!!

[wolkenkrabber]

i have gone over that bridge :rock:

[Monkey]

Öresundsbron is super! :master:

Thanks for these great pictures of a wonderful link between countries, Nightsky! :okay:

[yyyih]

can somebody tell me how you pronounce the name of this amazing bridge? http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Swede]

Since you probably only speak English you're not gonna get it quite right ;) General rule of thumb - if it says "ö" you say "o", if it says "å" or "ä" you say "a" - we will understand what you're talkin' 'bout :)

[Q-TIP]

does the bridge have international custom/passport check pointslike the Channel Tunnel on either (if aany) side?

[Macca-GC]

^ I don't think it would, because they're both part of the EU aren't they.

[Swede]

^that didn't matter as much as you'd think - we've had freedom of movement within the Nordic countries for about 50 years. First time I ever used a passport was when crossing from Denmark to West Germany (yes, it was a few years ago:D).
However there are toll-stations on the Swedish side for paying for crossing the Bridge.

oh, and the no-border-checks aren't within the EU they are within the Schengen area (which is EU + Norway & Iceland - UK & Ireland)

[Q-TIP]

Left my memory at holidays, but which countries are part of EU? :)
We should have something like that set up between NZ and Australia> we still carry passports between the 2 countries. :bash:

[Nephasto]

^ http://www.europa.admin.ch/eu/expl/staaten/e/

[Q-TIP]

cheers :cheers:

[staff]

Öresund bridge is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world if I remember correctly. I can see it from my garden. :D

[Nightsky]

I was clicking on a link to this thread thinking it was a new thread about Öresundsbron. Then I found out it was my own thread. Strange...
I thought this thread was dead so I am happy to see new replies!

[czm3]

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/4114/Oredetail2.jpg
Can anyone solve this mystery? They have written Christina beneath the ground.
Also look at the swallows that live under the bridge!


Simple. The name was written there by a construction worker before the slab was put in place. In the US, the various local chapters of the unions will sign the last slab or final beam of a job.

[staff]

Nightsky,

It is not a new thread, sorry to dissapoint you. :)

czm3,

In my opinion it is the writing itself that is kind of funny, and not the explaination how it got there. :D

[gurukool]

superb pix for the bridge, dont c the ships moving ??

[gurukool]

superb pix for the bridge, dont c the ships moving ??

[staff]

gurukool,

What ships?

[Hviid]

Awesome pics! :okay: I love this bridge! :D

[onetwothree]

can somebody tell me how you pronounce the name of this amazing bridge? http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Hmm, I think it would be like [Ør-re-sunn] (you would probably make Ø with O sound). Like, splitting the Ore, and actually pronounce the E, if you get what I mean :D

And yes, cool bridge! I've walked it too

[Hviid]

And yes, cool bridge! I've walked it too
Probably took you a couple of days to walk that :D But seriously, how long did it take you?

[Arpels]

LOL :)

[staff]

The week before the bridge opening, people were allowed to walk from Malmö to Pepparholmen (artificial island). I don't remember how long it took, but it was certainly amazing to stand between the 200 m pillars.

[onetwothree]

^Well, I was walking from Peberholmen to Malmö :D Took us a couple of hours I think, and those pillars are indeed stunning

[staff]

Modem killer, I know. But this photo is pretty f*cking great. :)
http://bridgepros.com/projects/Oresund%20Bridge/Oresund031.jpg
CPH skyline in the background.

[earthJoker]

Great pics I love that first one the bridge just seems to carry on forever. There doesn't seem much room for ships though under the central span but I suppose looks can be decieving. Is it a popular route for shipping?
I think bigger ships go over the tunnel not under the bridge. Just an assumption.

[staff]

Most tankers and cargo ships go above the tunnel, though the bridge span has a sea-to-bridge level of 70 metres or so. There are only two ships that can't pass under it, and those two ships are ancient.

[everythingisone]

[img]http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2765/Oresouth.jpg
From south of the bridge(the rest are from the north).

What type of fish are there around the pillars and in the sound?

[Boris]

^that didn't matter as much as you'd think - we've had freedom of movement within the Nordic countries for about 50 years. First time I ever used a passport was when crossing from Denmark to West Germany (yes, it was a few years ago:D).
However there are toll-stations on the Swedish side for paying for crossing the Bridge.

oh, and the no-border-checks aren't within the EU they are within the Schengen area (which is EU + Norway & Iceland - UK & Ireland)

Schengen countries are: Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Danmark, Finland, Germeny, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and Austria. Switserland will follow soon.

EU countries are: Sweden, Danmark, Finland, Germeny, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Hungry, Czech-republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Estonia, Letvia, Lithuania, Cyprus, UK, Ierland and Austria.

http://europa.eu.int/abc/maps/images/europe.gif