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Environmental impacts of floating bridges
The Norwegian government has an ambition of better connecting the west coast of Norway between Kristiansand and Trondheim. Improvement of the fjord crossings will be the primary means of improving connections and reducing travel time. This project has been termed the Ferry Free E39 project and is the responsibility of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA). Many of the fjord crossings on the west coast present difficulties for existing bridge and tunnel technologies due to the spans that need to be crossed, or the depths of the fjords. The NPRA is therefore scoping new solutions in the form of floating bridges and submerged, floating tube bridges (SFTB). Floating bridges and SFTB use new approaches such as suspension of bridges, or submerged tunnels, from pontoons. This enables deeper (over 400 m), or wider (over 2 km) stretches to be crossed.
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Statens vegvesen
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Norsk institutt for naturforskning
Språk
engelsk
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9788242648402