Coordinates 55°34′31″N 12°49′37″E
Carries : Four lanes of European route E20Double-track Oresund Line
Crosses: Øresund strait (the Sound)
Locale: Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden
Official name: Øresundsbroen, Öresundsbron
Characteristics
Design----------------------: Cable-stayed bridge
Total length---------------: 7,845 metres (25,738 ft)
Width-----------------------: 23.5 metres (77.1 ft)
Height----------------------: 204 metres (669 ft)
Longest span-------------: 490 metres (1,608 ft)
Clearance below--------: 57 metres (187 ft)
History
Designer:- Jorgen Nissen, Klaus Falbe Hansen, Niels Gimsing and Georg Rotne
Engineering design:- Ove Arup & Partners Setec ISC Gimsing & Madsen
Constructed by:- Hochtief, Skanska, Højgaard & Schultz and Monberg & Thorsen
Construction cost: 19.6 billion DKK/2.6 billion Euro
Opened: 1 July 2000