Design of the Salhus Floating Bridge (Nordhordland bridge)
Abstract
The Salhus Bridge across the Salhus fjord in Western Norway will be Norways second floating bridge and the worlds largest floating bridge. It will replace the car ferry service with the heaviest traffic in Norway. The bridge is scheduled for opening for traffic in the autumn 1994. The total bridge length is 1615 m and consist of a high level cable stayed bridge 369 m long and a floating bridge 1246 m long. The floating bridge consists of a steel box girder which is supported on 10 concrete pontoons and connected to abutments with transition elements in forged steel. This paper deals with the floating bridge.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Structural Engineering and Materials Analysis
Civil and Structural Engineering Research
Structural Load-Bearing Analysis
Publication details
- Journal / source
- CRC Press eBooks
- Pages
- 729–734
- Publication date
- 11 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter