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In the ocean gap off Ålesund, there are five islands in a row. Two ferry routes and a speedboat are seen to transport the islanders to the mainland. In two years, it will be replaced by a tunnel and a bridge.
The last of the seven steel elements on the spectacular Lepsøy Bridge is now in place.
The bridge will be 800 meters long and is built of concrete and steel. A quarter steel element weighs between 560 and 700 tons. The Lepsøy Bridge will be the longest span steel bridge in Norway, at 155 meters.
It was a great day for everyone working on the construction of Nordøyvegen on Thursday.
Photo: Marianne Nærø / Møre og Romsdal County Municipality
A lot of work that says that
Even though the steel elements are already in place, there is still a lot of work to do before the bridge is completed.
– We have a lot of good work we will do on the bridge in the future, so it will be a construction area for a long time, says project leader Mariann Nærø.
Project leader Marianne Nærø cautions against exits to the bridge.
Photo: Øyvind Sæbjørnsen / NRK
He also warns curious people to test the bridge before it is finished.
– Now it’s dangerous. This is a construction area and the bridge is not safe. She isn’t finished either, so no one here should move out.
Many adjustments were required before the steel element could be fitted.
Photo: Øyvind Sæbjørnsen / NRK
Great joy
The joy was great when the last steel element was hoisted, both with the public and with the top management in the Nordøyveg project.
– This is a great day. I’m proud, said Lepsøybrua building owner Ragnhild Holen Relling.
It was a lot of back and forth when the last piece of steel was put in, but the building owners weren’t worried that something would go wrong.
Three very satisfied building owners watched the last piece of steel put in place. From left: Torbjørn Vatnehol, Marianne Næbø and Ragnhild Holen Reiling.
Photo: Øyvind Sæbjørnsen / NRK
– This is so well calculated and measured, said Reiling.
The road arrives 59 years after the first meeting
The northern islands are called the five islands Harøya, Fjørtofta, Skuløy / Flemsøy, Haramsøy, and Lepsøy. He has also given the name to the billion-dollar project that will give them a connection to the mainland, Nordøyvegen. The price is about 5 billion.
In 1963, the first plans for a bridge from Lepsøya to the mainland were known. In 2022, the road is expected to be completed, but then with more tunnels that make up Nordøyvegen.
Whether there is a record of long planning time is uncertain, but 59 years after the first plan was established, the islanders will be able to drive to the mainland.
