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- Fehmarn OT Fehmarnsund
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Since its opening on 30 April 1963, the Fehmarn Sound Bridge has connected the island with the mainland of Schleswig-Holstein. The so-called "coat hanger", has since replaced the ferry service between Großenbroderfähre and the village of Fehmarnsund.
The bridge is a part of the "Vogelfluglinie", named after the migration route of birds between Central Europe and Scandinavia. It is the direct traffic route between the conurbations of Copenhagen and Hamburg, which has been gradually developed since the 1960s.
The brigde is 963 metres long and is a combined bridge for road and railway. It spans the 1300-metre-wide strait, the Fehmarn Sound. For shipping traffic the construction has a passageway of 240 metres in width and a clearance height of 23 metres above sea level. The steel construction is 21 metres wide, of which 6 metres were used by the German Railway Company (Deutsche Bahn). The span of the arch, with its highest point at 45 metres above the roadway, measures 248 metres. The arch is about 268.5 metres long.
The bridge is a part of the "Vogelfluglinie", named after the migration route of birds between Central Europe and Scandinavia. It is the direct traffic route between the conurbations of Copenhagen and Hamburg, which has been gradually developed since the 1960s.
The brigde is 963 metres long and is a combined bridge for road and railway. It spans the 1300-metre-wide strait, the Fehmarn Sound. For shipping traffic the construction has a passageway of 240 metres in width and a clearance height of 23 metres above sea level. The steel construction is 21 metres wide, of which 6 metres were used by the German Railway Company (Deutsche Bahn). The span of the arch, with its highest point at 45 metres above the roadway, measures 248 metres. The arch is about 268.5 metres long.
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Fehmarnsundbrücke
Fehmarnsundbrücke
Bundesstraße 207
23769 Fehmarn OT Fehmarnsund
Website: www.fehmarn.de
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