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Thu May 14, 2020, 08:30 AM May 2020

Norway's Atlantic Ocean Road & Storseisundet Bridge

From ebaumsworld:


From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean_Road

The Atlantic Ocean Road or the Atlantic Road (Norwegian: Atlanterhavsvegen / Atlanterhavsveien) is an 8.3-kilometer (5.2 mi) long section of County Road 64 that runs through an archipelago in Hustadvika and Averøy municipalities in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It passes by Hustadvika, an unsheltered part of the Norwegian Sea, connecting the island of Averøy with the mainland and Romsdalshalvøya peninsula. It runs between the villages of Kårvåg in Averøy and Vevang in Hustadvika. It is built on several small islands and skerries, which are connected by several causeways, viaducts and eight bridges—the most prominent being Storseisundet Bridge.

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From https://www.amusingplanet.com/2011/03/storseisundetthe-bridge-to-nowhere.html

Storseisundet–The Bridge to Nowhere
by Kaushik Patowary
9 YEARS AGO



No, this is not a ramp to launch spaceships. It is a bridge on one of Norway's most scenic and popular tourist roads - the Atlantic Ocean Road (Atlanterhavsveien in Norwegian). The bridge named Storseisundet makes a sharp bend as it jumps over a number of small islands and waterways. The approach to the bridge looks scary as the bridge seems to end abruptly and as if any attempt to proceed would result into the vehicle flying out and dropping into the waters below.

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Norway's Atlantic Ocean Road & Storseisundet Bridge (Original Post) sl8 May 2020 OP
That's beautiful! Alliepoo May 2020 #1
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