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Oresund bridge Picture of the bridge of Oresund linking Denmark and Sweden taken in/from near Malmö (Sweden) Date: Sep-2007 Camera: Sony DSC-H5 Comments: The 16km long Oresund Bridge (Danish Oresundsbroen, Swedish Oresundsbron) is a combined two-track rail and four-lane road bridge across the Oresund strait. The bridge-tunnel is the longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe and connects the two metropolitan areas of the Oresund Region: the Danish capital of Copenhagen and the Swedish city of Malmö. The bridge has one of the longest cable-stayed main spans in the world at 490 metres (1,608 ft). The height of the highest pillar is 204 metres (669 ft). |