Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry

The Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry is a closed automobile ferry on Norwegian County Road 755 that once connected the village of Kjerringvik in Mosvik Municipality on the Fosen peninsula to the village of Vangshylla in Inderøy Municipality in Innherred. The passage across Trondheim Fjord at Skarnsundet was operated by Innherredsferja from 1964 to 1991, when the ferry was replaced by the Skarnsund Bridge.^[1]

Vangshylla–Kjerringvik
Skarnsund Ferry

Waterway	Trondheim Fjord at Skarnsund
Transit type	Double-ended
Route	Norwegian County Road 755
Carries	Automobiles and passengers
Terminals	Vangshylla Kjerringvik
Operator	Innherredsferja
Authority	Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Began operation	1958
Ended operation	1991
Successor	Skarnsund Bridge
Travel time	10 min
Frequency	1 / hour
No. of vessels	MF Skarnsund

History

Automobile ferry transport in Innherred started in 1958 when the company Innherredsferja started the route Levanger–Hokstad–Vangshylla–Kjerringvik–Venneshamn; connecting Levanger to the island of Ytterøya, and onwards connecting Inderøy with Mosvik. In 1964, a new road between Kjerringvik and Venneshamn opened, and at the same time a second ferry was purchased, allowing two routes to be established, the Levanger–Hokstad Ferry and the Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry.^[2]

Four ferries have been used on the line; MF Innherredsferja (1964–69), MF Skarnsund (1969–82), MF Mosvik (1982–88), and MF Skarnsund II (1988–91).^[3]

Planning of the bridge began in 1983 with the establishment of the company AS Skarnsundsbrua that would finance the bridge and construction started in 1988. On 19 December 1991 the last ferry sailed, with King Harald V on board, and the bridge officially opened.