Great Belt Fixed Link

The Great Belt Fixed Link (also called the Great Belt Bridge) (Danish: Storebæltsforbindelsen), is the bridge and tunnel across the strait between the main Danish islands of Zealand (Sjælland) and Funen (Fyn).^[2]

Great Belt Bridge (East Bridge)
The East Bridge as seen from the Sjælland side
Coordinates	55°20′31″N 11°02′10″E
Carries	4 lanes of European route E20
Crosses	Great Belt
Official name	Østbroen
Maintained by	A/S Storebælt
Characteristics
Design	Suspension bridge
Material	Concrete and steel
Total length	6,790 metres (22,277 ft)
Width	31 metres (102 ft)
Height	256.3 metres (841 ft)
Longest span	1,624 metres (5,328 ft)
Piers in water	19
Clearance below	65 metres (213 ft)
History
Designer	COWI & Ramboll
Constructed by	Hochtief, Skanska, Højgaard & Schultz and Monberg & Thorsen
Construction start	1991
Construction end	1998
Opened	14 June 1998
Statistics
Toll	240.00 DKK ($36.40) per car.[1]
Location

This waters between the two Danish islands is called the Great Belt (Danish: Storebælt).

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• Oresund Bridge