Storstrom Bridge project gets underway

摘要

The €549 million bridge is scheduled to open for road traffic in 2022 and for rail traffic in 2023. The project budget includes the cost for demolition of the existing bridge that opened in 1937. The 24m-wide single-support cable-stayed structure will connect the islands of Zealand to Falster and touch down on the smaller Masnedo Island. The new bridge's road will be only a two-lane regional route with a design speed limit of 80kph. However, as with the old bridge, it will be an important part of the railway corridor between the Danish capital Copenhagen and northern Germany. It will carry a twin-track electric railway with a design speed of 200kph for passenger trains and 120kph for freight trains. In addition, there will be wide pedestrian and cycle paths.