the coating; as these had also been found on the Great Belt Bridge, it was decided that nothing would be done with the issue. The deck sections were produced by HBG in Schiedam, Netherlands, and transported by Barge to Stord. Each section is long and consisted of two welded subsections. They were mounted using the crane ship Uglen, allowing up to nine and an average of four sections to be installed per day and completed in June 2000. The section of the bridge built as a beam bridge on the Føyno side was built by filling in the shallow fjord under the bridge with earthwork, building the bridge and then removing the earthwork again. Construction took 700,000 man-hours and cost NOK 442 million. The bridge was taken into use along with the Bømlafjord Tunnel on 27 December 2000. The bridge allowed, along with the rest of the Triangle Link, four ferry services to terminate. Specifications The Stord Bridge is a long suspension bridge with a long main span. It carries two lanes of European route E39 and a combined pedestrian and bicycle path across Digernessundet, connecting the islands of Stord and Føyno. The bridge has a width of and a clearance below of . It has two concrete pylons, each tall, one on Digernesklumpen on Stord, the other on a small islet just off Føyno. The pylons consist of of concrete and of steel. The deck between the towers consists of 19 pre-built steel sections, each long and tall. They are connected to the main suspended cable, which is thick and long, by vertical cables every . The bridge's vertical curvature has a radius of . In 2012, the bridge had an average 5,284 vehicles per day. The bridge was paid off and the tolls removed on 30 April 2013. References Bibliography Notes Suspension bridges in Norway Road bridges in Vestland Bridges completed in 2000 2000 establishments in Norway European route E39 in Norway Former toll bridges in Norway Stord