Great Belt
Denmark

Great Belt in Denmark - 18 km bridge over the Great Belt

Where is located Great Belt?

Address of Great Belt is Between the islands of Zealand and Funen, Denmark
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When was built Great Belt?

Built date of Great Belt is 1991 - starting work
 June 1997 - opening of the tunnel for trains
 June 14, 1998 - opening of a road link

Great Belt

Facts, informations and history of Great Belt

The complex consists of two bridges: Eastern Bridge, 4 car tracks with a length of 1,624 meters, Western Bridge between Sprogoe and Funen with a length of 6,611 m and double tunnel with 8 067 m tracks. Between 31 main tunnels 31 connecting tunnels were located, every 250 meters. These tunnels also serve as evacuation exits.

June 12, 1986 The Danish Parliament approved the construction of the Great Belt connection. After 12 years of intense construction work, Her Majesty Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II, inaugurated the construction of the bridge on June 14, 1998, the building became the largest engineering undertaking in the history of Denmark.

Currently it is the second longest hanging bridge in the world, only the Japanese Akashi Kaikyo is longer.

Measuring 254 meters two pylons of the East Great Belt bridge are the highest points in Denmark. They are 26 meters higher than the Golden Gate Bridge pylons, for which over 50 years have been the highest record in the world.

The bridge is located 75 meters above sea level and each of its sections weighs 1,000 tons. At the length of 2.7 km between two "anchors" there are a total of 57 such sections.

The main cable supporting the bridge is 85 cm in diameter and it is a weave of 18 648 threads, each of them 5 mm in diameter.

From June 1, 1997, all trains drive a tunnel, specially designed for this, it allowed to shorten the transport time by Great Belt from one hour to seven minutes. However, the travel time decreased even more, by as much as 90 minutes and the number of seats in trains increased to 40,000. At present, an average of 20,600 cars pass through the bridge daily.

Transport over the bridge is very safe. Report of the Minister of Transport on the safety of the bridge contains 47 points, including the multiplicity of emergency exits, the fact that at the same time only one train with flammable materials may be in tunnels, tunnels are equipped with special danger systems, when the train exceeds the speed limit or when the stop sign is passed, the brakes are partially applied.

Architect of Great Belt

Architect of Great Belt is Sound and Belt Holding A/S

Construction/building type

Building Great Belt is of type Suspension bridge

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Architectural style

Architectural style of Great Belt is Modern

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Other dimensions, parameters and frequently asked questions

Great Belt

How many meters have Great Belt?

Great Belt have length 18 km - the whole complex
 6,790 m - east bridge
 1 624 m - main span

What material is the building made of?

Great Belt is made of the following materials: Steel, reinforced concrete

Cost

Build cost of Great Belt is 43 trillion crowns

Other names

The building is also known by other common names or in the original language, i.e. Store Belt

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Krystian
#17
Krystian [https://szeregowkibialystok.pl]
3 years ago
Most genialny a widoki, to trzeba samemu zobaczyć. Nawet nie było mi szkoda tej kasy.
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praktykant
#16
praktykant
13 years ago
Miałem okazje jechać mostem wrażenia dość duże !!! Pierwsza część tak sobie ale adrenalina rośnie wraz z każdym metrem ujechanym do góry ... potem lekko spada by ponownie się wznieść do góry gdy musimy zapłacić za tą wycieczkę :P
BanTir
#15
BanTir
15 years ago
jechalem tym mostem ciezarowka, poprostu jak tak z gory sie patrzy na te bandy, to sie zdaje, ze dla wielkiej ciezarowki nie daja wogole ochory ogolnie pory pełne:P, potem jak jeszcze wiatr lekko podmucha i zaczyna autko po drodze skakac to juz wogole, i zjazd z mostu 130euro w plecy to dopiero na ziemie sprowadza:P
Marko from Tychy
#14
Marko from Tychy
16 years ago
Wielki Belt daje kopa bardziej niz czysta, tylko pozniej dynia bardziej boli.
Jarek
#13
Jarek
16 years ago
Jechałem przez ten most. Przepływajacy pod nim trójmasztowiec wygladał jak dziecinna zabaweczka. Wspaniała konstrukcja, robi wielkie wrażenie. Widziałem też pociąg, który znikał pod wodą na zachodnim krańcu mostu, niezły efekt wizualny.
Kamil
#12
Kamil
17 years ago
jeszcze nie widziałe tego mostu na żywo ale będę pod nim płynął promem za tydzień
ob-odense
#11
ob-odense
17 years ago
Most jest naprawde niesamowity i przepiękny na zdjęciach wyglada super ale na zywo wyglada niesamowicie a szzcególnie niesamowite jest to jak tory kolejowe chowają sie w morzu. Cos pieknego szkoda tylko ze w tak małym kraju zreszta bardzo fajnym i poukładanym kraju wszystcy zyja godnie i maja czym sie chwalic, a w tym polskim chlewie mozna tylko nasr.ć . wielka szkoda, szczerze wstyd mi ze jestem zafajdanym polakiem
Anulka
#10
Anulka
18 years ago
Widział go na własne oczy naprawde robi wrażenie :)
Endriu
#9
Endriu
18 years ago
Most naprawde fajny , szkoda ze go ...przespałem
~mirek
#8
~mirek
18 years ago
super...
Odense
#7
Odense
18 years ago
Most jest wspaniały, przejeżdżałem przez niego.
Damien
#6
Damien
18 years ago
Kurde na tej 2-giej fotce jakby byl czerwony to bym polyslal ze to w san francisco! Ale ten most jeszcze bardziej mi sie podoba jak w SA, jest wyjebisty w kosmos
Plusq
#5
Plusq
18 years ago
Naprawde kozacki mostek, ogolnie architektura dunska jest zachwycajaca jezeli chodzi o nowoczesnosc, ale ta budowla przeszli sami siebie :D
gfdsgdfgfd
#4
gfdsgdfgfd
19 years ago
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Michal
#3
Michal
19 years ago
Fajne to są piosenki Ich Troje... :-// Most jest po prostu NIESAMOWITY. Co prawda kasują słono za przejazd, ale naprawde warto. Jechałem mostem w dwie strony. Wolno i spokojnie bo robiłem fotki. Wracając przez most, trafiłem na mglistą pogodę i to naprawde nieziemski widok jak te kolosalne pylony wypływają z mgły i strzelają co chwila stroboskopami na nich umieszczonymi. Ech... dużo by pisać.....
nikor
#2
nikor
19 years ago
Bylem calkiem niedawno. Trzeba przyznac ze czesc zachodnia jest dluga i monotonna ale wszystko rekompensuje glowne przeslo. Gdyby jeszcze nie brano oplaty za przejazd (250 koron /35euro)
Lolita
#1
Lolita
20 years ago
No fajny mostek!

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