Öland Bridge

The Öland Bridge (Swedish: Ölandsbron) is a road bridge in Sweden that spans the Kalmar Strait, between Jutnabben in Kalmar on the mainland and Möllstorp in Algutsrum parish near Färjestaden on Öland in the Baltic Sea.

It is a 6,072-metre (3+3⁄4-mile) long beam bridge with a clear bridge width of 13 metres (43 ft). Maximum height 41.69 metres (136 ft 9 in), minimum height 6.65 metres (21 ft 10 in). The bridge is built of reinforced concrete in 155 spans, including the high bridge section in 6 spans of 130 metres (430 ft), and has a characteristic hump at its western end which was created to provide a vertical clearance of 36 metres (118 ft) for shipping. The Öland Bridge is one of the longest in all of Europe (the longest one until completion of Vasco da Gama Bridge in 1998) and currently Sweden's longest bridge, if one only compares the bridge sections that are on Swedish territory (the Öresund Bridge, which is longer, is partly built on Danish territory).

A little to the south of the western end of the bridge a small wooden pedestrian and bicycle bridge, around 150 metres (160 yards) in length and connecting the island of Svinö to the mainland, echoes the form of the Öland bridge. This "replica" is clearly visible to anyone crossing to Öland via the main bridge. The road crossing the bridge is County Road 137, which connects to the E22 on the mainland, and County Road 136 on Öland.