High Coast Bridge

The High Coast Bridge (Hoga Kusten Bridge) is a suspension bridge crossing the mouth of the Angermanalven river near Veda, on the border between the Harnosand and Kramfors municipalities in the province of Angermanland in northern Sweden.

High Coast Bridge

Official name                                  Hoga Kustenbron

Carries                                           4 lanes of European route E4

Crosses                                          Angermanalven

Locale                                            Angermanland

Design                                           Suspension bridge Material Concrete, steel Piers in water 2

Total length                                   1,867 metres (6,125 ft)

Width                                            17.8 metres (58 ft)

Height                                           180 metres (591 ft)

Longest span                                 1,210 metres (3,970 ft)

Number of spans                           1

Clearance below                            40 metres (131 ft)

Beginning date of construction       1993

Opening date                                1 December 1997

The area is often referred to as The High Coast, hence its name. The bridge replaces Sandobron, the old bridge across the river, in a new extension of the European route E4. It is the second longest suspension bridge in Scandinavia (after Great Belt Fixed Link in Denmark), the third longest in Europe, and the eleventh longest of the world.