Igelsta Bridge

The Igelsta Bridge or Igelstabron (Swedish) is a railway bridge in Sodertalje, Stockholm County in Sweden. The bridge crosses the Sodertalje Canal, and the E4 motorway.

Igelsta Bridge

Carries                                  Vastra Stambanan

Crosses                                 Sodertalje Canal/Igelsta Bay

Locale                                   Sodertalje Municipality, Sweden

Total length                           2140 m (7020 ft)

Width                                    2 rail tracks

In the westernmost part        4 rail tracks and passenger platforms

Clearance below                    48 m (157 ft)

Opening date                        1995

It is the longest railway-only bridge in Scandinavia. The Oresund Bridge, the western Great Belt Bridge and the Storstrom Bridge are longer but have both rail and road.

A railway station, Sodertalje Syd, is located on the western part of bridge. Escalators are used to reach the tracks. Most high speed trains on the X2000 service to Gothenburg and Copenhagen and almost all regional trains stop at the station. . Local commuter trains stop at the old lower level of the station.