PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Øresund Bridge (previously known as the Øresund Fixed Link) is a 16 kilometer (10 mile) link carrying both highway and railroad traffic across the Øresund Sound between Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmö, Sweden. The link includes a four kilometer immersed tunnel; an eight kilometer, two-deck bridge; and a four kilometer artificial island (called Peberholm) where the traffic transitions between the tunnel and the bridge. The bridge itself is comprised of a three kilometer western approach and a four kilometer eastern approach joined by a one kilometer cable-stayed bridge. Exhibit 4.6 provides an area-wide site map for the project.

Exhibit 4.8 - Øresund Fixed Link Site Map

Source: "Facts worth Knowing about the Øresund," Øresundsbron, 2006 URL: www.oeresundsbron.dk

The cable-stayed bridge section, which has the longest main span in the world at 490 meters, provides high clearance for ships in the navigation channel below. On the bridge sections, the two-track railway runs on the lower deck and the four-lane roadway runs on the upper deck, while the road and rail run in four side-by-side tubes in the tunnel section. Figure 4.9 below shows the double-deck high bridge and approaches crossing the Øresund Sound.

Exhibit 4.9 Øresund Bridge Main Span and Approaches

Source: Graham Gedge URL: http://corrosion-doctors.org/PaintCoatings/gedge.htm