Kvalsaukan Bridge

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Kvalsaukan Bridge crosses the Hognfjorden in Sortland Municipality, Nordland county, Norway. It is part of Norwegian County Road 82, between Sortland and Andøy. The bridge is 425 meters long and has a maximum clearance of 8 meters above the water. It opened in 1975. In the 1970s, four bridges were built to connect the islands of Vesterålen: the Sortland Bridge, Andøy Bridge, Hadsel Bridge, and Kvalsaukan Bridge. Together with the Tjeldsund Bridge near Harstad, these bridges connect Vesterålen to the mainland. Kvalsaukan Bridge is the only one of these four that was never a toll bridge.