Stavanger City Bridge (Norwegian: Stavanger bybru) is a cable-stayed bridge with one tower that crosses Strømsteinsundet from the centre of Stavanger, Norway to Grasholmen and Sølyst in the borough Hundvåg.
The bridge is 1067 metres long, the main span is 185 metres, and the maximum clearance to the sea is 26 metres. The bridge has 24 spans.
Stavanger City Bridge was the first larger cable-stayed bridge in Norway. It was opened in 1978.
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