Tjörn bridge
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The Tjörn bridge (Swedish: Tjörnbron) is a cable-stayed bridge which together with two smaller bridges connects Stenungsund on mainland Sweden with the island Tjörn on the western coast of the country. The length is 664 m, the span width 366 m, and the height above the water is 45 m.
Inaugurated in 1981 the bridge was built on record time after it's predecessor the Almö Bridge collapsed after the Tanker Star Clipper collided with it's spann at 1:30 AM the 18th January 1980 in bad weather. 8 people died in 7 vehicles that plunged into the sea before the bridge could be closed.
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