Fossum Bridge

Aerial view of Fossum Bridge

Fossum bridge defense galleries constructed after the Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905

Fossum bru War memorial

Fossum Bridge (Fossum bru) is a bridge crossing the river Glomma at Askim in Østfold, Norway. The old wooden bridge was an arch bridge with two spans which opened in 1856. That bridge was partly destroyed in the Battle of Fossum Bridge during the Nazi invasion of Norway in April 1940. The current bridge dates from 1961 and is a suspension bridge with a main span of 125 metres.^[1]

References

↑ Øderud, Hans Thomas. "Fossum bru". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 April 2011.

Related reading

Haugen, Dag B. (1990) Indre Østfold i krig : en berettelse om kampene i Indre Østfold for 50 år siden

Major bridges in Norway

Suspension bridges	Alversund Askøy Bømla Brevik Djupfjord Folda Fossum Fyksesund Gjemnessund Hagelsund Hålogaland Hardanger Kjellingstraumen Kjerringstraumen Kvalsund Lokkaren Lysefjord Nærøysund Osterøy Randøy Rombak Skjomen Sotra Stord Tana Tjeldsund Varodd

Cable-stayed bridges	Grenland Helgeland Nordhordland Sami Skarnsund Stavanger City Ypsilon

Pontoon bridges	Bergsøysund Nordhordland

Coordinates: 59°36′11″N 11°06′08″E / 59.60306°N 11.10222°E / 59.60306; 11.10222

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