Åland - Farjsund Bridge 法爾森德橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1987-04-27 

Farjsund Bridge is an important construction to Aland Islands. Up until the late 18th century, the transportation between the villages counted on a rowing boat of a ferryboat connecting over the sound. Until 1922, the ferryboat was replaced by motor-ferry. Amongst the 30 plans submitted for a suspension bridge with 3.6 meters wide wooden roadway, the plan that included a concrete suspension bridge was approved. The bridge was inaugurated on July 1, 1937 with roadway 191.2 meters long, presumably the longest continuous concrete roadway in the world at that time.
Traffic on the bridge went smoothly over 30 years, but as the traffic increased, the bridge was too narrow to handle the load safely. Farjsund Bridge was then rebuilt in 1980. The bridge span measures 130 meters, the width 11.8 meters and the length 202.6 meters.

法爾森德橋對奧蘭這個島嶼來說是項重要的建設，之前直到十八世紀後期為止，村莊之間的交通一直依賴著小型渡船上的小搖船。直到1922年，機動渡船替代了小型渡船，並計劃建一條3.6公尺寬木行道吊橋。從30個提交的計劃書中，其中一包括建混凝土拱橋方案的計劃書獲得批准。新橋於1937年7月1日落成，長191.2公尺，為當時世界最長的混凝土行道。
此橋順利使用了超過30年，由於車輛的數量及載重量不斷的增加，原橋也發現過於狹窄及安全負荷不足，於是1980年再度重新設計改建為一座跨度130公尺，寬11.8公尺和長202.6公尺的新橋。