Iceland’s longest bridge, Skeiðarárbrú, will no longer be in use as of next year. A new bridge will be built across Morsá river. The new bridge is expected to be completed next summer and construction costs are an estimated 430 million ISK (3,045,891 Euros/ 3,336,794 US dollars).
Read more: A glacial outburst flood occurred in Gígjukvísl river
Skeiðarárbrú was the final part of Route 1, the Ring Road, to be completed. The bridge was taken into use in 1974 and crosses Skeiðará glacier river, which has its source on Skeiðarárjökull glacier (one of Vatnajökull’s many outlet glaciers). The river’s frequent outburst floods have long caused transportation problems between the south and the east. During a massive outburst flood in 1996, Skeiðarárbrú bridge was severely damaged by floating ice boulders, some the size of two-story houses.
Iceland’s longest bridge, Skeiðarárbrú, will no longer be in use as of next year. A new bridge will be built across Morsá river. The new bridge is expected to be completed next summer and construction costs are an estimated 430 million ISK (3,045,891 Euros/ 3,336,794 US dollars).
Read more: A glacial outburst flood occurred in Gígjukvísl river
Skeiðarárbrú was the final part of Route 1, the Ring Road, to be completed. The bridge was taken into use in 1974 and crosses Skeiðará glacier river, which has its source on Skeiðarárjökull glacier (one of Vatnajökull’s many outlet glaciers). The river’s frequent outburst floods have long caused transportation problems between the south and the east. During a massive outburst flood in 1996, Skeiðarárbrú bridge was severely damaged by floating ice boulders, some the size of two-story houses.
