Joining Sweden and Norway over the picturesque Iddefjord, the Svinesund Bridge, opened to traffic in June 2005, is a modern structure in concrete and steel, and a very striking one. The main span of the bridge, which reaches 30m at its highest point, is a single arch of 247m (the total length of the bridge is 740m). Apparently it was the word’s largest bridge of its kind when it was designed. It cost a whopping Skr1,400 million to build, and the cost is being partly recouped nowadays by the tolls payable to cross the bridge (20Nkr each way). Svinesund Bridge is part of the E6, the motorway between Oslo and Gothenburg – and crossing the border between the two countries here is quite a sight, with the fjord some 60m down below, the Oslo fjord in the distance on one side, and the old Svinesund bridge spanning the narrow fjord in the other direction. See photos of the bridge on www.flickr.com/search/?q=svinesund+bridge