1997

01.04.1997

The first of the two caissons for the pylons are towed to their allotted position and immersed into a 17 m deep hole dredged in the seabed.

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16.07.1997

The floating crane, "Svanen" moves the first of the 51 bridge piers from Sundlink´s site in Malmö North Harbour to its destination at abutment of the bridge at Lernacken.

 

 

 

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08.08.1997

The first of the 55,000 ton tunnel elements is towed from the tunnel factory at Copenhagen North Harbour to the tunnel trench in the Drogden channel.

 

 

 

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27.09.1997

The Öresund motorway between Amager and Copenhagen Airport opens to traffic.

 

 

 

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03.11.1997

The first of the 49 bridge sections for the approach bridges are shipped from Dragados Offshore yard in Cadiz to Sundlink´s site in Malmö.