- Main client: Statens Vegvesen
- Contractor: JV Metrostav Norge AS and Bertelsen&Garpestad AS
- Construction period: 01/2024 – 06/2027
- Price: 2 000 000 000 NOK excluding VAT
E8 Sørbotn-Laukslett
Basic information
Project characteristics
A new highway between Sørbotn and Laukslett provides safer and shorter route to Tromsø. The E8 Sørbotn-Laukslett project includes the construction of a new bridge over the Ramfjord, eight other smaller bridges or culverts, one reindeer crossing and ca 10 kilometers of roads.
Bridge Ramfjord is a reinforced concrete substructure with composit superstructure, with the lenght of 870 meters. It has five main spans of 135 meters and sidespans. Five foundations are hammered piles from barges, with length up to 80m. Superstructure steelbox is divided into 7 section for the lifting, with heaviest lift around 900 tons.
Besides Ramfjord bridge, Metrostav Norge AS also builds 8 other bridge objects in the total lenght of more than 258 meters and one reindeer crossing with the lenght of 33 meters.
Project data
Challenges / Specifics of the project
- Difficult weather conditions for construction work, wind-exposed area
- Use of a special type of foundation in the sea
- Sea embankments
- A remote location and complex logistics