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{{Short description|Bridge in Norway}}
{{Infobox bridge
|bridge_name      = Elgeseter Bridge
|native_name      = Elgeseter bru
|native_name_lang = NO
|image            = Trondheim elgeseterbru 3.jpg
|image_size       = 250px
|alt              = 
|caption          = View of the bridge
|official_name    = 
|other_name       = 
|carries          = Four lanes on {{europavei|6}}
|crosses          = [[Nidelva]]
|locale           = [[Trondheim]], [[Norway]]
|design           = 
|material         = 
|length           = {{convert|220|m}}
|width            = {{convert|23.4|m}}
|height           = {{convert|16.5|m}}
|mainspan         = {{convert|22.5|m}}
|spans            = 8
|pierswater       = 6
|load             = 
|clearance        = {{convert|15.1|m}}
|below            = 
|begin            = 1949
|complete         = 1951
|open             = 
|inaugurated      =
|toll             = 
|traffic          = 
|coordinates      = {{coord|63.4211|10.3933|type:landmark_region:NO|display=title,inline}}
}}

'''Elgeseter Bridge''' ({{langx|no|Elgeseter bru}}) is a bridge in the city and municipality of [[Trondheim]] in [[Trøndelag]] county, [[Norway]].  It is part of the [[European route E6]] highway which passes over the ''[[Nidelva]]'' river and connects Prinsens street in the [[Midtbyen, Trondheim|Midtbyen]] area of [[Trondheim]] with Elgeseter street in the [[Elgeseter]] area of Trondheim in the south.  The Trondheim city council decided on 17 March 1949 that the bridge should be built. Elgeseter bridge was opened in 1951 after a construction period of 2 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tih.no/bruer-trondheim.aspx|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2011-03-23|title=Bruer i Trondheim|author=Trondheim Havn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314134815/http://www.tih.no/bruer-trondheim.aspx|archive-date=2012-03-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
The main entryway into Trondheim for hundreds of years has been at Elgeseter; the first bridge here is mentioned in 1178. It was on this bridge that the battle between the [[birkebeiner]]s and the [[bagler]]s took place in 1199. Two years after the city was destroyed by fire in 1681, the [[Old Town Bridge]] ({{langx|no|Gamle Bybro}}) was built. Until then the Elgeseter Bridge was the only connection across the Nidelva. The bridge has been reconstructed many times. In the 16th century it was for a period called "''Gårdsbroen''" and "''Kanikke bro''". After the Old Town Bridge was completed, the bridge to Elgeseter fell to decay, and collapsed. [[File:Elgeseter bridge between 1864 and 1884.jpg|thumb|[[Trondhjem–Støren Line]] train on ''Kongsgårds bro'']]
In 1863 a wooden railway bridge was constructed at that location for the [[Trondhjem-Størenbanen]] railway line to Trondheim. This bridge was called "''Kongsgårds bro''".  The railway bridge was converted into a roadway bridge in 1885, after the train station was relocated to [[Brattøra]].<ref name="snl">{{cite web|url=http://www.snl.no/Elgeseter_bru|title=Elgeseter bru|author=Store norske leksikon|authorlink=Store norske leksikon|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2011-03-23}}</ref>

==Media gallery==
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File:Elgeseter bru Trondheim 01.jpg|View of the bridge from the air
File:Trondheim elgeseterbru 1.jpg|Looking north ([[Nidaros Cathedral]] in the distance)
File:Trondheim elgeseterbru 2.jpg|View of the roadway on the bridge
File:Nidelva_dusk.JPG|View from the bridge looking west towards [[Ila, Trondheim|Ila]].
File:Bakklandet.JPG|View from the bridge looking east towards Bakklandet and surrounding areas.
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[List of bridges in Norway]]
*[[List of bridges in Norway by length]]

==References==
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[[Category:Railway bridges in Trøndelag]]
[[Category:Road bridges in Trøndelag]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 1863]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Norway]]
[[Category:1863 establishments in Norway]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Trondheim]]


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