Rånåsfoss Bridge

We are soon passing the Rånåsfoss Bridge – one of Norway’s first soft suspension bridges. The bridge opened in 1927 and was, at the time, the longest suspension bridge in the country. It was once an important road connection in the area, but after the new Rånåsfoss Bridge opened in 1989, the old bridge has been used as a pedestrian and bicycle bridge. Today, it is included in Norway’s National Preservation Plan for Roads, Bridges and Road-Related Cultural Heritage. Here, you can walk across the Glomma River on foot and take a closer look at both the bridge construction and the surrounding landscape. Nearby lies the Rånåsfoss Hydropower Plant. The facility produces around five hundred and sixty gigawatt hours of electricity each year – enough to supply about thirty thousand homes. From the bridge, you can watch the water being channelled through the power plant and rushing back out with force and thunder from the massive turbines – a meeting between the power of nature and modern technology.