The
Öland Bridge is a road bridge connecting
Kalmar on mainland
Sweden to
Färjestaden on the island of
Öland to its east. At long, it is one of the longest in all of
Europe (the longest one until completion of
Vasco da Gama Bridge in 1998). It is supported by 156 pillars, and has a characteristic hump at its western end which was created to provide a vertical clearance of 36 m for shipping.