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18-832: When the bridge opened in May 1962, it was part of the European route E18 highway. In 1996, the nearby Grenland Bridge ( Grenlandsbrua ) opened, taking over this role. Today, it is part of national road 354. In 1997, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage were ordered to prepare a protection plan for state-owned roadworks in Norway. The final report published in 2002, National Protection Plan for Roads, Bridges, and Road-Related Cultural Heritage , recommended that both Brevik Bridge and Grenland Bridge be protected. On April 17, 2008,

36-640: A ferry crossing from there to Norway. The route continues as a motorway from Kristiansand in Norway. E18 is connected with the E39 Ferry to Denmark . The ferry runs from Kristansand to Hirtshals, takes about 3 hours and 15 minutes, and is operated by Color Line . In Norway, the E18 has a length of 410 kilometres (250 mi), of which 232 kilometres (144 mi) are motorway. It runs Kristiansand – Arendal – Porsgrunn – Larvik – Sandefjord – Tønsberg – Horten – Drammen – Oslo – Ås – Askim – Ørje (at

54-554: A new parking lot constructed by 2016 is expected to solve the problem for good. In Russia, E18 goes along the M10 highway from the Finnish border to Saint Petersburg. The stretch of M10 between Saint Petersburg and the Finnish border has been redesignated to A181 in 2018. The route runs through northwestern Leningrad Oblast and mostly through sparsely populated areas. Since 2003, after opening of

72-439: A police officer with providing false testimony . CCTV footage of the suspect together with Bråthen walking towards the bridge the night she died caused suspicion. The suspect was eventually charged with first-degree murder as the police thought he had pushed or thrown Bråthen off the bridge. Due to a lack of evidence the charge was changed to leaving Bråthen helpless, which lead to her death. In Lower Telemark district court ,

90-554: Is about 1,890 kilometres (1,174 miles) in length. Although the designation implies the possibility of a through journey, this is no longer practical as there are no direct car ferry crossings between the United Kingdom and Norway. The route starts in Northern Ireland and runs from Craigavon ( M1 ) – Belfast ( M2 , A8 ) – Larne , then to Scotland : Stranraer , Dumfries and Galloway ( A75 ) – Gretna – then England via

108-666: Is also one of the leading operators in Europe . Color Line provides transportation for people and cargo , hotel accommodation, shopping , restaurants and entertainment . The company currently employs 3500 people in four countries. Color Line's main office is in Oslo , but the company also has Norwegian offices in Kristiansand , Sandefjord and Larvik , in addition to international offices in Kiel , Hirtshals and Strömstad . Color Line has roots in

126-652: The Baltic Sea is from Stockholm or Kapellskär in Sweden via Åland to Turku or Naantali in Finland, by ferries operated by Silja Line , Viking Line or Finnlines . It is also possible to take a direct ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki or to continue from Åland by island hopping over bridges, by cable ferries and ferries in Åland and Åboland , partly along the Archipelago Ring Road , but these routes are not part of

144-512: The Zelenogorsk highway. It is likely to be a new terminus of E18. [REDACTED] Media related to E 18 at Wikimedia Commons [REDACTED] E 18 travel guide from Wikivoyage 54°26′50″N 6°23′18″W  /  54.447222°N 6.388333°W  / 54.447222; -6.388333 Color Line (ferry operator) Color Line AS is the largest cruiseferry line operating on routes to and from Norway . The company

162-493: The ( M6 ) – Carlisle ( A69 ) to Newcastle . As is normal for European routes in the United Kingdom, it is not signposted as such. There are no ferries from Newcastle to Norway. Freight-only ferries may operate from other United Kingdom ports to Norway or Denmark, but for car journeys the only practical route is a crossing to France , Belgium or the Netherlands , followed by a road journey through Germany and Denmark , and

180-494: The Color Line fleet in 2001. During the 2000s Color Line begun investing heavily in new tonnage, with MS  Color Fantasy , MS  Color Magic , MS  Superspeed 1 and MS  Superspeed 2 supplanting much of the older tonnage between 2004 and 2008. In April 2008 the company announced the closure of the Oslo — Hirtshals service from 6 May 2008 onwards. In January 2017, Color Line announced that it had signed

198-577: The Directorate for Cultural Heritage officially protected the bridges' "construction and details" in accordance with the Cultural Heritage Act . On Saturday August 3, 2013, Linn Madelen Bråthen, age 33, was found dead on the shores of Sandøya . The police initially assumed the death was the result of a suicide jump from the Brevik Bridge. Several days later the police announced they had charged

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216-407: The E18. In Finland the E18 goes from Åland through southern Finland by way of Naantali – Turku – Salo – Lohja – Espoo – Vantaa – Porvoo – Loviisa – Kotka – Hamina – Vaalimaa till the border with Russia. Crossing the border to Russia used to often require queuing as the volume of traffic using it increased. The situation has since 2009 improved thanks to increased capacity, and

234-629: The Swedish border). A flyover carrying the E18 Holmestrand bypass, opened in 2001, partially collapsed in February 2015 following a landslip, necessitating its demolition and reconstruction. From Ørje, the E18 crosses the border into Sweden at Töcksfors . It has a length of 510 kilometres (320 mi), of which 245 kilometres (152 mi) are motorway. It runs Töcksfors – Karlstad – Örebro – Västerås – Stockholm / Kapellskär . The connection over

252-600: The Vyborg bypass, E18 does not go through Vyborg , though previously it did. Near Saint Petersburg, the route runs through suburbs, such as Sestroretsk and Olgino . E18 terminates at the western border of Saint Petersburg. There are plans to expand the road from one to three lanes in each direction because of the increasing volume of traffic. In 2012, the highway has been connected with the Western Rapid Diameter near Beloostrov by expanded existing junction of M10 with

270-478: The ferry business that go back more than 100 years. The company was established in 1990 when two Norwegian shipping companies, Jahre Line and Norway Line merged. Jahre Line had operated ferries between Oslo and Kiel since 1961, while Norway Line had operated ferries between Bergen and Newcastle since 1986. During 1990 Color Line also took over the Fred. Olsen Lines cruiseferry operations, thereby expanding

288-679: The same year Color Line took over the operations of Larvik Line , its competitor in the Norway—Denmark traffic. In September 1998 Color Line acquired both the Color Hotel Skagen and Scandi Line , which operated two ferries on the short routes connecting Norway and Sweden. In the end of 1998 the Norway–United Kingdom operations were sold to Fjord Line . For the 1999 summer season the (former) Scandi Line ships received new Color Scandi Line liveries. They were fully incorporated into

306-623: The suspect was found guilty and sentenced to 3 years in prison. In the Agder court of appeal he was still found guilty, but the prison time was reduced by 6 months. The suspect tried to get the case heard by the Supreme Court , but they rejected the case. European route E18 European route E18 runs between Craigavon in Northern Ireland and Saint Petersburg in Russia , passing through Scotland , England , Norway , Sweden and Finland . It

324-441: The traffic area of the new company to Norway– Denmark routes. During the first half of the 1990s Color Line expanded its tonnage by lengthening its existing ships or by acquisition of larger second-hand ships. The company began operating fast ferries between Norway and Denmark during the summer of 1996. Initially the operations were in collaboration with SeaContainers , but were run without them from 1997 onwards. In October of

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