The Old Little Belt Bridge

Gå en tur over den gamle Lillebæltsbro og indtag den smukke udsigt over byen, bæltet og bøgeskoven på Hindsgavl Halvøen.

Opening
May 14, 1935 (exactly 80 years before the inauguration of Bridgewalking) opened the bridge with a royal visit. There were 50.000 visitors and the king came sailing with "Dannebrog".

On the same day, the first of DSB's red light rail trains was also inaugurated, which ran over the bridge and cut the red string. In the train were 850 prominent guests. They were on the train in Middelfart, where a new railway station had now also been built. conversion of the railway network.

Along the railway line drove a procession on Brovejen, which was also established in connection with. the bridge building. There had been some controversy about whether the merchants would lose revenue if the road was laid outside the city. But an extension of the main road became the solution, as it is also known today.

Back in time, the Little Belt has been a meadow area. But in the ice age, the belt is formed. Including the vertical 40 meter deep wall in the clay, which today is extremely popular with divers.

The Gl. Lillebæltsbro as a tourist attraction
In 2015 opened Bridge Walking på Den Gl. Lillebæltsbro, og det har vist sig som en stor turistattraktion med tusinde af besøgende. Her kan du opleve Middelfart fra toppen af den gamle bro. Der findes faktisk kun 3 andre steder i hele verden hvor du også kan det.

However, this is not the first time that Den Gl. Lillebæltsbro forms the framework for a tourist success. It did so during its creation. 
The construction, which ended at the inauguration of the bridge in 1935, became a major tourist attraction - one of Denmark's largest at the time. There were kiosks, boarding houses, restaurants, etc. in Middelfart. A growth that now follows such a construction.
There were boats sailing out of the harbor in Middelfart with tourists who had to go out and see the construction. Many nicknames were used at the time, and one of the boat drivers was thus called the "Blonde Sailor" because his wife had a lingerie business.

Lillebælt Halvmarathon

Kom til Middelfart og løb med os over den Gamle Lillebæltsbro, når Middelfart hvert år i Maj forvandler sig til en sand løbefest.

En fantastisk løbsoplevelse med masser af musik, tilskuere, hotspots ude på ruten, officiel løbs-t-shirt og en medalje om halsen, når du kommer i mål.

Facts
1178 meter length
57 meters high
Price: 32 million for the construction
Passage height: 33 meters
Built: 1925 - 1935

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