Tautra Causeway

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The Tautra Causeway (Tautramoloen (Norwegian)) is a 2.3-kilometer (1.4 mi) causeway which connects the island of Tautra to the mainland of Frosta Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway. It crosses Svaet, a shallow sound of the Trondheimsfjord. Midway is the Tautra Bridge (Tauterbrua or Tautrabura), a 350-meter (1, 150 ft) beam bridge. Plans for the causeway began in the 1960s, and it was official opened on 25 May 1979. The causeway is located in Tautra and Svaet Nature Reserve, a wetland area and Ramsar site. The causeway caused the tidal current through Svaet to stop, detrimenting the epifauna. This, along with predators walking over, led to a huge decrease in birdlife. The bridge in the middle of the causeway was opened on 8 May 2002, to mitiage these issues.

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