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Helsinki City Council Approves Plan for 900-metre Bridge Across Kruunuvuorenselkä to Laajasalo

HELSINGEN SANOMAT - At its Wednesday meeting, Helsinki's City Council approved plans to build a bridge for tram and light traffic that would span the area of water known as Kruunuvuorenselkä, dividing the eastern central part of the capital from suburbs such as Laajasalo. The envisioned 900-metre bridge would be Helsinki's longest and largest. By comparison, the Lapinlahti Bridge carrying the Länsiväylä urban motorway west is just 600 metres in length.
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