Cycle Route Middelfart - Bogense

The Little Belt Bridge (Gamle Lillebæltsbro), also known as The Old Little Belt Bridge, is a truss  bridge  over theLittle Belt  strait in Denmark. The first bridge to have been constructed over the strait, it spans from Snoghøj  onJutland  to Kongebrogaarden on Funen . It is owned by the state and Banedanmark , the Danish railway authority, is responsible for its maintenance. The bridge was the first step in linking the three parts of Denmark by road, with the second step completed with the Great Belt Bridge  in June 1998; previously, only boats  and later ferries  had been used to transport people over the belts.

Construction of the bridge began in 1929 and it was opened for traffic on 14 May 1935. It is 1,178 metres long, 20.5 metres wide and 33 metres high, with a main span of 220 metres. On the bridge there are two railway  tracks, two narrow lanes  for cars to cross as well as a sidewalk  for pedestrians.

When the new Little Belt Bridge  came into use in 1970, the bridge lost its function as the main traffic line for cars between Funen and Jutland; however, it is still used as the only railway bridge between Jutland and Funen and thus the only railway line connecting Jutland with Zealand  as well, as well as to carry traffic between Fredericia and Middelfart  and their neighbouring villages.