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Salling is a peninsula located in the north-west of the larger Jutland peninsula in Denmark . The largest city in Salling is Skive , and smaller towns and villages includes Jebjerg, Roslev and Glyngøre.

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3-605: The Sallingsund Bridge connects the peninsula to the island of Mors , crossing the narrow strait of Sallingsund, part of the Limfjord . The island of Fur lies to the north of the peninsula and is linked by a 3-4 minute ferry service across the Fursund from Branden. Since January 2007, Salling has been part of the newly formed Skive municipality . 56°40′14″N 8°57′48″E  /  56.67056°N 8.96333°E  / 56.67056; 8.96333 This article about

6-590: A location in the Central Denmark Region is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sallingsund Bridge Sallingsund Bridge (Sallingsundbroen) is a bridge that crosses Salling Sund between the island of Mors and the Salling peninsula on the mainland ( Jylland (Jutland)) in Denmark . The bridge is 1717 metres long, the longest span is 93 metres, and the maximum clearance to

9-623: The sea is 26 metres. The building of Sallingsund Bridge started in 1973, and it was opened by Queen Margrethe II on 30 May 1978. Before the bridge was built, people and cars were taken across the sound by the ferries Pinen ("Pain") and Plagen ("Bother"). In 1976, a million passengers and a half million cars were ferried across the sound. The bridge is pictured on the Danish 50-krone banknote since 2009. 56°44′56″N 8°50′56″E  /  56.74889°N 8.84889°E  / 56.74889; 8.84889

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