The Ravning Bridge (Danish: Ravningbroen ) was a former 760 m long timber bridge , built in Denmark in the 10th century during the Viking Age . Located 10 km south of Jelling near the village of Ravning , it crossed the meadows of Ravning Enge at Vejle River .
15-589: Until the Little Belt Bridge was constructed in 1935, it was the longest bridge in Denmark. In 1953, big shaped oak timber was found near Ravning at the south side of the Vejle River Valley. An amateur archaeologist, K.V. Christensen, heard about the findings, and measured the timber. Later more timber was found where ponds for fish farming were constructed, this time at the north side of
30-401: A distance of 1.2 m, and two smaller slanted post at the ends. The vertical posts were square with sides of 30 x 30 cm and up to 6 m long. Over the vertical posts were placed 5.5 m long, 25–30 cm high and more than double as wide horizontal girders. The girders were connected by longitudinal beams on which the deck of the bridge was built. The deck area covered 3,800 square meters, and it
45-500: A variety of purposes. Though most of these are functional purposes, a number, including those constructed from precious metals, are used for ceremonial purposes. Common types of bucket and their adjoining purposes include: Though not always bucket shaped, lunch boxes are sometimes known as lunch pails or a lunch bucket. Buckets can be repurposed as seats, tool caddies, hydroponic gardens, chamber pots, "street" drums, or livestock feeders, amongst other uses. Buckets are also repurposed for
60-568: Is estimated that more than 300 ha of oak forest was felled to construct the bridge. The purpose of the Ravning Bridge has been much debated, but later excavations in 1993 and 1996 revealed that it was used both as a trading bridge and a jetty for ships. In the Viking Age the water levels were higher in the Vejle River Valley and ships could navigate further inland and so dock closer to the important royal seat of Jelling . The width of
75-522: Is thought to have been built in the Viking Age around 980 AD, as ordered by King Harald Bluetooth , who also built the Viking ring castles . Like these fortresses, the Ravning Bridge was in use for a short time. The bridge, 5 metres wide and almost 760 metres long. was built with oak timber. The spans were 2.4 m long and 5.5 m wide. The bridge had 280 piers consisting of four vertical posts placed at
90-416: Is typically a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone or square, with an open top and a flat bottom, attached to a semicircular carrying handle called the bail . A bucket is usually an open-top container. In contrast, a pail can have a top or lid and is a shipping container . In non-technical usage, the two terms are often used interchangeably. A number of bucket types exist, used for
105-595: The Danish railway authority, is responsible for its maintenance. It was the first bridge constructed over the strait, beginning the connection of the three main parts of Denmark by road and rail, which was completed with the Great Belt Bridge in June 1998. Previously, only ferries and other boats had transported people over the belts. The Little Belt Bridge was built by Monberg & Thorsen . Construction of
120-666: The bridge allowed two trading wagons to pass each other. Little Belt Bridge The Little Belt Bridge ( Danish : Lillebæltsbroen ), also known as the Old Little Belt Bridge ( Danish : Den gamle Lillebæltsbro ), is a truss bridge over the Little Belt strait in Denmark . It spans from Snoghøj on the Jutland side to Middelfart on Funen . The bridge is owned by the state and Banedanmark ,
135-511: The bridge at all times. The bridge was closed to road traffic for most of 2018 and 2019 due to renovation work. Rail traffic continued almost uninterupted, as the bridge is the only connection over Little Belt for trains. In 2015, guided 'bridgewalking' tours on top of the framework were introduced at the Little Belt Bridge. A standard tour will take two hours and is offered among high security measures. Bucket A bucket
150-406: 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. No mass machinery was used in the construction of the bridge at the time. The bases of the piles were lowered into
165-441: The only railway line connecting Jutland with Zealand as well, as well as to carry traffic between Fredericia and Middelfart and their neighbouring villages. The bridge requires constant maintenance. During the first decades after its construction, a group of workers would begin painting the entire steel structure from one end, proceed to the other and begin all over again once that was finished. Five to thirteen people work on
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#1732779570371180-435: The sea from boats according to precise calculations, and molds both for the piles and each end of the bridge were first constructed of wood and later manually filled with cement from buckets . When the new Little Belt Bridge came into use in 1970, the old 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
195-483: The use of long term food storage by survivalists . When in reference to a shipping container , the term "pail" is used as a technical term, specifically referring to a bucket shaped package with a sealed top or lid, which is then used as a transport container for chemicals and industrial products. The bucket has been used in many phrases and idioms in the English language , some of which are regional or specific to
210-517: The valley. K.V. Christensen concluded that the timber probably was from a bridge and wrote an article about that in 1959. Later the mire in the river valley sank as the result of drainage and regulation of Vejle River , and the top of some of the bridge posts came over the ground surface. Now the National Museum of Denmark became involved. A piece of oak was dated by radiocarbon dating to year 980 with an uncertainty of 100 years, and it
225-456: Was decided to make an excavation which started in 1972. The National Museum made dendrochronological analyses of samples of the timber from the bridge. The conclusion was that the timber was felled in the 980s, probably in the first half of the decade. The end date of the interval has been questioned by another dendrochronologist who concludes that the date cannot be stated more precisely than "after c. 980 and before c. 1010" The Ravning Bridge
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