Cykelslangen

Cykelslangen (lit. 'Bicycle Snake') is a bridge for bicyclists in Copenhagen. It is 220-metre (720 ft) long, crossing Gasværkshavnen from Kalvebod Brygge in the west to Havneholmen to the east.^[1]

Bicycle Snake
A cyclist on the Bicycle Snake
Coordinates	55°39′45″N 12°33′49″E
Carries	Pedestrian and bicycle traffic
Crosses	Gasværkshavnen
Locale	Havneholmen
Official name	Cykelslangen
Characteristics
Total length	220 metres (720 ft)
Width	4.6 metres (15 ft)
Clearance below	7 metres (23 ft)
History
Designer	Dissing+Weitling
Opened	28 June 2014
Location

The Snake name of the bridge is a double entendre, as Cykelslangen is also the Danish word for a bicycle hose or a bike's inner tube, which, to Danish eyes at least, is said to resemble a snake.

The bridge was designed by Dissing+Weitling and opened to the public on 28 June 2014. The project cost 32 million Danish krone ($5.74 million).^[1]

Literature

• Munk Beilin, Sarah; Dahl, Ellen; Brams, Rikke. Guide to New Architecture in Copenhagen. Copenhagen: Danish Architecture Center. p. 123. ISBN 978-87-90668-71-6.