Smaalenene bridge, and the new part of the highway between Oslo and Stockholm was opened November 23, 2010 by the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

The cable-stayed bridge is 315m long in total and spans the River Glomma as part of the new E18 link 80 km southeast of Oslo.

A solid counterbalance abutment on the back span end was built to compensate the corresponding scope of works performed imbalance in dead load.

Forming the stay-cable bundle involved installing each individual strand one at a time and encapsulating them using an external HDPE pipe with double helical ribs.

The national transport plan (2002–2011) which was presented in Parliamentary Announcement 46, (Stortingsmelding 46) (1999–2000) has accomplished certain goals and improved upon areas of community interest.