The concrete bridge connects the mainland to the village of Sundøya on the island of Alsta.

The maximum clearance to the sea is 43.5 metres (143 ft).

[1] The decision to spend such an amount of money on a bridge to a place with less than 150 inhabitants was disputed.

However, Sundøya did not get connected to the mainland when the rest of Alsta did, following the opening of the Helgeland Bridge in 1991.

This was because Seven Sisters mountains separate the two sides of the island with no roads crossing them.