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The last section was put down on August 14, 1999. Danish Heir Apparent Frederik and his Swedish counterpart VictoriaCrown Princess Victoria, Duchess of Westrogothia (Victoria Ingrid Alice Desiree), styled HRH Crown Princess Victoria (born July 14, 1977), is the heir apparent of Sweden, being the first-born child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and his commoner Queen Silvia. met midway to celebrate its completion. The official inauguration took place on July 1July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. Events 1097 Battle of Dorylaeum Crusaders under Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Turkish army under Qilich Arslan I. 1690 Battle of the Boyne as reck, 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri, with Danish Queen Margrethe IIHer Majesty Queen Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine THorhildur Ingrid), styled HM The Queen (born April 16, 1940), is the Queen regnant and head of state of Denmark. Denmark She was born at Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, to Frederick IX and Princess In, and her Swedish counterpart King Carl XVI GustafKing Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus), styled HM The King (born April 30, 1946), King of Sweden, is the son of Prince Gustaf Adolf ( 1906- 1947) and Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ( 1908- 1972), and the grandson of King Gustav VI Adolf. At birth, presiding. The bridge was opened for traffic later that day. Before the inauguration 79,871 runners competed in a half distance marathonAlthough marathon sometimes refers to any athletic event requiring great endurance, more specifically it refers to a long-distance track event of 42,195 m (26 miles and 385 yards). The name "marathon" comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier (Broloppet, the Bridge Run) from AmagerAmager is a Danish island in the Oresund. The Danish capital, Copenhagen, is partly situated on Amager, which is connected to Zealand by several bridges. During the Second World War, high unemployment in Copenhagen led authorities to a drain a large part (in Denmark) to ScaniaScania Skane is the southernmost historical Province landskap of Sweden. It borders Hallandia, Smalandia and Blechingia. To the east, west and south it also borders the Baltic Sea and the resund/Oresund strait, also known as The Sound. County For current (in Sweden) on June 12, 2000. The public transport by rail is operated jointly by Swedish SJ and Danish DSB.

The bridge has one of the longest cable-stayed main spans in the world at 490 metres. The height of the highest pillar is 204 metres. The total length of the bridge is 7,845 meters, which is approximately half the distance between the Swedish and Danish landmasses, and its weight is 82 million kilograms. The rest of the distance is spanned by the artificial "Pepper" islet (" Peberholm"/"Pepparholmen") (4,055 m), (named as a counterpart to the already existing " Saltholm" islet) followed by a tunnel (3,510 m) on the Danish side. The two rail-tracks are beneath the four road lanes. The bridge has a vertical clearance of 57 metres, although most boat traffic across Oresund still passes over the Drogden strait (where the tunnel lies).

Instead of calling the bridge "Øresundsbroen" in Danish and "Öresundsbron" in Swedish, a compromise was made and the bridge was baptized "Øresundsbron" as the official name, although the Swedish spelling remains common in everyday usage in Sweden, and the Danish in Denmark.

The bridge has not been as well used as was hoped, largely due to the expense of crossing. As of 2004 a single trip across the bridge costs DKK 230, or SKK 280 (c. 30 Euro). This has been a slight embarassment to the governments of both countries, who spent a great deal of money on the project. However, the consortium running the bridge maintains that the project is a long term one that will be well worth its cost in the long run.

The designers of the bridge hoped that it would help create a unified "Oresund region" comprising Copenhagen and the Swedish communities on the eastern side of the strait. This greater metropolitan region is one of the largest in northern Europe, and the hope is to create a hub for economic activity.

One deterent to closer economic integration is the lack of a single currency, as both Sweden and Denmark maintain the own currencies, the Danish krone and Swedish krona. Although both are accepted in some areas of the other country, exchange rates are not favourable, and many businesses, especially outside tourist zones, do not accept the other currency.