The Alassalmi Ferry is a cable ferry

Cable ferry

A cable ferry is guided and in many cases propelled across a river or other larger body of water by cables connected to both shores. They are also called chain ferries, floating bridges, or punts....

 linking Manamansalo island and mainland, across the Alassalmi strait on lake Oulujärvi

Oulujärvi

Oulujärvi is a lake in Finland located in the Oulu Province. With the area of it is the fifth largest lake in the country. The lake drained by the Oulu River, which flows northwestward from the lake to the Gulf of Bothnia. Its nickname is the "Kainuu sea", and it is surrounded by three...

, in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

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The ferry links the South-Western coast of Manamansalo island with the West of lake Oulujärvi

Oulujärvi

Oulujärvi is a lake in Finland located in the Oulu Province. With the area of it is the fifth largest lake in the country. The lake drained by the Oulu River, which flows northwestward from the lake to the Gulf of Bothnia. Its nickname is the "Kainuu sea", and it is surrounded by three...

, on the municipality of Vaala

Vaala

Vaala is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the Kainuu region. Established in 1954 , the municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...

 in Kainuu

Kainuu

Kainuu is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Northern Ostrobothnia, North Karelia and Northern Savonia. In the east it also borders Russia. Kainuu is known in the ancient Norse sagas as Kvenland....

, Finland. The crossing is 700 metres (2,296.6 ft) long, and is used by road 8820

Highways in Finland

Roads in Finland comprise of highways, paved and gravel roads which are divided in four to five classes according to their local importance...

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The boat presently in service was designed in 1971 by Parkano company; she weights 120 tonnes (118.1 LT), for a 4.8 metres (15.7 ft) draught. The platform is 35 metres (114.8 ft) long and 6.3 metres (20.7 ft) wide and can carry 20 tonnes (19.7 LT), allowing for 21 cars.

She is operated by FinFerries company.

External links

• Alassalmi (finferries.fi)