The Replot Bridge connects the island of Replot with the mainland in Korsholm, near Vaasa, Finland. Insinööritoimisto Suunnittelu-Kortes AEK Oy designed it. The Finnish Road Administration maintains it, though the article does not state the owner. Construction began on September 1, 1994, and ended on July 31, 1998. The bridge opened on August 27, 1997, and President Martti Ahtisaari inaugurated it.
It is a cable-stayed bridge of the tuftform type, with a total length of 3,428 feet (1,045 meters) and a main span of 820 feet (250 meters). Two pylons rise 271 feet (82.5 meters), and the clearance below is 85 feet (26 meters).
It carries two lanes of regional road 724 on a deck 39 feet (12 meters) wide. The article calls it the second-longest bridge in Finland.
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