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several billion kronor, has put this on hold without any time set. A new metro tunnel has also been suggested because the metro goes below and parallel to
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Since the first decade of the 20th century, numerous proposals labelled "Centralbron" had been produced and more than 20 of them scrapped before the elaboration of the general plan of 1928. During the 1930s the need for a "central bridge" crossing
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