Traffic across the Øresund
The traffic volume across the Øresund Bridge has overtaken the figures forecast in 2000 before its opening. This fully compensates for its initially somewhat slow start.

 Actual and expected traffic across the Øresund:

Since its opening in 2000, the growth rates of car traffic across the Øresund Bridge have averaged at about 10 percent per year. The sudden increase after opening – the so-called traffic jump – took place in the first three years after the opening, and was 61 percent.

In 2008, an average of 19,000 cars crossed the bridge each day.

Loan repayment is anticipated to be complete in 2034 - 34 years after opening.

Traffic across the Great Belt
Until the opening of the fixed link in June 1998, ferries transported 8,000 vehicles across the Great Belt each day. Immediately after the opening of the fixed link, traffic rose to 18,500 vehicles per day, a traffic spike of 127 percent.

 Actual and expected traffic across the Great Belt:

Since 1999, the yearly growth rates for car traffic have averaged at about 5 percent.

In 2008, an average of 30,000 vehicles crossed the Great Belt Bridge each day.

The credit assumed for construction will be paid back 30 years after opening - in the year 2028.