Södra länken

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Södra länken (The southern link), National road 75 (Riksväg 75), is a motorway in Sweden connecting Essingeleden (E4, E20), Stockholm with Värmdöleden (county road 222), Nacka. Södra länken is 6 km in length, of which 4.5 km is in tunnels. This makes it the longest urban motorway tunnel in Europe. The tunnel is 4 lanes wide each way at its widest point (total 8 lanes). The road has the designation national road 75 (Riksväg 75), but this is not marked on any road signs.

The construction of Södra länken began in 1997, and was inaugurated on October 24, 2004. The total cost was about 7.9 billion SEK (around 800-900 million USD at the 2003-2004 exchange rate). The link, built primarily to decrease traffic in the centre of Stockholm, has been, given the high construction costs and the possibility that overall traffic volumes might increase, one of the greatest subjects of debate during the 1990s and early 2000s in the Swedish capital. It is built mainly by governmental money and is not a toll road.

Södra länken is part of the planned Stockholm ring road, with Södra länken being the southern section of it.

[edit] See also

• Stockholm congestion tax
• Flying under Stockholm — A youtube user called 'henke2' flew an electric model aircraft through the tunnel