Tunnels in Iceland
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There are eight tunnels in the Icelandic road system (as of September 2005). Tunnels in Iceland are usually built under mountains to prevent winter isolation of remote communities which would otherwise have to depend on high roads that often closed due to snow, to shorten distance between communities, and to increase road-safety by bypassing dangerous stretches of road. A tunnel under a fjord, the Hvalfjörður Tunnel (Hvalfjarðargöng), is among the longest underwater road tunnels in the world [1].
| Name | Length in metres | Opening year | Region |
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| Breiðadals- og Botnsheiðar Tunnel | 91201 | 1995 | Westfjords |
| Fáskrúðsfjörður Tunnel | 5850 | 2005 | East |
| Hvalfjörður Tunnel | 5770 | 1998 | West |
| Múlagöng Tunnel | 3400 | 1990 | North |
| Almannaskarð Tunnel | 1150 | 2005 | East |
| Strákar Tunnel | 800 | 1967 | North |
| Oddskarð Tunnel | 640 | 1977 | East |
| Arnardalshamar Tunnel | 30 | 1948 | Westfjords |
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1 The tunnel has three branches that connect in a T junction inside the tunnel |
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