Freifjord Tunnel

Freifjord Tunnel
Overview
Location Gjemnes/Kristiansund, Norway
Route Norwegian National Road 70
Start Bergsøya
End Frei
Operation
Opened 1992
Traffic Automotive
Technical
Length 5,086 metres (16,686 ft)
Lowest elevation −130 metres (−426.5 ft)
Grade 9%

The Freifjord Tunnel (Norwegian: Freifjordtunnelen) is a 5,086-metre (3.2 mi) long undersea tunnel under the Freifjorden in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The tunnel begins on the island of Frei in the municipality of Kristiansund and then descends 130 metres (430 ft) below the Freifjorden and ends on the island of Bergsøya in the municipality of Gjemnes. The tunnel opened in 1992 as part of the Krifast system which connects the city of Kristiansund to the mainland of Norway through the tunnel and then across either the Bergsøysund Bridge or the Gjemnessund Bridge from Bergsøya.[1]

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