Halsnøy Tunnel

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Halsnøy Tunnel
Overview
Location	Kvinnherad, Norway
Coordinates	59°49′20″N 005°43′29″E / 59.82222°N 5.72472°E / 59.82222; 5.72472Coordinates: 59°49′20″N 005°43′29″E / 59.82222°N 5.72472°E / 59.82222; 5.72472
Route	County Road 544
Operation
Opened	8 March 2008
Operator	Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Technical
Length	4,120 m (13,520 ft)
Number of lanes	2

The Halsnøy Tunnel (Norwegian: Halsnøytunnelen) is a subsea road tunnel which connects the island of Halsnøy to the mainland at Sunde in Kvinnherad, Norway. The tunnel is 4,120 meters (13,520 ft) long and reaches 135 meters (443 ft) below mean sea level. Located on County Road 544, it opened on 8 March 2008 and is a toll road. The project included 2.2 kilometers (1.4 mi) of new road and cost 427 million Norwegian krone.^[1]

References

↑ Norwegian Public Roads Administration. "Rv. 544 Halsnøysambandet er opna" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 September 2011.

v t e Subsea tunnels in Norway

Current	Atlantic Ocean Bjorøy Bjørvika Byfjord Bømlafjord Eiksund Ellingsøy Fannefjord Finnøy Flekkerøy Freifjord Frøya Godøy Halsnøy Hitra Hvaler Ibestad Karmøy Knappe Kvalsund Mastrafjord Maursund Melkøysund North Cape Oslofjord Skansen Skatestraum Rya Sløverfjord Tromsøysund Valderøy Vardø

Under construction	Hundvåg Solbakk

Proposed	Bjarkøy Cross Link Hordaland Fixed Link Langfjord Moss–Horten Møre Fixed Link Rogaland Fixed Link Sotra Sundsøy Trondheimsfjord

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