Tunsberg Tunnel

Tunsberg Tunnel
Overview
Location Hordaland, Norway
Coordinates 60°34′31″N 6°39′19″E / 60.5754°N 6.6552°ECoordinates: 60°34′31″N 6°39′19″E / 60.5754°N 6.6552°E
Route 13
Operation
Work begun Nov 2009
Opened 20 Dec 2011
Owner Statens vegvesen
Traffic Automotive
Vehicles per day 2000
Technical
Length 4,080 metres (13,390 ft)
Number of lanes 2
Grade 5.07%

Tunsberg Tunnel (Norwegian: Tunsbergtunnelen) is a road tunnel in the municipality of Granvin in Hordaland county, Norway. The 4,080-metre (13,390 ft) long tunnel was built from 2009 until 2011 to replace a stretch of Norwegian National Road 13 between Seim in Granvin and the municipal border with neighboring Voss municipality. That stretch of roadway was full of narrow, tight hairpin turns. The tunnel has no turns and has an maximum grade of 5.07%. It was officially opened on 20 December 2011 by Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa, the Minister of Transport and Communications at that time.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Merzagora, Eugenio A.; Lotsberg, Gunnar (eds.). "Road Tunnels in Norway > 3 000 m". Road Tunnels in Norway. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  2. ↑ "Rv. 13 Øvre Granvin (Skjervet)–Voss grense" (in Norwegian). Statens vegvesen. Retrieved 2014-05-21.