Heggur Tunnel

Heggur Tunnel
Heggur Tunnel lower left corner, Muldal waterfall right hand.
Overview
Location Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Coordinates 62°16′36″N 7°23′28″E / 62.2767°N 7.3911°E / 62.2767; 7.3911Coordinates: 62°16′36″N 7°23′28″E / 62.2767°N 7.3911°E / 62.2767; 7.3911
Status In use
Route 92
Operation
Opened 1982
Traffic Automotive
Toll None
Technical
Length 5,277 metres (3.3 mi)
No. of lanes 2
Tunnel clearance 3.1 metres (10 ft)

The Heggur Tunnel (Norwegian: Heggurtunnelen) is a road tunnel in Norddal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 5,277-metre (3.3 mi) long tunnel was built in 1982 to connect the isolated village of Tafjord to the rest of Norway's road network. The village is at the end of the Tafjorden with is surrounded by very steep mountainsides, where roads could not be built along the shoreline. The tunnel was built following the shoreline, but inside the mountain, giving drivers a safe passage to Tafjord.[1][2]

References

  1. Merzagora, Eugenio A.; Lotsberg, Gunnar (eds.). "Road Tunnels in Norway > 3 000 m". Road Tunnels in Norway. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  2. Store norske leksikon. "Heggurtunnelen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-06-23.


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