1998: Norway Gets a New Road Tunnel

June 27, 1998

In the northernmost region of western Norway, the Stordal Tunnel in Møre og Romsdal county first went into service. This road tunnel was officially opened by Kjell Magne Bondevik (born in 1947), who served as prime minister of Norway between 1997 and 2000 and again from 2001 to 2005.

Measuring 11,580 feet (3,530 meters) in length, the Stordal Tunnel is part of Norwegian County Road 650. This tunnel is a link between the villages of Dyrkorn and Stordal. (The accompanying photo of the tunnel’s entrance near Dyrkorn was taken in 2013.)

Photo Credit: Jr. (licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)

For more information on the Stordal Tunnel, please check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stordal_Tunnel