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Vardø Tunnel

Entrance from the island
Overview
Location	Vardø, Finnmark, Norway
Coordinates	70°21′36″N 31°4′15″E / 70.36000°N 31.07083°E / 70.36000; 31.07083
Status	In use
Route	E75
Start	Svartnes
End	Vardø
Operation
Work begun	1979
Opened	1982
Traffic	Road Traffic
Technical
Length	2,890 metres (9,480 ft)
No. of lanes	2
Lowest elevation	−88 metres (−289 ft)
Width	9.4 metres (31 ft)
Grade	8%

The Vardø Tunnel (Norwegian: Vardøtunnelen) is a subsea road tunnel in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The 2,890-metre (9,480 ft) long two-lane tunnel under the Bussesundet strait connects the island of Vardøya to the village of Svartnes on the Varanger Peninsula on the mainland. The tunnel is part of the European Route E75 highway and it reaches a depth of 88 metres (289 ft) below sea level. The tunnel opened in 1982 and was the first subsea tunnel in Norway. King Olav V officially opened the tunnel on 16 August 1983.

References

1. "Vardøtunnelen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 January 2011.
2. Merzagora, Eugenio A.; Lotsberg, Gunnar (eds.). "Road Tunnels in Norway 3 000 - 2 000 m". Road Tunnels in Norway. Retrieved 2013-03-01.

External links

• Media related to Vardøtunnelen at Wikimedia Commons

• Vardø
• 1982 establishments in Norway
• Roads within the Arctic Circle
• Road tunnels in Finnmark
• Subsea tunnels in Norway
• Tunnels completed in 1982