In which country is the Laerdal Tunnel, the longest road tunnel in the world?
"Gudvanga Tunnel The Gudvanga Tunnel ( or ) is located in the municipality of Aurland in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The tunnel connects the village of Gudvangen, at the head of the Nærøyfjord, with the Undredalen valley and is part of European Route E16. At in length, it is Norway's second longest road tunnel. It was opened on 17 December 1991. After passing through the Gudvanga Tunnel, drivers pass through a number of other tunnels. About east of the eastern exit from the Gudvanga Tunnel a new tunnel begins: the long Flenja Tunnel which ends at Flåm. Approximately after"
"were the tunnels between Gudvangen and Lærdal which total around 43 km, finished 2000. European route E16 European route E 16 is the designation of a main west-east road through Northern Ireland, Scotland, Norway and Sweden, from Derry to Gävle, via Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, previously by ferry to Bergen, Voss, through the Gudvanga Tunnel and the Lærdal Tunnel (the world's longest road tunnel), Lærdal, over Filefjell to Fagernes, Hønefoss, Gardermoen and Kongsvinger. In Sweden it passes Malung, Falun and ends in Gävle. In Northern Ireland, it follows the A6 from Derry to Randalstown, then the M22 and M2 to Belfast."
"Roertunnel The Roertunnel is a 2.45 km long land tunnel in Roermond, Netherlands. Currently it is the longest land tunnel for road traffic in the Netherlands and upon final completion, it will be compliant to the 2014 safety standard for tunnels in the Netherlands. The tunnel is a part of the A73-south highway, connecting the A73-north in Venlo to the A2 near Echt. Since the highway is directly in the path of urban and protected environmental areas in Roermond, the tunnel has been constructed to lead the traffic underneath East Roermond's urban area, the Roerdal environmental protected zone, and the"
"European route E16 European route E 16 is the designation of a main west-east road through Northern Ireland, Scotland, Norway and Sweden, from Derry to Gävle, via Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, previously by ferry to Bergen, Voss, through the Gudvanga Tunnel and the Lærdal Tunnel (the world's longest road tunnel), Lærdal, over Filefjell to Fagernes, Hønefoss, Gardermoen and Kongsvinger. In Sweden it passes Malung, Falun and ends in Gävle. In Northern Ireland, it follows the A6 from Derry to Randalstown, then the M22 and M2 to Belfast. In Scotland it follows the M8 from Glasgow to Edinburgh. E16 meets the E01"
"the tenth longest road tunnel in the world. The French section is managed by the French company SFTRF, and the Italian section by the Italian firm SITAF. (The French politician Pierre Dumas was chairman of SFTRF from 1962 to 1989). The tunnel can be reached from the Italian side by the A32 Torino-Bardonecchia motorway, or by SS335 from Oulx, which joins SS24 (“del Monginevro”), and reaches Bardonecchia after 20 km. From the French side, it can be reached by the A43 (‘’l’Autoroute de la Maurienne’’) from Lyon and Chambéry. A toll is charged to all traffic. Over 20 million vehicles"
"of the tunnel. Today, the tunnels are still only partially opened awaiting the final test phase for final opening. This final stage will cause a 9 week closure of the tunnel for extensive testing of all safety measures. The closure was scheduled to take place on 5 January 2009 but has been postponed. Roertunnel The Roertunnel is a 2.45 km long land tunnel in Roermond, Netherlands. Currently it is the longest land tunnel for road traffic in the Netherlands and upon final completion, it will be compliant to the 2014 safety standard for tunnels in the Netherlands. The tunnel is"
"Hell Tunnel The Hell Tunnel () is a long road tunnel in Trøndelag county, Norway. The tunnel is located along the shared section of the European route E6 and European route E14 motorways that runs through the mountain Gjevingåsen between the villages of Hommelvik in Malvik municipality and Hell in Stjørdal municipality. The tunnel was opened on 18 October 1995 and is the longest of the four tunnels between Trondheim and Stjørdal. It used to have a toll plaza on the southeast side of the tunnel, but now it is all automated, just as with several other tunnels in Norway."
"Tunnel, running from Ellewoutsdijk (mun. Borsele) in Zuid-Beveland to Terneuzen in Zeelandic Flanders. It is the longest road traffic tunnel in the Netherlands. The toll (2012) is €5,00 for cars and €2,50 for motorcycles. Prior to 2011, the charge for motorcycles was the same as for cars but it was reduced following protests. There is a single toll station for both directions, located on the north bank. Pedestrians, cyclists, and moped riders are not allowed in the tunnel and must travel by bus. The double-decker car ferries that serviced the two Western Scheldt crossings until 2003 were sold to Italian"
"Gotthard Road Tunnel The Gotthard Road Tunnel in Switzerland runs from Göschenen in the canton of Uri at its northern portal, to Airolo in Ticino to the south, and is in length below the St Gotthard Pass, a major pass of the Alps. At time of construction, in 1980, it was the longest road tunnel in the world; it is currently the ninth-longest. Although it is a motorway tunnel, part of the A2 from Basel to Chiasso, it consists of only one bidirectional tube with two lanes. With a maximum elevation of at the tunnel's highest point, the A2 motorway"
"Ryggedal Tunnel The Ryggedal Tunnel (, also known as the Bø Tunnel, ) is a road tunnel that is part of Norwegian County Road 820 in the municipalities of Bø and Øksnes in Nordland county, Norway. The tunnel is long. Work on the tunnel was begun in 1977 under the leadership of the engineer Edward Pegg, and the tunnel was opened on October 17, 1980. Built at a cost of NOK 35.5. million, this was the most expensive tunnel project in Norway until that time and also the most difficult. One-sixth of the tunnel has molded concrete vaulting. The tunnel"
"approved. The actual upgrade mining of the second road tunnel would last from 2020 to 2027 at a cost of 2.7 billion francs for the whole project including the following reconstruction of the first tunnel. Gotthard Road Tunnel The Gotthard Road Tunnel in Switzerland runs from Göschenen in the canton of Uri at its northern portal, to Airolo in Ticino to the south, and is in length below the St Gotthard Pass, a major pass of the Alps. At time of construction, in 1980, it was the longest road tunnel in the world; it is currently the ninth-longest. Although it"
"Vielha Tunnel The Vielha tunnel (Aranese: , Catalan and ) is a road tunnel in north-west Catalonia, connecting Vielha, the capital of the Aran valley, with the Alta Ribagorça comarca. It is part of the N-230 road and consists of two parallel tunnels. The older one, named Alfonso XIII Tunnel in honour of Spanish king Alfonso XIII, was opened in 1948 and became the longest road tunnel in the world, with a length of 5240 metres, until 1964, when the Great St Bernard Tunnel was inaugurated. The new tunnel, named Juan Carlos I Tunnel in honour of the Spanish king"
"tunnel to Tynjadalen. The Lærdal Tunnel is the first in the world to be equipped with an air treatment plant, located in a wide cavern about northwest of Aurlandsvangen. The plant removes both dust and nitrogen dioxide from the tunnel air. Two large fans draw air through the treatment plant, where dust and soot are removed by an electrostatic filter. Then the air is drawn through a large carbon filter which removes the nitrogen dioxide. Lærdal Tunnel The Lærdal Tunnel () is a long road tunnel connecting Lærdal and Aurland in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway and located approximately north-east of"
"Rennsteig Tunnel Rennsteig Tunnel (German: Rennsteigtunnel) is the longest road tunnel in Germany with a length of 7,878 meters (4.919 mi). The Rennsteig Tunnel is part of the motorway Autobahn A 71 between Gräfenroda and Oberhof in Thuringia. It is also called the ""Christiane Tunnel"" for its ""godmother"" Christiane Herzog, wife of the former German President Roman Herzog. The tunnel was built between 26 June 1998 and 5 July 2003, when it was opened by German chancellor Gerhard Schröder. It was part of the traffic project ""German unity"" (""""Verkehrsprojekt Deutsche Einheit"""") and cost 210 million euros. The German automobile club"
"October 2009. The tunnel was opened on 7 September 2012 by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. The project cost almost . For the first 15 years of its use (until 2027), there is a toll for using the tunnel: for small vehicles and for large vehicles. Jondal Tunnel The Jondal Tunnel () is a road tunnel in the Hardanger region of Hordaland county, Norway. The tunnel is part of Norwegian County Road 107. The long tunnel was built to offer a better route between the cities of Bergen and Oslo. Cars can drive from Bergen to Tørvikbygda, then take a ferry"
"ADAC voted the Rennsteig Tunnel in 2004 as Europe's safest tunnel. Rennsteig Tunnel Rennsteig Tunnel (German: Rennsteigtunnel) is the longest road tunnel in Germany with a length of 7,878 meters (4.919 mi). The Rennsteig Tunnel is part of the motorway Autobahn A 71 between Gräfenroda and Oberhof in Thuringia. It is also called the ""Christiane Tunnel"" for its ""godmother"" Christiane Herzog, wife of the former German President Roman Herzog. The tunnel was built between 26 June 1998 and 5 July 2003, when it was opened by German chancellor Gerhard Schröder. It was part of the traffic project ""German unity"" (""""Verkehrsprojekt"
"Romerike Tunnel The Romerike Tunnel () is a railway tunnel in Norway between Oslo and Lillestrøm. It is the longest railway tunnel in Norway and forms the first section of the Gardermoen Line. It is double track and electrified, permitting speeds of . Construction started in 1994, with plans to open with the rest of the Gardermoen Line and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen on 8 October 1998. Due to serious leakage from Lutvann and several other lakes, it did not open until 22 August 1999. The leaks increased the cost of the tunnel from to NOK 1.8 billion. The main contractor"
"Summit Tunnel Summit Tunnel in England is one of the world's oldest railway tunnels. It was constructed between 1838 and 1841 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company to provide a direct line between Leeds and Manchester. When built, Summit Tunnel was the longest railway tunnel in the world. The tunnel, between Littleborough and Walsden near Todmorden, was bored beneath the Pennines, a natural obstruction to most forms of traffic. The tunnel is just over long and carries two standard-gauge tracks in a single horseshoe-shaped tube, approximately wide and high. Summit Tunnel was designed by the civil engineer Thomas Longridge"
"Arlberg Road Tunnel The Arlberg Road Tunnel (), with a length of 13,976 metres is Austria's longest road tunnel. When it was inaugurated it was the longest road tunnel in the world. It carries the S16 Arlberg Schnellstraße (German for ""Arlberg Highway"") under the Arlberg massif from Tyrol to Vorarlberg. The tunnel is 1228 m (4,030 feet) above sea level with the road above the tunnel being 1640 m (5,400 feet) elevation. It was built between July 1974 and December 1978 and its costs amounted to 4 billion Austrian schillings (~300 million €). The tunnel is designed for 1800 vehicles"
"August 1999. Romerike Tunnel The Romerike Tunnel () is a railway tunnel in Norway between Oslo and Lillestrøm. It is the longest railway tunnel in Norway and forms the first section of the Gardermoen Line. It is double track and electrified, permitting speeds of . Construction started in 1994, with plans to open with the rest of the Gardermoen Line and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen on 8 October 1998. Due to serious leakage from Lutvann and several other lakes, it did not open until 22 August 1999. The leaks increased the cost of the tunnel from to NOK 1.8 billion. The"
"the sale of the tunnel and secondly to make the tunnel toll free. Western Scheldt Tunnel Western Scheldt Tunnel () is a tunnel in the Netherlands that carries highway N62 under the Western Scheldt estuary between Ellewoutsdijk and Terneuzen. It is the longest tunnel for highway traffic in The Netherlands. The tunnel was built by a consortium of Franki Construct, Heijmans, Royal BAM Group, Philipp Holzmann, TBI Beton- en Waterbouw Voormolen and Wayss & Freytag on behalf of NV Westerscheldetunnel (the Western Scheldt Tunnel Company), which is 100% owned by the province of Zeeland. The tunnel was opened on 14"
"north-south line in Switzerland. It was opened in 1882. In this category it is no longer the record-holder. The Seikan Tunnel in Japan and the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France are both in excess of . Under construction since 2002 and opened on 1 June 2016, the Gotthard Base Tunnel (a second rail tunnel, long), is the world's longest. It was built for the use of trains travelling from northern Switzerland to the Ticino area and beyond. The Gotthard Tunnel is the core and culminating point of the A2 motorway in Switzerland, running south from Basel through"
"Western Scheldt Tunnel Western Scheldt Tunnel () is a tunnel in the Netherlands that carries highway N62 under the Western Scheldt estuary between Ellewoutsdijk and Terneuzen. It is the longest tunnel for highway traffic in The Netherlands. The tunnel was built by a consortium of Franki Construct, Heijmans, Royal BAM Group, Philipp Holzmann, TBI Beton- en Waterbouw Voormolen and Wayss & Freytag on behalf of NV Westerscheldetunnel (the Western Scheldt Tunnel Company), which is 100% owned by the province of Zeeland. The tunnel was opened on 14 March 2003. Since then, the two automobile ferry lines Flushing-Breskens and Kruiningen-Perkpolder, operated"
"are also plans for a light rail system further south in the region of Nord-Jæren. The most important national routes are part of the European route scheme, and the most prominent are the E39 going north-south through the entire region. National and county roads are managed by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. The E39 road passes through the cities, connecting from Trondheim to Aalborg. The E16 road to Oslo passes through the Lærdalstunnelen, the longest road tunnel in the world. Fast ferries operate many places where fjords and islands make it quicker to follow the waterways than the roads; some"
"the northernmost public road tunnel in the world. Honningsvåg Tunnel The Honningsvåg Tunnel () is a road tunnel on the island of Magerøya in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located slightly north of the undersea North Cape Tunnel, and it is part of the European route E69 highway. The long tunnel opened in 1999, at the same time as the North Cape Tunnel, as part of a large project to connect the mainland of Norway to North Cape. This tunnel goes through a large mountain called ""Honningsvågfjellet"" west of the town of Honningsvåg. The wide tunnel has"
"Jondal Tunnel The Jondal Tunnel () is a road tunnel in the Hardanger region of Hordaland county, Norway. The tunnel is part of Norwegian County Road 107. The long tunnel was built to offer a better route between the cities of Bergen and Oslo. Cars can drive from Bergen to Tørvikbygda, then take a ferry to Jondal, then go through this tunnel, then a short drive to the Folgefonna Tunnel before getting to the town of Odda. From there it is a short drive to the European route E134 highway which leads to Oslo. Work on the tunnel began in"
"Stordal Tunnel The Stordal Tunnel () is a long road tunnel in Stordal Municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The tunnel is located on Norwegian County Road 650, on the eastern shore of the Storfjorden. The tunnel goes through the mountain ""Stamneshornet"" between the village of Dyrkorn on the north end and it exits the mountain about northwest of the village of Stordal. The tunnel was officially opened on 27 June 1998 by Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik. The tunnel was part of a project to replace the old, narrow, avalanche-prone road that followed the shoreline of the fjord. The"
"Tohid Tunnel Tohid (or Towheed) Tunnel is a tunnel in Tehran, Iran, the third longest urban tunnel in the Middle East. Towheed Tunnel Project is an urban underground structure, located within the area of Chamran Highway, Towheed Square, Jomhouri Square, and Navab Highway, with a length of about 3 km (Tunnel + entry ramps). Tohid Tunnel broke construction records when it was opened in less than 30 months. The interior designs met the highest safety requirements. It includes installation of utilities equipment in the Tunnel, and manufacture and mobilization of north and south fans combined ventilation equipment, and control building"
"Buskerud county). The lakes Eldrevatnet, Juklevatnet, and Øljusjøen are located along the southeastern border, south of the mountain Høgeloft. The ""Lærdalstunnel"" was built through the Aurlandsfjell mountains dividing Aurland from Lærdal. The tunnel is the worlds longest () at . Construction began in 1995 and was completed in 2000. The River Lærdalselvi was traditionally one of the most exclusive salmon and sea trout rivers in Norway. Known by the Norwegian King Harald V as his second Queen, the river has established Lærdal as one of the meccas of salmon and sea trout fly fishing, among others for the unusual fact"
"Las Raíces Tunnel Las Raíces Tunnel () is a road tunnel in Chile. It is the longest of the very few tunnels in the southern Andes and is the second longest of South America (after the 2006 inauguration of the long tunnel ""Fernando Gómez Martínez"" in Colombia). It is located about 700 km south of Santiago de Chile on the paved Route 181-CH connecting the city of Temuco with the pass Pino Hachado towards Argentina. As such, the tunnel serves as a link between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, from Lebu in Chile to Bahía Blanca in Argentina. It is"
"eight years, with an investment of more than 32 million Chilean pesos of that time. It is 4.2 m wide and 5.6 m high. A railway operated through it from 1956 till 1990s. Las Raíces Tunnel Las Raíces Tunnel () is a road tunnel in Chile. It is the longest of the very few tunnels in the southern Andes and is the second longest of South America (after the 2006 inauguration of the long tunnel ""Fernando Gómez Martínez"" in Colombia). It is located about 700 km south of Santiago de Chile on the paved Route 181-CH connecting the city of"
"levels, including for the television series ""American Gothic"" and the movie ""Highwaymen"". Due to repair work on the tunnel's ceiling tiles, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation began daily closures of the westbound tube in April 2018 outside of morning rush hour. The repairs are an interim measure and a tender for full rehabilitation of the tunnel was issued by the Ministry on April 4, 2018. Thorold Tunnel The Thorold Tunnel is an underwater tunnel in Thorold, Ontario, Canada carrying Highway 58 underneath the Welland Canal. Built between 1965 and 1967, the tunnel is 840 metres in length and consists of"
"Naustdal Tunnel The Naustdal Tunnel () is a road tunnel connecting the municipalities of Flora and Naustdal in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The long tunnel is part of the Norwegian National Road 5 highway which connects the towns of Florø and Førde by going through the Ramsdalsheia mountains. The northern end of the tunnel is located about southeast of the village of Eikefjord and the southern end of the tunnel is located on the northern edge of the village of Naustdal. Work on the tunnel began in 1993 to replace the old road that went over the mountains. The"