Svartis Tunnel
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 The southwest entrance to the Svartis Tunnel | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | Meløy, Norway |
| Coordinates | 66°46′02″N 13°57′35″E / 66.7672°N 13.9597°E |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 16 October 1986 |
| Technical | |
| Length | 7,624 metres (4.737 mi) |
| Tunnel clearance | 4.2 metres (14 ft) |
| Width | 5 metres (16 ft) |
Svartis Tunnel (Norwegian: Svartistunnelen) is a road tunnel in Meløy, Nordland county, Norway. The tunnel is part of Norwegian County Road 17. It is 7,614 metres (8,327 yd) long, opened in 1986, and stretches between Kilvik and Fykanvatnet under part of the Svartisen glacier.[1]
The Svartis Tunnel is closed to pedestrians and cyclists due to the danger of exhaust in the tunnel. The alternative route for cyclists is the ferry between Vassdalsvik and Ørnes.[2] The ferry route was part of County Road 17 prior to the tunnel being opened.
The Svartis Tunnel was Norway's longest road tunnel, and the longest in Northern Europe, at the time it was opened.[1] Today it is the fourth-longest tunnel in Nordland county, after Toven Tunnel, Korgfjell Tunnel, and Steigen Tunnel.
The tunnel was the first in Norway to be made with the use of a tunnel boring machine with a diameter of 6.25 metres (20.5 ft).[3] This makes it too narrow to have a center line.
Similarly to many other tunnels in Norway, the Svartis Tunnel is plagued by condensation. This can lead to dangerous situations when vehicles' windshields suddenly fog when entering a tunnel.[4][5]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "Kraftverk: Svartisen". Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Sykle langs Kystriksveien". Visit Bodø (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Færøyvik, Frode. Fra feisel til fullprofil: fjellsprengere i samfunnets tjeneste (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk forening for fjellsprengningsteknikk. ISBN 8299195209. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Wold, Kjell (17 February 2005). "Vegen og Vi nr.3-2005" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statens vegvesen. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ Lervåg, Lone-Eirin (14 January 2005). "Kartlegging av faktorer som kan ha betydning for kondensdannelse i tunneler" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Sintef. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2016.