Opera Tunnel
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Location | Oslo, Norway |
Coordinates | 59°54′20″N 10°45′11″E / 59.9056°N 10.7531°ECoordinates: 59°54′20″N 10°45′11″E / 59.9056°N 10.7531°E |
Route | European route E6 and European route E18 - Bjørvika Tunnel - Festning Tunnel - - |
Operation | |
Opened | 20 September 2010 |
Technical | |
Length | 5,767 metres (3.58 mi) |
The Opera Tunnel (Norwegian: Operatunnelen) is a motorway tunnel system under Oslo city center between Filipstad in the west and Ryen in the east. The tunnel consists of four parts built at different times. From west to east are the Festning Tunnel and Bjørvika Tunnel, which are part of European route E18, and the and , which make up a branch of European Route E6. Between the Bjørvika Tunnel and Ekeberg Tunnel is a 111-metre (364 ft) long stretch in the open. The signposted length is 5,767 m (3.58 mi) and the tunnels have a combined length of 15,938 m (9.903 mi).[1]
Opening of the tunnel[]
The tunnel was opened on 20 September 2010 when the Bjørvika Tunnel was opened and all of the tunnels were combined into the Opera Tunnel complex.
- Festning Tunnel opened in 1990.
- opened in 1995.
- opened in 2000.
- Bjørvika Tunnel/the Opera Tunnel were officially opened by King Harald V 17 September 2010.
The name Opera Tunnel was chosen by a poll of the readers of the newspaper Aften.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Vegkart". vegkart.atlas.vegvesen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ "Navnet blir Operatunnelen : Bygg.no - Byggeindustrien". Byggeindustrien (in Norwegian). 2016-03-07. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07.
- Tunnels completed in 2010
- Subsea tunnels in Norway
- Fjord City
- Road tunnels in Oslo
- European route E18 in Norway
- European route E6 in Norway
- 2010 establishments in Norway