- Eiksund Tunnel
The Eiksund tunnel (Norwegian: "Eiksundsambandet") is an undersea tunnel between the municipalities of
Volda andUlstein inMøre og Romsdal county inNorway . The tunnel, which joins the island ofHareidlandet with mainlandNorway , serves the municipalities ofHerøy ,Sande ,Ulstein ,Hareid ,Ørsta andVolda which together have over 40,000 inhabitants.The tunnel is convert|7765|m|ft|0|abbr=on long and convert|287|m|ft|0|abbr=on deep, which makes it the deepest undersea tunnel of its kind in the world.The tunnel was opened for public traffic in February 2008. The convert|405|m|ft|0|abbr=on long
Eiksund Bridge and the convert|1160|m|ft|0|abbr=on longHelgehorn Tunnel were built along with the tunnel. These three structures are a part of Riksvei 653, a county highway that links Riksvei 61 between Ulstein and Herøy to Europavei 39 between Ørsta and Volda.[http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/eiksund/index.html#eiksund1 Road Traffic Technology - Eiksund Undersea Tunnel]
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