Overview | |
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Location | Vestland, Norway |
Coordinates | 60°25′11″N 7°13′32″E / 60.41972°N 7.22556°E |
Status | In use |
Route | Rv7 |
Start | Lake Måbø, Eidfjord |
End | Storegjel Gorge, Eidfjord |
Operation | |
Opened | 1986 |
Operator | Norwegian Public Roads Administration |
Character | Automotive |
Technical | |
Length | 1,893 meters (6,211 ft) |
Grade | 7% |
The Måbø Tunnel ( Norwegian: Måbøtunnelen) is a 1,893-meter (6,211 ft) [1] [2] tunnel along Norwegian National Road 7 in the municipality of Eidfjord in Vestland county, Norway. [3]
The tunnel is the longest [4] of the four tunnels [5] in the Måbø Valley. It was completed in 1984 [2] and was officially opened together with the other tunnels in 1986. [4] [6] The road and its tunnel system replaced the narrow and difficult road through the Måbø Valley that was opened in 1916. [4]
The old route through the Måbø Valley has been preserved as a hiking and cycling route. The route has been included in the National Protection Plan for Roads, Bridges, and Road-Related Cultural Heritage [7] and was protected by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage in 2009.
On August 15, 1988, a bus carrying schoolchildren and parents from Kista, Sweden suffered a brake failure in the Måbø Tunnel and drove into the tunnel wall. Sixteen people died in the accident, including 12 children 11 and 12 years old. [8]
Overview | |
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Location | Vestland, Norway |
Coordinates | 60°25′11″N 7°13′32″E / 60.41972°N 7.22556°E |
Status | In use |
Route | Rv7 |
Start | Lake Måbø, Eidfjord |
End | Storegjel Gorge, Eidfjord |
Operation | |
Opened | 1986 |
Operator | Norwegian Public Roads Administration |
Character | Automotive |
Technical | |
Length | 1,893 meters (6,211 ft) |
Grade | 7% |
The Måbø Tunnel ( Norwegian: Måbøtunnelen) is a 1,893-meter (6,211 ft) [1] [2] tunnel along Norwegian National Road 7 in the municipality of Eidfjord in Vestland county, Norway. [3]
The tunnel is the longest [4] of the four tunnels [5] in the Måbø Valley. It was completed in 1984 [2] and was officially opened together with the other tunnels in 1986. [4] [6] The road and its tunnel system replaced the narrow and difficult road through the Måbø Valley that was opened in 1916. [4]
The old route through the Måbø Valley has been preserved as a hiking and cycling route. The route has been included in the National Protection Plan for Roads, Bridges, and Road-Related Cultural Heritage [7] and was protected by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage in 2009.
On August 15, 1988, a bus carrying schoolchildren and parents from Kista, Sweden suffered a brake failure in the Måbø Tunnel and drove into the tunnel wall. Sixteen people died in the accident, including 12 children 11 and 12 years old. [8]