Arnardalshamar Tunnel Explained
The Arnardalshamar Tunnel is a tunnel in Iceland, located in Westfjords along Route 61. It has a length of 300NaN0 and was opened in 1948.[1] It was the first manmade tunnel in Iceland and it is also the shortest.[2] [3] [4] It cuts through a basalt dike known as Arnardalshamar, between Skutulsfjörður and Álftafjörður.[5] The tunnel was widened to 8.50NaN0 in 1995.[6]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Road Tunnels in Iceland . November 3, 2010 . Merzagora . Eugenio . June 2006 . The World's Longest Tunnel Page . July 28, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200728181444/http://www.lotsberg.net/data/iceland/list.html . dead .
- News: Emilía Dagný Sveinbjörnsdóttir . Hver eru lengstu göng Íslands? . March 4, 2022 . visindavefur.is . . April 30, 2004 . Icelandic.
- News: Jarðgöngin komin í gegnum Arnarneshamar . March 4, 2022 . . December 11, 1948 . 1 . Icelandic.
- News: Fyrstu jarðgöng á Íslandi . March 4, 2022 . . August 24, 1949 . 9 . Icelandic.
- Web site: A delightful Visit to Ísafjörður - the Capital City of the Westfjords of Iceland . May 31, 2022.
- Web site: A Visit to Súðavík Village and Langeyri in the Westfjords of Iceland . May 31, 2022.
