Frodeåsen Tunnel Explained

Frodeåsen Tunnel
Route:County Road 300
Location:Frodeåsen, Tønsberg, Norway
Coordinates:59.2822°N 10.4247°W
Start:Kjelle
End:Velle
Opened:13 March 2008
Owner:Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Length:1910m (6,270feet)

The Frodeåsen Tunnel (Norwegian: Frodeåstunnelen) is a 1910m (6,270feet) long twin-tube, four lane road tunnel in the town of Tønsberg in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The tunnel is part of County Road 300, and it runs through the large hill Frodeåsen between Kjelle and Velle north of the city center.[1] Built as part of the "Tønsberg Package", construction started on 28 October 2004 and the breakthrough was made on 9 March 2006.[2] The tunnel and the new County Road 300 opened on 13 March 2008, creating a bypass road north of the town of Tønsberg.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 25 August 2009 . Fv. 300 Ringveg nord . dead . https://archive.today/20120311064003/http://www.vegvesen.no/Vegprosjekter/Tonsbergpakken/Bakgrunn/Historikk . 11 March 2012 . 11 March 2012 . . Norwegian.
  2. Web site: 7 October 2010 . Historikk . live . https://archive.today/20120311063824/http://www.vegvesen.no/Vegprosjekter/Tonsbergpakken/Fv300RingvegNord . 11 March 2012 . 11 March 2012 . . Norwegian.