Limfjord tunnel
| Limfjord tunnel | ||||
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 South entrance at Aalborg 2011
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| Official name | Limfjord tunnel | |||
| use | Motorway tunnel | |||
| traffic connection | Nordjyske Motorvej | |||
| place | Aalborg | |||
| length | 582 meters | |||
| vehicles per day | 65400 (as of 2008) | |||
| Number of tubes | 2 | |||
| construction | ||||
| building-costs | around 300 million DKR | |||
| start of building | 1965 | |||
| completion | 1969 | |||
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| operator | Vejdirektoratet | |||
| release | May 6, 1969 | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| North portal | 57 ° 3 ′ 29 " N , 9 ° 57 ′ 20" E | |||
| South portal | 57 ° 3 ′ 16 " N , 9 ° 57 ′ 45" E | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Limfjord Tunnel ( Danish : Limfjord Tunnel ) is a motorway tunnel in Denmark , which runs in the east from Aalborg under the Limfjord to Nørresundby . The underpass, which is up to 27 meters deep, is one of the three fixed crossings in the city that connect the Himmerland peninsula with the North Jutian island of Vendsyssel-Thy . The "North Jutian Motorway" (Nordjyske Motorvej) runs through the six-lane road tunnel, which runs from Bouet near Nørresundby to Søften near Aarhus and is part of European route 45 .
The Limfjord Tunnel, completed in 1969, is Denmark's first road tunnel. Around 22,000 vehicles drove through it every day in 2012. The connection including the ramps extends over a total length of 945 meters; the two tunnel portals are 582 meters apart. Above the tunnel, shipping crosses a fairway that is ten meters deep at an average water level of 140 meters.
history
Before the tunnel was built, cars passed the Limfjord Bridge to the west , which was the busiest road in Denmark in the 1960s. From 1951 to 1957 alone, the number of cars crossing doubled from 8,000 to 16,000. To relieve traffic over the bridge, construction of the Limfjord tunnel began in 1965. Intensive discussions preceded the construction, during which various solutions, including a high bridge, were proposed. Although the costs of the tunnel and the bridge did not differ significantly, the advantages of the tunnel were a smaller difference in height and a shorter connection to the road network. In addition, the possibility was seen of being able to use a tunnel as a shelter in disaster situations with radioactive fallout . The construction costs were estimated at 150 million Danish kroner , but in the end it amounted to twice as much.
On May 6, 1969, the tunnel was opened by the Danish King Friedrich IX. officially inaugurated. The celebrations lasted ten days and stretched on both sides of the Limfjord.
Web links
- Limfjordstunnelen fylder 40 år history of the tunnel (Danish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Vejdirektoratet : Limfjordstunnelen In Trafikken.dk , accessed on December 13, 2010 (Danish)
- ↑ a b c d e f Mette Frisk Jensen: Limfjordstunnelen fylder 40 år ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Aalborg Stadsarkiv , accessed on December 13, 2010 (Danish)
- ↑ Vejdirektoratet: Trafikken på det rutenummererede vejnet i 2008 ( Memento from May 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Kort 3 , accessed on December 13, 2010 (Danish)
- ↑ The Store Danske : Limfjordstunnelen , accessed on December 13, 2010 (Danish)
