Múlagöng

Múlagöng
	East portal of the tunnel 2010
use	Road traffic
traffic connection	Ólafsfjarðarvegur
place	Ólafsfjörður
length	3400 m
vehicles per day	682
Number of tubes	1
construction
start of building	1988
completion	1990
business
operator	Vegagerðin
release	March 1, 1991
location
Coordinates
West portal	66 ° 5 ′ 2 " N , 18 ° 36 ′ 23" W.
East portal	66 ° 4 ′ 24 " N , 18 ° 32 ′ 14" W.

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Múlagöng are a road tunnel in the northeast of Iceland . The tunnel is also called Ólafsfjarðargöng .

The Ólafsfjarðarvegur between Akureyri , Dalvík and Ólafsfjörður runs through this single-lane, poorly lit tunnel . The Múlagöng are 3400 meters long, opened in December 1990 and inaugurated on March 1, 1991. The tunnel passes under the 400 meter high Ólafsfjarðar múli , which separates the two fjords Ólafsfjörður and Eyjafjörður . This is where the name Múlagöng comes from . Before the tunnel was opened, the Múlavegur had led around Ólafsfjarðarmúli at a height of up to 200 since 1966. This road connection shortened the driving distance from Ólafsfjörður to Akureyri by 149 km. Previously, Ólafsfjörður was only accessible from the west via Siglufjarðarvegur .

Múlagöng

See also