Vágar tunnel
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| use | Road tunnel | |||
| length | 4900 m | |||
| construction | ||||
| Client | Vágatunnilin pf | |||
| building-costs | 240 million crowns | |||
| start of building | September 8, 2000 | |||
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| toll | Yes | |||
| release | December 10, 2002 | |||
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| Vágar | 62 ° 5 ′ 57 ″ N , 7 ° 6 ′ 59 ″ W. | |||
| Streymoy | 62 ° 7 '24 " N , 7 ° 2' 35" W. | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Vágar Tunnel ( Faroese : Vágatunnilin ) runs under the Vestmanna Sound between the islands of Streymoy and Vágar and connects Tórshavn , the capital of the Faroe Islands , with Vágar Airport . Until the opening of the Norðoyatunnilin , it was the longest of the tunnels in the Faroe Islands .
The Vágar tunnel replaces the ferry from Vestmanna to Vágar and costs a toll that corresponds to the previous ferry price. The fact that you only pay per car and not per person has made the journey cheaper. The tunnel reduces travel time by one hour compared to the ferry crossing. The shuttle bus from Tórshavn to the airport takes one hour.
Technical specifications
- Length: 4.9 kilometers
- Width: 10 meters
- Lane width: 7 meters (two lanes; with emergency bays)
- Lowest point: 105 meters below sea level
- Start of construction: September 28, 2000 on Streymoy, September 27, 2001 on Vágar
- Opening: December 10, 2002
- Client: Vágatunnilin pf ( joint stock company founded in 1999 )
- Rubble: 327,000 cubic meters of basalt
- Explosives used: 850 tons
- Installed concrete for sealing: 1,000 tons
- Cost: 240 million Faroese crowns
- Løgting's grant : 160 million kr.
- Set of stamps from 2003 relating to the Vágatunnilin construction project
Web links
- Tunnil.fo tunnel homepage (Faroese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b You have to pay toll to use the sub-sea tunnels in the Faroe Islands. Tunnil, accessed December 2, 2019 .