The E39 Coastal Highway Route
The Storting has a long-term goal to develop the E39 as an improved and continuous Coastal Highway Route between Kristiansand and Trondheim.
NTP 2018-2029 presents a series of investments for the coming years. At the beginning of 2020, approx. 10 percent of the planned work on an improved and ferry-free E39 was completed, and in April 2020 the Eiganes tunnel in Stavanger opened.
Rogfast will be the first ferry replacement project. With its 26.7 kilometres, Rogfast will be the world’s longest subsea road tunnel, and also the deepest (392 metres). The project has a cost limit of NOK 16.8 billion, and construction is scheduled to be completed in 2033.
Planning work is underway on the fjord crossings over Bjørnafjorden and Langenuen south of Bergen (regulation plan), and over Nordfjord (municipal plan). The plans for the crossing of the Romsdalsfjord and Julsundet (Ålesund-Molde) have been approved. Technical work is underway for the crossing of the Sulafjord and the Halsafjord, including measurement of waves, currents and wind.
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