Norway to build world’s first sea tunnel

Plans have been unveiled to build the world’s first sea tunnel for ships. The $314 million Stad Tunnel will bypass the Stad peninsula, a storm-battered area in western Norway


STAD TUNNEL

Project start: 2019

Duration: 3-4 years

Moldefjord

Tunnel detail

1.7km

500m 1600ft

Kjødspollen

ROCK

CONCRETE

49m

3 million m3 of rock will be removed (weighing 8 million tonnes) using conventional blasting and drilling techniques

Walkway

Vessels: Up to 16,000 gross tonnage will be accommodated

SEA

36m

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500km 300 miles

NORWAY

SWEDEN

FINLAND

Oslo

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Stad peninsula

5km 3 miles

Selje

Cutaway diagram

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Sources: Norwegian Coastal Administration, Fairplay, Google Earth, wire agencies 

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