The Freifjord Tunnel () is a long

undersea tunnel An underwater tunnel is a tunnel which is partly or wholly constructed under the sea or a river. They are often used where building a bridge or operating a ferry link is unviable, or to provide competition or relief for existing bridges or ferry l ...

under the

Freifjorden Freifjorden is a fjord in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long fjord flows through Kristiansund Municipality, Tingvoll Municipality, and Gjemnes Municipality. The fjord begins near the island of Tustna and flows southwest between the islan ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The tunnel is part of the

Norwegian National Road 70 National Road 70 () is a long national highway that runs from the town of Kristiansund in Kristiansund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county and the village of Oppdal in Oppdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The road starts in ...

. The tunnel begins on the island of

Frei Frei may refer to: People * Frei family, a Chilean family formed by the descendants of Swiss Eduardo Frei Schlinz and Chilean Victoria Montalva Martínez * Frei (surname), a surname * Frei Otto, German architect Places Brazil * Frei Gaspar, a ...

Kristiansund Municipality Kristiansund (, ; historically spelled Christianssund and earlier named Fosna) is a municipality on the western coast of Norway in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of K ...

and then descends below the

and ends on the island of Bergsøya in

Gjemnes Municipality Gjemnes is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway on the Romsdal peninsula. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Batnfjordsøra, which lies along the Batnfjorden and it is a former steamship ...

. The tunnel opened in 1992 as part of the

Krifast The Kristiansund Mainland Connection ( or abbreviated ''Krifast'') is a road system consisting of the European route E39 highway and Norwegian National Road 70 that connects Kristiansund Municipality to the neighboring islands of Frei, Bergsøya ...

system which connects the city of

Kristiansund Kristiansund (, ; historically spelled Christianssund and earlier named Fosna) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality on the western coast of Norway in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal counties of Norway, county. The admin ...

to the mainland of Norway through this tunnel and then across either the

Bergsøysund Bridge The Bergsøysund Bridge () is a pontoon bridge that crosses the Bergsøysundet strait between the islands of Aspøya, Tingvoll, Aspøya (in Tingvoll Municipality) and Bergsøya, Gjemnes, Bergsøya (in Gjemnes Municipality) in Møre og Romsdal coun ...

or the

Gjemnessund Bridge The Gjemnessund Bridge () is a suspension bridge that crosses the Gjemnessundet strait between the mainland and the island of Bergsøya in Gjemnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The bridge was the longest suspension bridge in ...

from Bergsøya.

References

Buildings and structures in Kristiansund Gjemnes Road tunnels in Møre og Romsdal Subsea tunnels in Norway 1992 establishments in Norway Norwegian National Road 70 Tunnels completed in 1992 {{Norway-tunnel-stub