The Steigen Tunnel ( no, Steigentunnelen) is a

road tunnel A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, and enclosed except for the entrance and exit, commonly at each end. A pipeline is not a tunnel, though some recent tunnels have used immersed tube const ...

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The long tunnel is located on the

Norwegian County Road 835 Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

highway in the municipalities of

Hamarøy Hamarøy ( smj, Hábmer) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oppeid. Other villages include Drag, Innhavet, Karlsøy, ...

and

Steigen Steigen ('stejgen) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Leinesfjord. Other villages include Bogen, Leines, Nordfold, N ...

. The tunnel begins at the village of

Tømmerneset Tømmerneset is a village in the municipality of Hamarøy Hamarøy ( smj, Hábmer) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of ...

in Hamarøy and heads northwest through the Veggfjellan mountain to the northwest, exiting the mountain at the Forsan farm. The tunnel is wide and has an interior height of about . The tunnel was completed in 1990 and from 1990 until 2005, it was the longest road tunnel in Nordland county. The Steigen Tunnel gave Steigen municipality a ferry-free road connection. The tunnel replaced the ferries between

Skutvika Skutvika or Skutvik is a small village in the municipality of Hamarøy in Nordland county, Norway. The village is situated at the southwestern extreme of the Hamarøya peninsula, about north of the town of Bodø, southwest of the town of Nar ...

and

Leirvikbogen Leirvikbogen or simply Bogen is a village in the municipality of Steigen in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about northeast of the municipal centre of Leinesfjorden. The Engeløy Bridges connect Bogen to the nearby island of Engeløya ...

and between Røsvika and

Nordfold Nordfold is a village in Steigen Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village of Nordfold lies along the Nordfolda, a northern branch of the main Folda fjord. It lies about east of the municipal centre of Leinesfjorden. It is the l ...

. Like many other tunnels in Norway, the Steigen Tunnel is plagued with

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problems. The condensation can lead to dangerous situations because car windows will suddenly fog up when one enters the tunnel.

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