The Stordal Tunnel () is a long

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Fjord Municipality Fjord is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnmøre. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stordal. Other villages in the municipality include Valldal, E ...

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county,

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. The tunnel is located on

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, on the eastern shore of the Storfjorden. The tunnel goes through the mountain ''Stamneshornet'' between the village of Dyrkorn on the north end and it exits the mountain about northwest of the village of

Stordal Stordal means "large valley" in Norwegian. It may refer to: Places *Stordal Municipality, a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway *Stordal (village), a village in Fjord Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Stordal Chu ...

. The tunnel was officially opened on 27 June 1998 by Prime Minister

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. The tunnel was part of a project to replace the old, narrow,

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-prone road that followed the shoreline of the fjord. The old road also included a short long tunnel section. Neither the old road nor the old tunnel are used anymore since the new tunnel provides a safer and shorter drive. This is the third in a series of three tunnels connecting

Sjøholt Sjøholt is a village in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the northern shore of the Storfjorden, about east of the village of Skodje. The village of Stordal (in Fjord Municipality) is locat ...

(in

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) to the village of

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Fjord (municipality) Road tunnels in Møre og Romsdal {{Norway-tunnel-stub