Innfjord Tunnel
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The Innfjord Tunnel is a 6594 metres (21,633.9 ft) long road tunnel
Tunnel
A tunnel is an underground passageway, completely enclosed except for openings for egress, commonly at each end.A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic, for rail traffic, or for a canal. Some tunnels are aqueducts to supply water for consumption or for hydroelectric stations or are sewers...

 between Gridset near Innfjorden
Innfjorden
Innfjorden is a village in the municipality of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is situated about southwest of Åndalsnes and southeast of Voll along the European Route E136...

 to Veblugsnes on European Route E136
European route E136
European route E 136 is a European highway which goes from Ålesund up through the Romsdal valley and crossing into the upper Gudbrandsdal valley to end at Dombås...

 in Rauma
Rauma
-Other:* Rauma dialect* Rauma class missile boat, a class of Finnish Fast Attack Craft* HNoMS Rauma , the second ship of the Norwegian Otra class minesweepers...

, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It opened in 1991 and replaced a narrow and windy section of the E136 along the Romsdalsfjord
Romsdalsfjord
Romsdalsfjord is the ninth longest fjord in Norway. It is long and located in the Romsdal district of Møre og Romsdal county. It flows through the municipalities of Midsund, Haram, Vestnes, Molde, Nesset, and Rauma...

which was closed in 1989 after a landslide killed one person. During construction, there was a temporary ferry service from Åndalsnes to Innfjorden.
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