Finnøy Tunnel
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The Finnøy Tunnel, also known as the Finnøy Fixed Link or Finnfast, is an underwater road tunnel that connects the islands of Finnøy
and Talgje
to the mainland at Rennesøy
in Norway
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Located on County Road 519, the tunnel opened on 30 October 2009 and cost . It is 6700 metres (21,981.6 ft) long, including the branch to Talgje.
Finnøy
Finnøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is an island community located in Boknafjorden, 13 nautical miles north of Stavanger.The parish of Finnø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...
and Talgje
Talgje
Talgje is a populated island in the municipality of Finnøy, Norway. Talgje church dating from c.1100 is located here.To disambiguate from another island named Talgje, located in the Sjernarøy island group, Talgje in Finnøy is sometimes called Sør-Talgje .Talgje also have a ferry over to Ladstein,...
to the mainland at Rennesøy
Rennesøy
Rennesøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the region of Ryfylke. The administrative center is the village of Vikevåg....
in 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...
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Located on County Road 519, the tunnel opened on 30 October 2009 and cost . It is 6700 metres (21,981.6 ft) long, including the branch to Talgje.