Kjørbo Tunnel
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The Kjørbo Tunnel is the name of a road tunnel that runs through the hill Kjørbokollen west of Sandvika
in Norway. It forms a part of the European route E16
, the route branching off of the European route E18
immediately after the tunnel's southern entrance. It was opened in 1991, and was financed by Oslo Package 1
.
Sandvika
is the administrative centre of the municipality of Bærum in Norway. It was declared a city by the municipal council in Bærum on 4 June 2003.Sandvika is situated approximately west of Oslo. It is the main transportation hub for Western Bærum, and has a combined bus and railway station. Sandvika is...
in Norway. It forms a part of the European route E16
European route E16
European route E 16 is the designation of a main west-east road through Northern Ireland, Scotland and Norway, from Derry to Oslo, via Glasgow, Edinburgh, previously by ferry to Bergen, Voss, through the Gudvanga Tunnel, Lærdal, through the Lærdal Tunnel, over Filefjell to Fagernes, Hønefoss,...
, the route branching off of the European route E18
European route E18
European route E18 runs from Craigavon in the United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg in Russia, passing through Norway, Sweden, and Finland. It is about 1,890 km in length.-United Kingdom:...
immediately after the tunnel's southern entrance. It was opened in 1991, and was financed by Oslo Package 1
Oslo Package 1
Oslo Package 1 was a political agreement and plan for introducing an urban toll ring around Oslo, Norway, and making 31 investments to road infrastructure in Oslo and Akershus. The package was approved in 1988, and toll charges were introduced in 1990. It was supplemented by Oslo Package 2, which...
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