Norway gives green light to world s first ship tunnel2021|01:06
Construction on the world s first full-scale ship tunnel will soon get underway after the Norwegian government approved startup funds for the giant engineering project.The project known as the Stad Ship Tunnel is projected to cost around $350 million and will allow ships of up to 16,000 tonnes to navigate more safely through the notoriously stormy Stadhavet Sea.The tunnel itself will be 33 meters high and 36 meters wide, according to the Norwegian Coastal Administration.It will stretch 1.7 kilometers through the narrowest point of Norway s Stad Peninsula from Bergen to Alesund, allowing ships to bypass an area considered to be Norway s most dangerous shipping zone.The Norwegian Coastal Administration received an assignment letter from the Ministry of Transport and Communications, which gives a green light to start preparations for construction.If everything goes well, the tunnel will be complete in 2025 or 2026, the a
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World s first full-scale ship tunnel gets go ahead to be built in Norway
The 1.7-kilometre Stad Ship Tunnel, which will have a pair of stone entrances designed by Snøhetta, has been given the green light and construction is now set to begin in 2022.
Designed to make shipping safer along the west coast of Norway, the Stad Ship Tunnel will connect the Kjødepollen bay and Vanylvsfjorden so that cargo and passenger ships of up to 16,000 tonnes can avoid dangerous shipping routes around the Stad peninsula.
It is believed to be the first tunnel for large ships built anywhere in the world.