{"id":15495,"date":"2024-03-05T12:12:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=15495"},"modified":"2024-03-05T12:12:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:12:05","slug":"norway-breakthrough-was-marked-in-the-astunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=15495","title":{"rendered":"Norway &#8211; Breakthrough Was Marked in the \u00c5stunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The twin tube \u00c5stunnel in Levanger municipality on the E6 between Kvithammar and \u00c5sen witnessed a remrkable breakthrough on 29 February at exactly 3 p.m. Nye Veier is the developer for the new E6 between Kvithammar and \u00c5sen in Tr\u00f8ndelag and the general contractor for the project is <a href=\"https:\/\/akh.no\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H\u00e6hre Entrepren\u00f8r AS<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With two runs and two lanes in each direction, The \u00c5stunnel is 2,100 metres, and it has taken almost 1.5 years&#8217; driving time from commence to finish, and H\u00e6hre started driving the tunnel on 12 October 2023.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Including seven breakdown areas for vehicles for use in an emergency, this tunnel has eight cross connections with the escape between the tunnel runs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following completion of the \u00c5stunnel, over than 330,000 m 3 of rock will have been removed. The team used 1 million kg of explosives, divided into an estimated 900 volleys.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Four lanes and a speed limit of 110 km\/h will be the features of this new motorway, while the stretch is approx. 19 km, of which 12 are in tunnels. Considering that the four lanes, double tunnel runs as well as an increased speed limit will provide better accessibility, it decreased travel time and more predictability for road users. The new road will also increase traffic safety. In August 2023, the final breakthrough in the Forbordsfjelltunnel in Stj\u00f8rdal municipality was reachied and the entire E6 road stretch from Kvithammar to \u00c5sen is planned to be opened in 2027. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The twin tube \u00c5stunnel in Levanger municipality on the E6 between Kvithammar and \u00c5sen witnessed a remrkable breakthrough on 29 February at exactly 3 p.m. Nye Veier is the developer for the new E6 between Kvithammar and \u00c5sen in Tr\u00f8ndelag and the general contractor for the project is H\u00e6hre Entrepren\u00f8r AS. With two runs and two lanes in each direction, The \u00c5stunnel is 2,100 metres, and it has taken almost 1.5 years&#8217; driving time from commence to finish, and H\u00e6hre started driving the tunnel on 12 October 2023. Including seven breakdown areas for vehicles for use in an emergency, this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,43],"tags":[3802,152,3803,244,47],"class_list":["post-15495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-project-show-case","tag-astunnel-project","tag-breakthrough","tag-e6","tag-norway","tag-tunneling","post--single"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}