Måbø_Tunnel
Måbø Tunnel
Norwegian Tunnel
The Måbø Tunnel (Norwegian: Måbøtunnelen) is a 1,893-meter (6,211 ft)[1][2] tunnel along Norwegian National Road 7 in the municipality of Eidfjord in Vestland county, Norway.[3]
The tunnel is the longest[4] of the four tunnels[5] in the Måbø Valley. It was completed in 1984[2] and was officially opened together with the other tunnels in 1986.[4][6] The road and its tunnel system replaced the narrow and difficult road through the Måbø Valley that was opened in 1916.[4]
The old route through the Måbø Valley has been preserved as a hiking and cycling route. The route has been included in the National Protection Plan for Roads, Bridges, and Road-Related Cultural Heritage[7] and was protected by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage in 2009.
On August 15, 1988, a bus carrying schoolchildren and parents from Kista, Sweden suffered a brake failure in the Måbø Tunnel and drove into the tunnel wall. Sixteen people died in the accident, including 12 children 11 and 12 years old.[8]