Eiksund Tunnel

Eiksund Tunnel
Opening ceremony, 23 February 2008
Overview
LocationMøre og Romsdal, Norway
Coordinates62°13′06″N 5°59′10″E / 62.2182°N 5.9862°E / 62.2182; 5.9862
Route Fv653
Operation
Opened23 February 2008
OperatorStatens vegvesen
TrafficAutomotive
CharacterPassenger
Vehicles per day2884
Technical
Length7,765 m (25,476 ft)
No. of lanes2 + 1 crawling
Lowest elevation−287 m (−942 ft)
Width10 m (33 ft)
GradeMaximum: 9.6%

The Eiksund tunnel (Norwegian: Eiksundtunnelen) is an undersea tunnel in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, which runs under the Vartdalsfjorden connecting the municipalities of Ørsta and Ulstein. The tunnel is 7,765 metres (25,476 ft) long and reaches a depth of 287 metres (942 ft) below sea level, and was the deepest undersea tunnel in the world until Norway's Rogaland county opened its 292 m (958 ft) deep Ryfast tunnel system in December 2019.