Skatestraum Tunnel


The Skatestraum Tunnel is a subsea road tunnel between the islands of Rugsundøya and Bremangerlandet in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The tunnel was the first undersea road tunnel in Sogn og Fjordane county when it was built.
It is long and it reaches a depth of below sea level. It is part of County Road 616. It opened on 12 July 2002 and cost to build, including auxiliary roads.
On 15 July 2015 a tank truck crashed in the tunnel. The tunnel was closed and evacuated, since there was a risk the tunnel would be flooded. It was reopened in December 2015.