Jondal Tunnel

{{Short description|Road tunnel in Norway}}

{{Infobox tunnel

|name = Jondal Tunnel

|image = Jondalstunnelen.jpg

|caption = Map of the tunnel

|location = Vestland, Norway

|coordinates = {{coord|60.1953|6.2502|region:NO_type:landmark|display=title,inline}}

|route = {{fylkesvei|49}}

|status = In use

|start = Torsnes, Ullensvang

|end = Nordrepollen, Kvinnherad

|startwork = October 2009

|opened = 7 September 2012

|close =

|owner =

|operator = Norwegian Public Roads Administration

|traffic = 685 AADT{{cite web|url=https://www.vegvesen.no/trafikkdata/start/utforsk?datatype=averageDailyYearVolume&10V2195091|title=Trafikkdata Fv49 Jondalstunnelen|work=www.vegvesen.no|access-date=6 June 2020}}

|character = Automotive

|construction =

|length = {{convert|10400|m|mi}}

|lanes = 2

|speed =

|hielevation =

|lowelevation =

|height = {{convert|4.6|m}}

|width =

|grade =

}}

The Jondal Tunnel ({{langx|no|Jondalstunnelen}}) is a road tunnel in the Hardanger region of Vestland county, Norway. The tunnel is part of Norwegian County Road 49 and it lies in Kvinnherad and Ullensvang municipalities. The {{convert|10.4|km|adj=on}} long tunnel was built to offer a better route between the cities of Bergen and Oslo. Cars can drive from Bergen to Tørvikbygda, then take a ferry to Jondal, then go through this tunnel, then a short drive to the Folgefonna Tunnel before getting to the town of Odda. From there it is a short drive on the narrow route 13 to the European route E134 highway which leads to Oslo.{{cite book|url= http://www.lotsberg.net/data/norway/list.html |chapter=Road Tunnels in Norway > 3 000 m|editor1-last=Merzagora |editor1-first=Eugenio A.|editor2-last=Lotsberg|editor2-first=Gunnar |title=Road Tunnels in Norway|accessdate=2014-06-21}}

Work on the tunnel began in October 2009. The tunnel was opened on 7 September 2012 by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. The project cost almost {{NOK|806.6 million}}. For the first 6 years of its use (until 2018), there was a toll for using the tunnel: {{NOK|100}} for small vehicles and {{NOK|200}} for large vehicles.{{cite web|url=http://www.vegvesen.no/Vegprosjekter/jondalstunnelen|title=Fv. 107 Jondalstunnelen|publisher=Statens vegvesen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2014-06-21|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706031432/http://www.vegvesen.no/Vegprosjekter/jondalstunnelen|archivedate=2014-07-06}} This was reduced in 2018 and on 8 June 2020 the toll was removed.{{Cite web|date=2020-07-08|title=(+) Her køyrer Arnfinn og ordføraren gratis gjennom Jondalstunnelen|url=https://www.h-avis.no/her-koyrer-arnfinn-og-ordforaren-gratis-gjennom-jondalstunnelen/s/5-62-1007651?ns_campaign=article&ns_mchannel=recommend_button&ns_source=facebook&ns_linkname=facebook&ns_fee=0|access-date=2020-09-27|website=www.h-avis.no|language=no}}