Vardø Tunnel

{{Short description|Tunnel in Vardø, Norway}}

{{Infobox tunnel

|name = Vardø Tunnel

|image = Vardøya tunnel.jpg

|caption = Entrance from the island

|location = Vardø, Finnmark, Norway

|coordinates = {{coord|70|21|36|N|31|4|15|E|display=title,inline}}

|route = {{europavei|75}}

|status = In use

|start = Svartnes

|end = Vardø

|startwork = 1979

|opened = 1982

|close =

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|operator =

|traffic = Road Traffic

|character =

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|vpd =

|construction =

|length = {{convert|2890|m}}

|lanes = 2

|speed =

|hielevation =

|lowelevation = {{convert|-88|m}}

|height =

|width = {{convert|9.4|m}}

|grade = 8%

}}

The Vardø Tunnel ({{langx|no|Vardøtunnelen}}) is a subsea road tunnel in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The {{convert|2890|m|adj=on}} long two-lane tunnel under the Bussesundet strait connects the island of Vardøya to the village of Svartnes on the Varanger Peninsula on the mainland. The tunnel is part of the European Route E75 highway and it reaches a depth of {{convert|88|m}} below sea level. The tunnel opened in 1982 and was the first subsea tunnel in Norway. King Olav V officially opened the tunnel on 16 August 1983.{{cite web |url=http://www.snl.no/Vard%C3%B8tunnelen |title=Vardøtunnelen |work=Store Norske Leksikon |access-date=2 January 2011 |language=no}}{{cite book|url=http://www.lotsberg.net/data/norway/li2000.html |chapter=Road Tunnels in Norway 3 000 - 2 000 m|editor1-last=Merzagora |editor1-first=Eugenio A.|editor2-last=Lotsberg|editor2-first=Gunnar |title=Road Tunnels in Norway|access-date=2013-03-01}}