How Engineers Built Norway’s Impossible Rail Tunnel Deep Beneath the Ocean (Full Process)
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How Engineers Built Norway’s Impossible Rail Tunnel Deep Beneath the Ocean (Full Process)
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World In Change
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Beneath the fjords of western Norway, engineers are drilling toward a record — not a railway, but a road tunnel diving deeper below the ocean than any tunnel ever built.
This is the story of Rogfast, the Rogaland Fixed Link: 26.7 kilometers of solid rock, reaching 392 meters below sea level beneath Boknafjorden. When complete, it will be the world's longest and deepest subsea road tunnel, replacing a ferry crossing between Stavanger and Bergen.
In this documentary, we cover:
– Why Norway's fjords made a normal highway impossible
– The geology hidden beneath Boknafjorden
– Why engineers chose drill-and-blast over a tunnel boring machine
– The 2019 funding crisis that froze construction
– The engineering of an underground roundabout 260 meters below the sea at Kvitsøy
– Where the project stands now, and when it's expected to open (2033)
Sources: Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen), project contractor announcements (Skanska, Implenia, Stangeland), and public reporting on the Rogfast project.
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