The Bekkestua Tunnel ( no, Bekkestuatunnelen) is a road tunnel which runs under Bekkestua in

Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...

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. Forming a part of the

Norwegian National Road 160 Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including th ...

, it starts northeast of Bekkestua to ease this population and commercial centre of heavy traffic, and emerges in the southwest near Gjønnes Station. It was opened in 1994, and was financed by the

Oslo Package 1 Oslo Package 1 ( no, Oslopakke 1) was a political agreement and plan for introducing an urban toll ring around Oslo, Norway and making 31 investments to road infrastructure in Oslo and Akershus. The package was approved in 1988 and toll charges we ...

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Tunnels in Bærum Road tunnels in Akershus 1994 establishments in Norway Tunnels completed in 1994 {{Norway-tunnel-stub