The Tampere Tunnel (also the Rantaväylä Tunnel, fi, Rantaväylän tunneli) is a 2,3 kilometre-long
road tunnel
A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, and enclosed except for the entrance and exit, commonly at each end. A pipeline is not a tunnel, though some recent tunnels have used immersed tube cons ...
in
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...
,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. It was opened 15 November 2016, six months before scheduled. The Tampere Tunnel is the longest road tunnel in Finland. It is part of
Highway 12, which passes north of Tampere city center. 36,000 vehicles a day drive through the tunnel.
See also
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Paasikiven–Kekkosentie
Paasikiven–Kekkosentie ("Paasikivi–Kekkonen Road"), or Rantaväylä, is a busy car traffic route located in Tampere, Finland, which serves as a regional transit road and a significant access route to the city center. It is a four-lane highway o ...
Sources
Welcome to the Tunnel!Finnish Transport Agency.
References
External links
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Tunnels completed in 2016
Road tunnels
Road tunnels in Finland
Buildings and structures in Tampere
Transport in Tampere
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