The Finnøy Tunnel or Finnøy Fixed Link ( no, Finnøytunnelen or Finnfast) is an undersea road tunnel in the municipality of

Stavanger Stavanger (, , US usually , ) is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the administrative center of Rogaland county. T ...

Rogaland Rogaland () is a county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 479,892. The admin ...

county,

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. It connects the island of

Finnøy Finnøy is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The island municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Stavanger Municipality. It was located in the traditional district of Ryfylke. The adm ...

to the nearby island of

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, and ultimately to the city of Stavanger on the mainland. The main tunnel is long and it also includes a long arm, which connects the tunnel to the island of Talgje. Located on County Road 519, the tunnel opened on 30 October 2009 and cost . The Talgje branch of the tunnel is part of County Road 606. The entire tunnel has a total of about of tunnel, including the branch to Talgje. The tunnel reaches a lowest depth of below sea level, with a maximum grade of 9%. The Talgje branch is slightly steeper, with a maximum grade of 10.2%. The main tunnel is two lanes, but the Talgje branch is only one lane wide, with passing areas that are slightly wider.

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Road tunnels in Rogaland Stavanger 2009 establishments in Norway Tunnels completed in 2009 {{Rogaland-geo-stub