The Frodeåsen Tunnel () is a long twin-tube, four lane road tunnel in the town of Tønsberg in

Tønsberg Municipality Tønsberg () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Jarlsberg. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tønsberg, ...

Vestfold Vestfold () is a county and a current electoral district in Norway. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it borders Buskerud and Telemark counties. The county administration is located in Tønsberg, Norway's oldest city, and the larg ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The tunnel is part of County Road 300, and it runs through the large hill

Frodeåsen Frodeåsen is a hill on the northwestern edge town of Tønsberg in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. Reaching above mean sea level, it serves largely as a recreational area for the local residents. Two tunnels run through the ...

between Kjelle and Velle north of the city center. Built as part of the "Tønsberg Package", construction started on 28 October 2004 and the breakthrough was made on 9 March 2006. The tunnel and the new County Road 300 opened on 13 March 2008, creating a

bypass road A bypass is a road or highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, to improve road safety and as replacement ...

north of the town of Tønsberg.

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Road tunnels in Vestfold Tønsberg Tunnels completed in 2008 2008 establishments in Norway {{Norway-tunnel-stub