The Götatunneln (Göta Tunnel) is a road tunnel between
Järntorget and
Lilla Bommen in central
Gothenburg, Sweden. It is long.
Construction began 2000 and it was opened for traffic June 2006. The tunnel is separated in two tubes, each carrying three lanes of traffic. The cost including road connection was 3 billion SEK.
The tunnel has made it possible for the city of Gothenburg to build new apartments and restaurants just by the waterfront of the southern shore of
Göta älv
The Göta älv (; "River of (the) Geats") is a river that drains lake Vänern into the Kattegat, at the city of Gothenburg, on the western coast of Sweden. It was formed at the end of the last glaciation, as an outflow channel from the Baltic ...
, which was cut off by the
E45 road before.
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Road tunnels in Sweden
Buildings and structures in Gothenburg
Tunnels completed in 2006
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