Nordøyvegen () is a road network in

Sunnmøre Sunnmøre (, ) is the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. Its main city is Ålesund. The region comprises the municipalities () of Fjord, Giske, Hareid, Herøy, Sande, Haram, Stranda Mu ...

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county,

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. The bridge and tunnel network connects the islands of the former

Sandøy Municipality Sandøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1867 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now divided between Aukra Municipality and Ålesund Municipality on the border of the traditiona ...

(now part of

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) and the islands of

Haram Municipality Haram is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative center is Brattvåg, the industrial center of Sunnmøre. Other important villages in the municipality include Austnes, Eidsvik, ...

to the mainland. The road was built by

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for . It provides a faster, ferry-free connection to the mainland for the approximately 3,000 residents of the islands. The road is partly financed by a toll station at the Lepsøy, as of 2022 costing per direction for cars. The project includes crossing four

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with tunnels and bridges and upgrading and re-routing roads on the islands to meet national standards. A total of seven islands is connected to the mainland using two existing bridges and by building three new bridges, a causeway using fill, and three undersea tunnels. The islands, from north to south, are Finnøya,

Harøya Harøya is a swampy island in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. At , it is the largest island in the municipality. The island is located between the islands of Finnøya (to the northeast) and Fjørtofta (to the southwest) ...

Fjørtofta Fjørtoft is an island in Haram Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located in the northern part of the municipality, between the islands of Flemsøya, Harøya, and Midøya and Dryna (both in Molde Municipality). Fjø ...

, Skuløya,

Haramsøya Haramsøya is an island in Haram Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located between the islands of Lepsøya and Flemsøya, just northwest of the mainland. The village of Austnes is located on the southeast part of t ...

, Hestøya, and

Lepsøya Lepsøya is a populated island in Haram Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island in the northern part of the municipality. It is located in the ocean in the northwestern part of the municipality, with the Haramsfjorden and th ...

. The entire connection opened on 27 August 2022. The new construction includes: *The Lepsøy Bridge, Lauvøy Bridge, and Hamnaskjersund Bridge connect the mainland to the island of

and to the small island of Hestøya. The three bridges will be part of a long causeway built with fill in the rather shallow water. A

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is built part-way between the mainland and the two islands. This connection opened for public traffic on 18 december 2021. *The long

Haramsfjord Tunnel The Haramsfjord Tunnel () is an undersea road tunnel in Haram Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The tunnel connects the island of Haramsøya to the small island of Hestøya, just off the shore of the island of Lepsøya. The long t ...

connects the island of

to the small island of Hestøya and the bridge network connecting to the mainland and Lepsøya. *The long

Nogvafjord Tunnel The Nogvafjord Tunnel () is an undersea road tunnel in Haram Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The tunnel connects the island of Fjørtofta to the island of Skuløya. The long tunnel opened on 27 August 2022 and it reaches a dept ...

connects the island to

to the island of Skuløya (which was already connected to Haramsøya island by a bridge). *The long

Fjørtoftfjord Tunnel The Fjørtoftfjord Tunnel () is an undersea road tunnel in Sunnmøre, Norway. The tunnel connects the village of Myklebust on the island of Harøya (in Ålesund Municipality) to the island of Fjørtofta (in Haram Municipality). The long tunnel ...

connects the island of

to the island of

. Harøya was already connected to the island of Finnøya by a bridge.

References

External links

Møre og Romsdal fylkeskommune
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