Norra länken (''The northern link'') is a
motorway in
Stockholm
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,
Sweden
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, between the port of
Värtahamnen and
Karlberg, where it connects to
Essingeleden. The road is part of the
European route E20 and the incomplete
Stockholm Ring Road.
Norra länken is in length, of which are in tunnels.
[ The part between Karlberg and Norrtull was opened in 1991, and the tunnel between Norrtull and Värtan was opened in 2014. The other parts of the ring road are the highly congested Essingeleden in the west, opened in 1966, Södra länken in the south, opened in 2004, and Österleden in the east, where () plans have been canceled.]
History
The part of Norra länken between Karlberg and Norrtull was finished and opened in 1991. As part of the Dennis Agreement (), a political agreement, the construction eastward of the remaining part to Värtahamnen was to be completed as well. The construction was cancelled in 1997 when the project was appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court which determined that the detail plan for the part between Norrtull and Roslagstull was in conflict with the law protecting the Royal National City Park. The political agreement was broken and it was uncertain whether the road project would be completed.government
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and Stockholm Municipality
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agreed in 2002 on a new alignment between Norrtull and Roslagstull. The detail plan was again appealed, but the Supreme Administrative Court rejected the appeal on February 26, 2007,
References
External links
Swedish Transport Administration page for Norra Länken
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Roads in Sweden
Transport in Stockholm