World’s first Ship Tunnel to be built in Norway
- The Norwegian Coastal Administration has received the green signal to start working on the construction of world’s first tunnel, being built exclusively for ships.
- The tunnel is dubbed as “Stad Ship Tunnel” and would be built under the mountainous Stadhavet peninsula in northwestern Norway.
- The 1.7 km tunnel will be able to handle ships of up to 16,000 tonnes and give ships a safer passage through the treacherous Stadhavet Sea.
- The tunnel will be 49 metres (161 ft) high and 36 metres (118 ft) wide.
- It is estimated to cost at least 2.8 billion Norwegian kroner (NZ$460 million) in the construction of this ship tunnel.
- The construction would begin in 2022 and would take three to four years in completion.