WATCH: Floating bridges, subsea tunnels – Norway’s E39 will have it all

Submerged floating tunnel

Norway’s largest ever transport route combines a multitude of engineering concepts, some of which have never been built before.

The route, which is being coordinated by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, will connect Trondheim in the north with Kristiansand in the south, a 1,100km continuous connection that currently takes more than 20 hours and involves seven ferry crossings.

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