Strákagöng
Sign in to saveStrákagöng (, ) is a tunnel in Iceland, located in Northwestern Region along Route 76. It has a length of and was opened in 1967. It is the second tunnel ever built in Iceland, only preceded by a minor tunnel of 30 meters between Ísafjörður and Súðavík. Prior to the tunnel being built, the only road connection to the town of Siglufjörður was a very difficult mountain road built in 1946, that was closed about 5 months a year due to snow.
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- Instance of
- tunnel
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Fjallabyggð
- Operator
- Vegagerðin
- Image
- Strákagöng-south2010.JPG
- Length
- 830
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- Strákagöng
- date of official opening
- 1967-00-00
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Strákagöng (, ) is a tunnel in Iceland, located in Northwestern Region along Route 76. It has a length of and was opened in 1967. It is the second tunnel ever built in Iceland, only preceded by a minor tunnel of 30 meters between Ísafjörður and Súðavík. Prior to the tunnel being built, the only road connection to the town of Siglufjörður was a very difficult mountain road built in 1946, that was closed about 5 months a year due to snow.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Strákagöng” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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