American Reacts to Norway's $47,000,000,000 Floating Highway

[@elementalgolem5498]

Don't forget Norwegians are some of the best in the world when it comes to tunnelwork.

[@SiljeMeum]

There's a looooot of mountains to go through 😅😂

[@PinkskullTheMultiboxer]

Not "some of". We are the best in the world. I have been working im tunnel construction for 15years

[@TheKossmo]

@@PinkskullTheMultiboxer I'm sure that Chinise will do this same tunnel faster, cheaper and probably with the same quality 🤭

[@PinkskullTheMultiboxer]

@@TheKossmo the chinese dont know hardrock tunneling.. we have had many "cheap) forign companies trying out our hard rock. All have failed. The company i work for took the world record for fastest tunneling in 2004. No one is close

[@TheKossmo]

@@PinkskullTheMultiboxer to be honest I have no clue about tunnel construction, but I'm assuming that diggin in a hard solid rock is way easier than in soft one, where you have to think about all of the thousands of cubic meters of loose material, hanging above working area. Gravity is a bitch ;) Probably that's why most of tunnels in Norway have esposed walls and ceilings reinforced with security bolts only( a bit over 200000 in Laerdal tunnel?). In other coutries tunnels are drilled by moles, walls are strengthened with curved molds, and after they are finished - you can only see concrete around. Of course I can be wrong...

[@oh515]

Yes, we do have 37 underwater tunnels already. The first was built in 1982, and the longest is 2, 4 km. It's a total of 1164 tunnels, and the longest is 25 km, but that's tunnels and not floating pipes. We do have some spectacular roads already, but this is another level. We still have a total of 130 ferry crossings in Norway. Correction: Ryfylketunellen is the longest underwater tunnel. 14, 4 km.

[@TylerWalkerYouTube]

37 already? That's amazing

[@jeschinstad]

@@TylerWalkerKZbin: You should check out Lærdalstunellen. It's the worlds longest and it's rather spectacular. It's actually a turist attraction with its incredible light show.

[@mynewname7830]

@@TylerWalkerKZbin Also: Ryfylke Tunnel (a project under "Rogfast" which is a part of the tunnels in this video).

[@Coma_TickZ]

The longest underwater tunnel is Ryfylketunnelen of 14,4km. Also there are no less than 28 underwater tunnels that are LONGER than the 2,4km you claim to be the longest.

[@oddkru6753]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord%C3%B8yvegen

[@michaelespeland]

I actually live where this project starts, at 12:51 (Boknafjorden), and some parts (where I live) are now finished. Yes, I've driven about 10 miles underwater, and the tunnels are just simply amazing.

[@AllrightNOR]

Seriøst? aldri hørt om dette

[@michaelespeland]

@@AllrightNOR Ryfast, som er en del av prosjektet, deler av den åpnet 2019

[@RubenVatle]

There was a TV show years ago called " Alt for Norge ". Where they took a handful of Norwegian-Americans to Norway and they went all over, to the villages and towns where their imegrant ancestors came from. And they competed in challenges and the winner got to meet their Norwegian family! Could be an interesting watch for you. Im sure there are re-uploads on youtube somewhere!

[@Kari.F.]

I loved that show! It would be a fun watch for Americans, too. 👍

[@mar97216]

It was mentioned on last video in a comment and he actually commented underneath that he would look into it. So if he find a good video he might react to it. :)

[@TylerWalkerYouTube]

Thanks for the recommendation

[@nightnoodlespeedruns]

I feel like most Norwegians here just make fun of the show for not being norwegian at all

[@HunnyVRC]

@@nightnoodlespeedruns They definitely portray Norwegians as "only being able to talk Norwegian and not helping anyone who asks". I watched an episode where they were mainly in my neighbor city Stavanger. It was so obvious that they told the people to just not talk English to the participants or just straight up walk past them and give them the cold shoulder. But other than that, the activities they make them do and the places they take them is always linked to Norwegian history and traditions. So I would definitely say it's still a good watch, just that there's certain things that are just portrayed in a dumb "stereotypical" way.

[@brandurell]

At 17 min, there is a road off the coast. That is not norway, but reunion in the indian ocean. Also there was footage of the boring company, which has nothing to do with this. This video uses a lot of stock footage, which does not always correspond to the topic.

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

Yes, there are MANY inaccuracies and errors in the video.

[@geiroveeilertsen7112]

3:45 No, not to the furthest north in Norway, just to Trondheim which is about the halfway point 🙂 So it would take you about 48 hours of intense driving to get from the southernmost point to the northernmost point (and realistically closer to 60 hours, so basically three days, maybe four if you want to be concious when you arrive up north 😁

[@lenasamanthagraham]

Aqtually Mosjøen lays in the middle of Norway. I think it takes abortut 30 hour to drive from Oslo to Finmark ( without stop)

[@kendexter]

@@lenasamanthagraham Correct. hilsen gammel langtransport sjåfør

[@KjetilBalstad]

So, the environmental concerns are great an all, but, it there are some drawbacks. Like when the construction is well away, and somebody notice a perticular type of bat flying past, and the whole road project is halted and the road gets rerouted 500 m to the side of the old barn it landed in that was supposed to be torn down. And, if you look at the landscape, moving the road 500m to the side costs millions.

[@gel87Kjetil]

There is actually pretty many underwater tunnels in Norway already.

[@QazwerDave]

When the Fareo Islands were building a new tunnel system, they hired a bunch of Norwegians to do it right !

[@silvaaker]

The "Öresund Bridge" between Denmark and sweden dips into a tunnel under the sea to not disturb the airport with tall pillars near copenhagen airport. Similar to the tunnel in the beginning of the video

[@lovehasslevall277]

There has beeen underwater tunnels for years already. For exemple, the one inbetween England and france

[@tamu7243]

Honestly, as someone living in one of the districts, I can totally see the benhefit of this. But also, for me envirnoment is more important. I personally wish my country would rather focus on railway than these roads. Being able to just jump on a train from Stavanger to Bergen just seems way more efficient. Not only is production of concrete not very climate friendly, regarding preservation of riverbeds, wildlife and carbon emission, it also will emit even more with all the traffic that will be on there. Yes, we are swapping to electric vehicles, but the production of one electric car emits more CO2 than a fossil fueld vehicle would do in 20 years. Yes, it's not the best to be stuck on an island, having trouble getting to the cities efficiently, but the climate is way more important than our lack of patience.

[@andywessel]

The distance between the towns of Bergen and Stavanger is the most populous and will be completed first. The whole thing will take a long time.

[@Matoakas]

This exact project is immense, even here. But we have a lot of deep tunnels of all kinds, going under water, fjords, etc

[@Un4Given71]

Trondheim is not really in the north, but in the middle of the country. The reason it takes a looong time to travel the west coast today is all the ferries and fjords that adds to the travel time.

[@zaph1rax]

By the way, I expect you eventually buy a ticket to Norway and make a vacation out of it :) One great way to visit Norway would just be to apply for a course at one of the free universities. If you get accepted, it's 3-5 years of living in Norway and you get a nice free education as well.

[@cryingalone7572]

Aren't we removing free education for non eu citizens soon?

[@zaph1rax]

@@cryingalone7572 There's some talk about it, but I doubt that they will go through with it. There's a lot of resistance against it from several sides.

[@antxoncarbonero]

Just to comment that many of the goods are transported by boat in Norway. As challenging as the Norwegian geography may seem, it creates unique oportunities for ship transportation, where areas as far as 100km away from the sea are actually connected by navigation lanes. (I worked in cargo ships in Norway for more than 10 years).

[@oddarnek]

Om the western part of Norway I've met numerous times tourists on driving vacation in Norway. They state the beautiful scenery, winding road and numerous tunnels. Tunnels are actually more than common in the western part of Norway. From my city Bergen to the village of Vaksdal 35 km north, there are 21 tunnels of various lengths.

[@vidarro8681]

We have several underwater tunnels, and have had it for 30 years or something, but this will be a first floating one

[@tzh3123]

I can confirm that construction has begun, but theres a long way to go

[@tzh3123]

Not the tunnels, but on the highway

[@norrisdrn4897]

Hi Tyler! Im having fun watching your videos. I am from Stavanger, Norway. We have here the worlds deepest underwater tunnel which is called Ryfylke tunnelen. I have seen videos of it here in youtube. :)

[@nanach6276]

A friend of mine drow to top to bottom in a car and said it took 3 days with little sleep. And I think he barely made it, and for that I am impressed

[@Ohjeezno]

I experience driving through such long tunnels as somewhat surreal. In Austria and Switzerland some of the longest tunnels on the planet are found. Try to watch something about the Gotthard Tunnel, for instance. Incredible engineering, digging so deep through mountains.

[@elementalgolem5498]

No, here we're already lining up to be the first to use it and even enthusiasts from outside Norway show a lot of interest in taking the route just for the sake of traveling down such a insane project

[@buss8009]

The average speed is slow because of all the crossing the fjords with ferries... And, big parts of this stretch will be finished long before those 30 years are up... If you drive from the very south of Norway to the very end up north, it will be a 3 days trip, long days!!! But, getting from the very east to the very west will take only one day!

[@Skarfar90]

While the west coast does take 21 hours on average to drive, due to the ferry crossings, there is a direct route (E6) via the inland, which is much quicker. From Oslo to Trondheim, you would expect to spend between 6 and 7 hours by car, depending on the route. However, if you want to drive the full length of Norway, you would need around 30-32 hours of driving

[@sebastianflesjandersen939]

We've already got several underwater tunnels, no floating ones yet tho

[@matsv201]

I done some pre calculation of very early planing of infrastructure in Norway (not road but rail). The issue is that the fjords is way to deep. For railway its even worse than road. Because we can´t have them floating (Well technically its possible, but the train would need to go really slowly). Building bridges over is also not really possible, because the pillars would need to be to high. Building tunnels on the seabed is also not possible, its to deep. You can sort of go around the fjords, but they are so deep inland so that is even with high speed train a detour of a hour or so. The next level is probobly bridge tunnels. At least for trains. For highways there would probobly be a mix of bridged and floating highways. The reason why we can´t do bridges is somewhat falsely explained in the video. The fjords are to deep for pillars. The only way to do a bridge is to have a pillar on each side and then a suspension between them., but the distance is to large. A bridged tunnel would have much shorter legs (becasue they would be 40 meter under the surface in steed of 250 meter above it). So the bridge legs would not need to be as sturdy. Also a floating tunnels can be made neutrally buyent. So even a concrete tube tunnel can span huge spans with no reinforcement or pillars. Still at 3 or 4 km, there would still need to be some floats. (for trains we can´t do floats, they sink to much when the train comes). One really smart thing with floating tunnels is that they can be built on mass in a drydock. The foundation have of cause to be built on place. But both the floats and pillars can be built of site and just tugged there. With floating tunnels that use fixed floats, then can simply just be tugged there. Of cause, if its built in a other fjord, they have to clear the fjord threshold. A other thing that makes it a bit complicated. You probably should check up troll oil platform. The latest building ever moved. 15:05 Ironically that is Faroe Islands, that is a pseudo independent state under Denmark

[@vidarro8681]

It takes alot more than a day to drive from top to bottom :) This project is only meant for west coast south of Trondheim (about a third of Norways length).

[@Hammer1987]

I cannot describe with words how happy this project makes me. Mega-engineering projects like this are always a great benefit to humanity. Sure, the immediate benefit is going to be very local to Norway, but the technologies developed in order to realize this project are going to be used in so many other industries and fields. Stuff like this makes me hopeful that one day we will have space elevators. Probably not in our lifetimes, but some day.

[@hrafnatyr9794]

”Öresundsbron” (the Öresund bridge) connecting Sweden and Denmark is somewhat similar. The part closest to Sweden is a bridge which about half way to Denmark via a man-made island converts into a tunnel under the sound 🙂

[@bragebjelker2879]

3:53 1/3 of the way. Trondheim is in the lower part of what we call midt-Norge (central Norway). Midt-Norge is lower than actually in the middle 6:05 There are actually 37 undersea road tunnels already

[@matsv201]

The Coastal highway is really several Part. First it was the E18 part, its already 100% finished. Then the E39 project that is an extension of the E18. The E39 is about 5-10% finished. And a other 5-10 ongoing. There are still a few years away from the place where the floating tunnel will be, so they are not quite ready to start construction yet. (I don´t work with road, only rail, so i follow this mostly as a spectator)

[@tosvus]

In the US, they have ferries across the great lakes for instance. Also some small islands off the coast of the US and within the great lakes use ferries, though many are not designed to carry cars.

[@hildeandersen2202]

We have alredy 1 or maybee 2 of this tunnels under water. We have the oldest, and I will say it is up to over 20 years old...this goes between Bergen to Stavanger. Its wierd to think of all the fish swimming over our heads. We have good Macines, and we have som good ppl taking care of their things Norway is known for many other stuff . Thank you so much for showing Norway! And you are smart and so sweet 😘

[@thorbjrnhellehaven5766]

12:50 the project that starte in 2018, isn't a submerged floating tunnel. That section is normal underwater tunnel through bedrock. When it's ready it will be worlds longest under water road tunnel 26 km (16 miles). And the deepest 392 m (1286 ft). The submerged floating tunnels is a consept for other sections of the route, where bridges are considered a lesser option, and the tunnel would be 20-50 times longer to avoid being too steep, to get deep enough to be in bedrock all the way.

[@imiffed]

Norway has several tunnels under water, but those are traditional ones. Also the 21 hours will get you half way, not all the way north.

[@eivindmn]

Not even half. Trondheim is about a third of the way up.

[@Carlium]

19 hrs of continuous driving will get you to Bodø, from Kristiansand, you're just a bit over halfway there. Mo i Rana is in the centre of the country.

[@GnosticAtheist]

No, from the southern tip to the northern tip takes several days. The map you are looking at is only the southern part of the country.

[@deadspoderlily]

Fun fact about Norway: 1. The world's longest road tunnel is in Norway, and it's name is Lærdalstunnelen or Laerdal Tunnel in english. 2. Norway's tunnels under the sea actually hold the top four spots(info is from 2023) on the list of the deepest subsea tunnels in the world: Ryfast tunnels in Norway = maximum depth of 292 meters. Eiksund tunnel in Norway = maximum depth of 287 meters. Hitra tunnel in Norway = maximum depth of 264 meters.

[@cipxzs]

There’s a lot of underwater tunnels in Norway. So this concept is not new to them to freak out

[@deadend2023]

They have them in US as well. Holland tunnel in New York city is underwater. Surprised he is not aware of it. The oldest is Channel tunnel between UK and France open in 1994.

[@XRARMSS]

@@deadend2023 yes but its diffrent cause the project goal for them was making a little one norway is doing it much bigger and want to take it across the whole country

[@TullaRask]

@@XRARMSS Yes Well, this one is actually floating, that's a very different concept.

[@oh515]

@@deadend2023 Channel tunnel is not the oldest underwater tunnel, but the longest. In Norway, we built the first one in 1982, but the very first was the Themsen Tunel, built in 1843.

[@johnnymartinjohansen]

@@XRARMSS No, they're not doing this across the whole country. For example, no plans to do anything about the coastal route from Bodø and south, because it's too expensive and too few people living in the region. And the ferry crossing a bit south of Narvik (with no optinal routes), doesn't have a single plan for alternatives, though suggestions have appeared in the past. No, nothing happens in the north. As usual.

[@LuX7251]

it takes about 28hours from the south to the north, following the speedlimit if you drive through Finland and Sweden, or 33hours if you drive only in Norway. not accounting for roadwork ferrytime and other delays that might occur

[@QazwerDave]

Some fjords are too wide for bridges to be supported by a single tower on each side of the fjord side, while also being too deep for central towers. These are probably the only areas were these floating things are proposed !

[@oleeinarmonsbakken8933]

Thoose 21 hours at 3:52 is just from the south tip to mid way up north, all the way up north i believe is close to two days

[@matsgmichelsen]

Watching foreigners talk about Norway is most Norwegians guilty pleasure and I am no different (even if I tell other Norwegians "I not from Norway, I am from Bergen" as often as i can 😁). I enjoy the videos you make a lot. We all should approach foreign countries and cultures with the same respect an curiousity you display and we would all be better off. Quick comment on the floating highway project: I honestly doubt every fjord crossing will ever be built (I don't believe our politicians believe the entire thing will be built either even if they promise so during campaigns), but there are many regions on the west coast that will benefit a great deal even if only parts of this highway is built. In the end it will be a question of cost vs benefit for each part of it that will decide what will be bulit and what will not. Disclaimer: I work in the NPRA, but I have absolutely no inside information on this project and these are my personal thoughts and opionions.

[@Mimer6]

Everything will not be finished at the same time, but it will be built piece by piece and when a piece is finished, it will be opened. It is the total length that will be completed in 30 years, but it will grow little by little all the time. One of the universities working on it is Chalmers in Gothenburg, Sweden. Sweden has experience in building huge mine shafts. The Kirna mine, for example, has a longer mine tunnel than the entire road network in the capital, Stockholm. So the combined knowledge of Sweden and Norway is enormous when it comes to building tunnels and bridges.

[@potetstappe666]

How long it will take to build this you ask? In China or Japan, they would have this done in about 45 minutes. As a Norwegian, I know this will be dragged out by bureaucracy into infinity. To be honest, I'd be lucky to see this thing come into fruition in my lifetime. I'm 5 years of age. Ok, so I exaggerate a bit, but Norway don't ride the same day they saddle.

[@happyunicornrider2655]

Yeah we have had several underwater tunnels in Norway for years, and yes they stated the E39 project a long time ago, I live close to the first tunnel. We know our tunnelmakers and we trust them more then bridges that break.

[@ImperialMJG]

We have many underwater tunnels here on the West Coast from Stavanger and northwards. The 30 miles per hour is Said because of the ferries. So average speed Would be around that.

[@DivineFalcon]

Trondheim is right in the middle of the country. The region it's in is literally called Midt-Norge (Middle Norway).

[@Luredreier]

3:51 No, he said to Trondheim. That's in the center, just north of the thick part.

[@ShadowTani]

Trondheim is considered the navel of Norway yes, but is technically not the most central city. Mo i Rana is the city that have the most equal distance to the south and to the north.

[@Luredreier]

@@ShadowTani Okey, yes *technically* that's true... But because of the shape of the country with Trondheim essentially forming the border between the thick and thin part that's what pretty much *everyone* thinks of as the middle when looking at a map or traveling even without knowing Norwegian history. It *looks* more in the middle then the actual middle does.

[@mikevik100]

The tunnel you see in the first 5 sec of the video is already under construction its called "rogfast".

[@SiljeMeum]

The distance they're talking about is from Kristiansand in the south to Trondheim in the middle. The north end of Norway is MUUUCH further, Trondheim isn't even half way "to the north" from the south. If you were to take the car along the west coast and through Norway rom Kristiansand to Vardø (without taking the shortcut through Sweden) it would take at least 48 hours with non-stop driving, not counting eating, toilet visits and sleep.

[@Andre1980stavanger]

This video is full of faults. It is correct that there are plans of a new road from Kristiansand to Trondheim, but only some sections are discussed to be with the floating tunnels. The section mentioned being under construction (rogfast) is a traditional tunnel under the sea, not a floating tunnel as they claimed. The project as a whole is devided into several independent project, and it is higly controversial and its yet to be seen if it ever will be fully complete, or only sections of it.

[@baldrian22]

the average of 30 mils pr hour is with all the farys that takes up a lot of the traveling time, the average speed on the road is between 80-90 km/h or 50-55 miles pr h

[@Simon99354]

I will be waiting for your update😂😂😂

[@TTDahl]

The reason we are able to make and develope so much in Technology is because we have ; Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, where even student from all over the world study.

[@johnnymartinjohansen]

I think I've commented this on that original video, and again: this project is pissing me off. Because I live in Northern Norway (Sørfold county, just north of Fauske). Whenever we need to go to the doctor, hospital, public services, etc, we have to drive through 16 outdated tunnels each way. This in on the E6, the main road through Norway. We don't have any optional routes, unless going north to Narvik, then through Sweden and then north again past Fauske. Which isn't an option at all, due to the insane distance. Most of these tunnels are so narrow, that when trucks meet, one stops completely while the other is snailing it's way past. You can rarely drive this distance without experiencing this. The tunnels are so bad that media have repeatedly called them mining shafts. The Norwegian DMV ("Statens Vegvesen"), made concrete plans of building a new road system for this distance over a decade ago, and have improved and updated the plans several times. They now have it listed as one of four "red projects" in Norway, which they mean are critical/must-do projects. It's estimated to cost $10.03B NOK (almost exactly $1B). Every time our politicians in the south are voting on it, it's a no. Too expensive. It's 2 fucking % of what the coastal higway will cost - they have alternatives, we don't. There are reasons why people in the north feels no one in the south gives a fuck about us.

[@saltefan5925]

For reference. The distance by air between the southernmost part of Norway (Lindesnes) and northernmost part (Nordkapp) is about the same as the distance between Lindesnes and Rome, Moskow, or Kiev.

[@benjamintomassennordahl7911]

Norwegian here, the road shown at 17:47 is not located in Norway, I belive it's part of Reunion's (French Island in the South Indian Ocean) coastal highway and was built to replace the road close to the cliffs due to frequent rock slides.

[@OleGustavJohnsen]

Tyler, you need to come to Norway and see all the marvels for yourself. 😁 We'd LOVE to have you! 🥰

[@SnippyFifa]

You should watch the B1M's video about Norways costal highway instead. It does alot better job at explaining how and where the bridges are planned

[@babylol8]

South to north in Norway would be about 34 hours if going past Oslo. 40+ with the current western coastal road/ferries. These are if you only drive in Norway, as it's quicker to go through Sweden/Finland which would be about 29 hours.

[@Gazer75]

@3:55 No it doesn't. This is just using the E39 highway between Kristiansand and Trondheim, which is not even half way to the north cape. It is much faster to drive via Oslo and using the E6 route. A drive to the north cape is 1490 miles and Google estimates 33 hours which would be an average of 45 mph. Any sane person would probably spend 3 days on the trip, though it can probably be done in two.

[@humanman5913]

in my hometown in Norway the roads are so bad that most people by a pickup so they dont break down all the time..

[@spennyz]

Welland canal has a tunnel that goes under the canal. Boats go over top. Only about 300m long maybe not much more idk

[@veejay1234567890]

I have read that we are also making our roads into wireless chargers for electric vehicles now, with coil matts under the asphalt.

[@angelflot]

Love your Norway reaction videos!!! I’m married to a Norwegian and in the past 30 plus years I have seen so many changes culturally as well as environmentally. Oslo is now so culturally diverse and I love it!! Our family has property in Flåm and that sleepy village has changed so much due to tourism. As beautiful as it is, tourism has made it so different in not a good way. It’s like visiting a theme park. My husband has chosen to live in Southern California after we married and he loves it here. As do I. However, Norway is such a beautiful place and has my heart. In retirement we plan to be snowbirds and go back and forth between the two places. Enjoying the long summer nights and then the warmth of Southern California winters. Keep up your reaction videos to Norway. I look forward to every one that you produce. You are doing a fabulous job. I love your genuine reactions. I wouldn’t be surprised if you end up marrying a Norwegian so you can enjoy all the places you have reacted to in your KZbin production. 😂❤😊

[@Goddybag4Lee]

Can't go too fast in Norway. Speed cameras are very common.

[@angelflot]

So true!! I’m a Speed demon on the freeways in the US and when I’m driving there my husband has to remind me to slow down all the time.

[@cola_legenden1376]

that tinel is built in parts, such as Solbakk to Hundvåg.

[@TTDahl]

I have watch several Americans reacting to Norwegian stuffs. But you are my fave. You're beyond great. But as I've mentioned before. You should react to "russefeiring". Norwegian Graduation Celebration. I can promise you, You've NEVER seen anything like it before.

[@markflint2629]

Sydney Harbour tunnel was built almost 30 years ago or the English to France tunnel even before this so impressive although not ground breaking technology

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

Looks good on paper but every time my government here wants to invest in large concrete and asphalt projects I question if the great cost is worth it. Or if its a prestige project for some high ranking individuals who have a vested interest in recommending the projects. E.g. I saw my university expand with lots of cement and high cost while classrooms could benefit immensely from some cheap extra equipment or have an assistant teacher for a few bucks. People on the top have a big project blind spot at least.

[@lumithelapphund6990]

I live near the highway prodject, The section between Stavanger and kristiandsand is almost finnished. Mabye in 2023. But that section is not underwater.

[@bigcashewnut]

A few misleading thigs here The video mixes stock footage from around the world, most of it is norway, but some isn't like coastal highway at 17:45 which Is in Africa (looks great thought and i wanna drive it). The video focuses on the floating tunnels, but the E39 project is a mixture of Bridges, tunnels and floating tunnels. So forexample the safety features at 14:00 is from Rogfast which is a tunnel (still super impressive as its gonna be the world longest). Chalmers University is in Sweden, just pointing it out

[@kendexter]

We have a lot of under ocean tunnels in Norway

[@ShadowTani]

The project got started in 2018, but had a bureaucratic hiccup and didn't resume before 2021. It will take a while before they reach the area that may get a floating tunnel though. The current section being built that will go through and connect Kvitsøy with the mainland is estimated to be done by 2031, which is already 4-5 years longer than the first estimate, lol. A lot of negative people say it won't happen, but it is happening, and the economic and civic benefits of every section of the road is just too great for it getting cancelled outright.

[@elementalgolem5498]

Like I saw another comment point out underwater tunnels are nothing new. We have had them since the 80s. It's the floating part that's new and cool. However another cool thing considering your comment about people wanting to see our roads. We have tunnel roundabouts, 2 tunnels that connect underground with a roundabout and one of the most famous ones then opens up to being on a massive suspension bridge over a fjord into another tunnel. People already travel here to experience that road so it's definitely something that would happen with the E39 aswell

[@annchristinrine5443]

What suprise me the most about this upload is how many tunel geeks there are. Due to the coment section here, there's alot of people knowing alot of stuff about tunels. Meanwhile I'm here like "yeah.. the oslofjordtunel doesn't float, but is under water anyway." And that's all I know about that. I'm impressed by the common knowledge of tunels now. 🧐😄

[@jeschinstad]

It's great for Norway to have these kinds of projects because 1) it allows us to build competence that other countries will pay for, making STEM education more interesting, and 2) we have a massive oil fund that we can spend in times of global financial crisis to keep our economy going while improving our infrastructure. But as it was presented in the video, this project will not happen anytime soon.

[@FrankShortt]

Construction is ongoing, some parts of the project is complete in my area at least

[@marieparker3822]

The Channel Tunnel goes under the English Channel, so you can go from London to Paris and Brussels by train.

[@NA-lr5wb]

in April 2020 the Eiganes tunnel in Stavanger opened

[@frodehagen8690]

The english channel tunnel between England and France already excists, for trains also.. :-)

[@Gullvivas]

Trains are the best!

[@sjokomelk]

Trondheim is not even half way up Norway... It is more like 1/3 of the way from south to north...

[@solbjrgbjrseth8680]

Norwegian ingeniors are behandling old underwater tunnelles crossing Chesapeak Bay too

[@davidmalarkey1302]

The channel tunnel is 31.35 miles long between England and France.

[@gautearefjord]

I guess it will take 20- 30 years. The biggest problem is Sogne fjorden it's almost 1000 meter deep, so a tunell under is impossible. And a bridge over is almost impossible. So then you have the alternative with concrete tunnel in the sea. But I guess they will try a shorter tunnel first. Just to see how it works..

[@TullaRask]

Yes, Statens Vegvesen says Rogfast will be the first one. About 10% has been planned so far apparently.

[@savagegtalks5912]

jeg skal ikke betale for vedlikehold av noe slik rust piss.... du og andre dumme aper for kose dere med byrden av vedlikehold^^ Jeg husker Opera huset hold på å synke i 2005. Var ikke engag ferdig og ble brukt tid og penger på vedlikehold, før det i det hele tatt var ferdig. Den dagen tenkte jeg Putin kan bombe Oslo og jeg vil ikke bli trist. Oslo's befolkning er ikke smarte nok for seg selv lenger når dem gir seg selv slike utgifter på toppen av alt som renner inn over grensa. Bygg den, greit, bare ikke spør meg om å betale for å bruke av den... De nye du og dine ape venner tok i mot til vårt land kan betale min andel. Ellers er det vel ikke vits at du slipper dem inn??? sviker? Å Breivik var snill mot det Norske folk, men slike tunneler kan vi lett gjøre bedre.

[@Contentious_Point_]

30 years 'till COMPLETION, it is built in segments though; so if you don't need to drive under the entire coast you could visit sooner...

[@arotom]

this is just in the planning state now !

[@runenorderhaug7646]

To be fair, as amazing as this seems it isn't completely out of no where. Like many things, it is more of an advancement on similar projects that occured in England and throughout Europe and even America

[@fretvethepronorwegianvikin9950]

Never heard of the floating tunnel most waterparts already buildt with bridges

[@anneolsen1624]

It was not the ideal first date, but it was a German and I talked about tunnel under the sea and he thought he could see fish and so on. Going down under, he was not so impressed, concrete and just a road, where we the locals test their car.

[@Gullvivas]

Fjord tunnels scare me still,and some have trubbels all the time.We are many waiting for the big tragic accedent in one of them. I will never drive in those.

[@bjrnarestlen1234]

"I'll be going faster than that" -well, how fast do you usually drive while taking a ferry? Average speed of 30mph is including the ferry-time

[@FrankShortt]

The Rogfast section should open for traffic in 2030…. The whole stretch probably 2050

[@Luredreier]

4:17 Not likely if you don't want to pay huge fines, lose your drivers license, possibly permanently or if you regain it at extremely high costs, or even land you in jail. 10 mph above the speed limit can land you in jail in Norway. It's the country in Europe that's strictest about road safety regulations.

[@Carlium]

Not anymore, Denmark is worse now.

[@Luredreier]

@@Carlium Strict is *not* "worse". There's a *reason* why Norway has the fewest traffic deaths pr vehicle and traffic deaths pr capita in the world when you exclude microstates despite having horrible weather that's not exactly making driving easier... As for Denmark being stricter... I'm sceptical towards that idea, but please do share your sources for that claim.

[@Carlium]

@@Luredreier lol, but true. Also, if I remember correctly they changed their traffic laws earlier this year, or late last year. Just look it up, they went from being the mildest in Europe to being some of the strictest.

[@Luredreier]

@@Carlium If they're "some" of the strictest in Europe then they're not as strict as us. Norway has been the strictest in Europe, and possibly the world for a long time now. That said, the record for the highest traffic fine is still Finnish I believe. But that's because nordic fines tends to be a percentage of your income rather than a fixed sum like in other countries and Finland just happened to have had a richer guy getting a fine then we have here in Norway so far. We'll beat them there once someone truly rich screws up here. ;-)

[@gautearefjord]

The Coastal highway route is a name of the hole project..

[@th5841]

3:40 Not from the southern tip to the northern tip. Kristiansund is not even half the way to the northern tip.

[@onelove6576]

We have a tunnel under water between Sweden and Danmark

[@brukernavn3409]

7:36 That is totally how an everyday Norwegian go about their day.