Friday, July 13, 2018

Hardangerfjord

The Hardanger Bridge was completed in 2013 and is one of the longer suspension bridges on the world - the main span is a bit longer than those of the Verrazano Narrows and the Golden Gate. But one thing that makes it a little different is that the roadway emerges from tunnels in the steep walls of the fjord at both ends. And the tunnels on both sides include roundabouts. And the tunnel on the north continues several miles. This is what happens in Norway.

By now, I was getting a little nervous about how long it would take to get into Bergen (still several hours away). It didn't help that after grabbing dinner in Norheimsund a little later, we starting seeing signs warning of construction closures in one of the tunnels on our route. But it all worked out fine and our navigation system(s) directed us right to the central garage under the city, which was five minutes from our apartment.



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