Tags: Road Tunnel.
Bolungarvíkurgöng is a tunnel in northwestern Iceland located in Vestfirðir along Route 61. It has a length of 5156 m (16916 ft) and opened on September 25 2010.One of the main objectives of building the tunnel was to replace one of Iceland’s most dangerous roads which connected two of the largest towns in the area Ísafjordur and Bolungarvík and thereby improving road safety. The old road lies along the seashore under the steep and unstable mountain hills of Óshlíd.
