page_title: Ryfast
hierarchical_section_title: Ryfast
caption_attribution_description: Norsk bokmål: Ryfylketunnelen (tidligere kalt Solbakktunnelen) mellom Hundvåg og Solbakk bygges som en del av Ryfast-prosjektet. Den er forventet ferdig i 2018, og blir en undersjøiske tunnel med lengde 14,3 km.English: Ryfylketunnelen in Rogaland, Norway will be finished in 2018. The subsea tunnel will be 14.3 km long. This map was created from OpenStreetMap project data, collected by the community. This map may be incomplete, and may contain errors. Don't rely solely on it for navigation.
context_page_description: Ryfast is a sub-sea tunnel system in Rogaland county, Norway. The tunnel system is part of the Norwegian National Road 13 and it runs between the city of Stavanger in Stavanger Municipality, under a large fjord, and the village of Tau in the municipality of Strand.
  When the last section was drilled on 26 October 2017, Ryfast became the longest undersea road tunnel in the world, with its 14.3 kilometres length greater than the Eysturoyartunnilin in the Faroe Islands at 11,238 metres, the Tokyo Bay Tunnel in Japan at 9,583 metres, and the Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel at 8,950 metres in China. It is also currently the world's deepest subsea tunnel, reaching a maximum depth of 292 meters.
  The project was approved by the Norwegian Parliament on 12 June 2012 and construction began in the spring of 2013. The cost of Ryfast is estimated to 5.22 billion kr. The tunnel system replaced the ferry route between Stavanger and Tau as well as the ferry from Oanes to Lauvik across the Høgsfjorden.
  The tunnel system consists of two subsea tunnels:
  Hundvåg Tunnel, 5,500 metres, running from the city of Stavanger to the island of Hundvåg
context_section_description: Ryfast is a sub-sea tunnel system in Rogaland  county, Norway.  The tunnel system is part of the Norwegian National Road 13 and it runs between the city of Stavanger in Stavanger Municipality, under a large fjord, and the village of Tau in the municipality of Strand.  
  When the last section was drilled on 26 October 2017, Ryfast became the longest undersea road tunnel in the world, with its 14.3 kilometres (8.9 mi) length greater than the Eysturoyartunnilin in the Faroe Islands at 11,238 metres (36,870 ft), the Tokyo Bay Tunnel in Japan at 9,583 metres (31,440 ft), and the Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel at 8,950 metres (29,360 ft) in China. It is also currently the world's deepest subsea tunnel, reaching a maximum depth of 292 meters.
  The project was approved by the Norwegian Parliament on 12 June 2012 and construction began in the spring of 2013. The cost of Ryfast is estimated to 5.22 billion kr (Norwegian krone). The tunnel system replaced the ferry route between Stavanger and Tau as well as the ferry from Oanes to Lauvik across the Høgsfjorden.  
  The tunnel system consists of two subsea tunnels:
  Hundvåg Tunnel, 5,500 metres (18,000 ft), running from the city of Stavanger to the island of Hundvåg (with a connection to the smaller island of Buøy also. This will also help relieve congestion on the Stavanger City Bridge.
  Ryfylke Tunnel, 14,400 metres (47,200 ft), running from the island of Hundvåg to just south of the village of Tau in Strand municipality on the other side of the fjord.  This will reduce travel time between the Northern Jæren and Ryfylke districts in Rogaland county.
  The Ryfast tunnel system was built at the same time as the Eiganes Tunnel which was constructed under the western part of the city of Stavanger.
  The first phase of the tunnel system to open was the Ryfylke Tunnel, which officially opened to traffic at noon on 30 December 2019. The Hundvåg tunnel and the related Eiganes Tunnel opened in February 2020, which marked the completion of both construction projects.
caption: The Ryfylke tunnel
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