The impossible road
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Throughout the journey you will certainly have noticed the constant tunnels, bridges and turns. We say a little flippantly, that in Norway you cannot find a straight stretch of track of over 100 metres, that has not been forged over mountains, lakes, water, fjords or rivers. On the Bergen line alone there are more than 100 bridges and tunnels –and that is expensive! That is not uncommon, in Norway there are over 3200 tunnels and bridges along the rail line, which is equivalent to almost one bridge or tunnel for every kilometre travelled. Put this together with roads and that is in total in excess of 19 000 tunnels and bridges. The longest tunnel in the world is in Norway, it is in Lærdal and is a whole 24 kilometres long. So next time you are driving a car or travelling on a train in Norway, have a think about the cost of building and maintaining the roads and tracks.