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Tunnels In IcelandThere are currently six tunnels in the Icelandic road system; three more are under construction or have been planned (as of June 2004). Tunnels in Iceland are usually built under mountains for several different reasons such as: preventing winter-isolation of remote communities which would otherwise have to depend on high roads that often close due to snow, to shorten distance between communities and to increase road-safety by bypassing dangerous stretches of road. One Icelandic tunnel has been dug under a fjord, the Hvalfjrur Tunnel (Hvalfjarargng), and is among the longest underwater road tunnels in the world. Currently open: | Name | Length (meters) | Year of opening | | Region | | Vestfirir Tunnel | 9120 1 | 1995 | | Westfjords | | | Hvalfjrur Tunnel | 5770 | 1998 | | West | | Mlagng Tunnel | 3440 | 1990 | | North | | Strkar Tunnel | 800 | 1967 | | North | | Oddskar Tunnel | 640 | 1977 | | East | | Arnardalshamar Tunnel | 30 | 1948 | | Westfjords | Under construction: | Name | Length (meters) | Projected opening | | Region | | Fskrsfjrur Tunnel | 5650 | 2005 | | East | | | Almannaskar Tunnel | ~1200 | 2005 | | East | | Hinsfjrur Tunnel | 10560 2 | unknown | | North | 1 Tunnel has three branches that connect in a T-intersection in the tunnel. 2 Actually two tunnels, 3.7 and 6.9 km long.
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