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The tunnel is toll free as of 28 September 2018, the date when the tunnel was turned over from the private operator Spölur to the Icelandic Road Administration (Vegagerðin). [1] Previously, the toll for vehicles less than 6 meters (20 ft) in length was ISK 1,000 (USD 9.80). [2] Motorcycles and larger vehicles paid different tolls.
A tunnel under a fjord, the Hvalfjörður Tunnel, is among the longest underwater road tunnels in the world, and goes as deep as 165 m (541 ft) below sea level. [1] Tunneling is a relatively recent trend in Icelandic road infrastructure. It started off slowly and was at first only used in extreme circumstances, such as under Arnardalshamar in 1948.
The Hvalfjörður Tunnel was tolled from 11 July 1998 but became toll free as of 28 September 2018. Currently the Vaðlaheiðargöng tunnel, opened in December 2018, is the only toll road in Iceland.
The following is a list of toll roads.Toll roads are roads on which a toll authority collects a fee for use. This list also contains toll bridges and toll tunnels.Lists of these subsets of toll roads can be found in List of toll bridges and List of toll tunnels
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The 3.7% increase, triggered by inflation, comes as the new congestion pricing toll to enter Manhattan below 60th Street looms as well
A single trip through the Kingsway and Queensway tunnels for class one vehicles -which covers most cars - will cost £2.30, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority confirmed.
The tunnel runs to a depth of 165 metres (541 feet) below sea level. The south side of the fjord runs through the municipality of Kjós . Two different rivers named Fossá (Waterfall River) cross the road, each having a number of cascades, although the western one is easy to miss from the road, as its main fall tumbles from beneath the road ...