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UndergroundStructuralInternationalSteel Fiber Reinforced Shotcrete Replaces Cast Concrete Lining, World’s Longest Subsea Road Tunnel

Christine J. Hauck and John Peter Holtmon

The Northcape Tunnel in the Artic Circle in Norway was opened for traffic on June 15, 1999. The project is the longest subsea road tunneltunnel (6820 m or22,000 fl) in the world un1il 1999/ 2()0(). TheNorthcapc¢Tunnel is part of 1he FATIMA­Project, (he road connection from