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Atlanterhavsveien Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 9/28/2013
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Atlanterhavsveien er landets åttende best besøkte naturbaserte turistattraksjon (2004) med 283 500 besøkende. Veistrekningen er foreslått vernet i Nasjonal verneplan for veger, bruer og vegrelaterte kulturminner.


Atlanterhavsveien er en Nasjonal turistvei på Nordmøre i Møre og Romsdal.

Opprinnelig var atlanterhavsveien et 8 274 meter langt veistykke på fylkesvei 64 mellom Vevang i Eide og Kårvåg i Averøy som avløste fergesambandet mellom Ørjavik og Tøvik i de to kommunene 7. juli 1989. Dette anlegget består blant annet av åtte broer på til sammen 891 meter og går over en hel del holmer og skjær. Veien kostet 122 millioner 1989-kroner og var delvis bompengefinansiert. Bommen ble fjernet i juni 1999.

Traseen langs fylkesvei 64 ble opprinnelig planlagt for jernbane tidlig på 1900-tallet, men den ideen ble skrinlagt for godt i 1935. Planlegging av veistrekningen kom i gang på 1970-tallet. Byggingen startet 1. august 1983. Senere har turistveien blitt utvidet, slik at den idag går mellom Bud i Fræna og Kårvåg, traséen følger fra vest mot øst Fylkesvei 235, Fylkesvei 238, Fylkesvei 663, Fylkesvei 235, Fylkesvei 242 og Fylkesvei 64.

English:

The Atlantic Ocean Road or the Atlantic Road (Norwegian: Atlanterhavsveien) is a 8.3-kilometer (5.2 mi) long section of County Road 64 that runs through an archipelago in Eide and Averøy in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. It passes by Hustadvika, an unsheltered part of the Norwegian Sea, connecting the island of Averøy with the mainland and Romsdalshalvøya peninsula. It runs between the villages of Kårvåg on Averøy and Vevang in Eida. It is built on several small islands and skerries, which are connected by several causeways, viaducts and eight bridges—the most prominent being Storseisundet Bridge.

The route was originally proposed as a railway line in the early 20th century, but this was abandoned. Serious planning of the road started in the 1970s, and construction started on 1 August 1983. During construction the area was hit by 12 European windstorms. The road was opened on 7 July 1989, having cost 122 million Norwegian krone (NOK), of which 25 percent was financed with tolls and the rest from public grants. Collection of tolls was scheduled to run for 15 years, but by June 1999 the road was paid off and the toll removed. The road is preserved as a cultural heritage site and is classified as a National Tourist Route. It is a popular site to film automotive commercials, has been declared the world's best road trip, and been awarded the title as "Norwegian Construction of the Century". In 2009, the Atlantic Ocean Tunnel opened from Averøy to Kristiansund; together they form a second fixed link between Kristiansund and Molde.

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