State emergency road crews managed to reopen a key portion of E16 highway on 13 June,
less than a week after it was buried by a huge landslide. The crews from state highway department worked
day and night to clear the road, and now top politicians promise a new tunnel will be built so that
the highway would not run along the steep mountainside bordered by a fjord.
The E16 highway was buried by a surprise landslide on June 8, just outside
the Hyvings Tunnel at Bolstad near Voss, but state highway crews managed
to reopen the road on June 13.
PHOTO: Statens vegvesen/Svein Lyngsgard
The landslide June 8 shocked even veteran geologists, and scared many
users because of its sheer size.
It measured around 60 meters wide, sending an estimated 10,000 cubic meters
of rock, dirt and trees
thundering down the mountainside near the Hyvings Tunnel at Bolstad, between
Bergen and Voss.
It took around 1,000 truckloads to clear away the rubble. on June 13, one
lane of the road was opened
with manual signals to direct traffic. That means there will still be traffic
delays on the road, but motorists
can avoid lengthy detours via other highways.
The work on clearing the road had initially been delayed because of
rocks that continued to fall from
high above the roadside, creating hazards for anyone below. Transport officials
have decided to build
a new E16 with a tunnel through the area, but work cannot be started before
2021 at the earliest.
Source, Newsinenglish, Norway: June 13, 2016
Photos of Detours from Dale to Evanger, via Eidslandet, Eksingedalen and
Nesheim
Route 569, FV344 and FV313: The following pictures were taken on June 9,
the day after the landslide.
Dale to Eidslandet
Eidslandet to Nesheim
Nesheim to Evanger
Nesheim to Evanger
Nesheim to Evanger
Nesheim to Evanger
(L) Nesheim to Evanger (R) We finally returned to the main road of E16.
(L) Norway's unique speed limit warning (R) Tvindefossen Waterfall between
Voss and Satlheim
Tvindefossen Waterfall
Stalheim Hotel
Bergen International Airport
Norway 2008
Smoking-room ratio in hotels in Norway Oslo 2015
Smoking-room ratio in hotels in Norway Bergen 2015
Smoking-room ratio in hotels in Norway Fjord 2015
All hotels are smoke-free in Norway Fjord 2016.
Norway 2015
Norway 2015 Arrival to Oslo Oslo 2015 Oslo to Bergen Bergen 2015 Bergen to Alesund
Hotels in Oslo Hotels in Bergen Hotels on the route from Oslo to Alesund
Smoking ban in Norway Departure from Norway
Norway 2016
Bergen to Stalheim Stalheim Voss Flaem Aurlandsfjellet Solvorn Sognefjell
Geiranger Andalsnes Atlantic Ocean Road Trondheim Norway's tunnel A train trip to Oslo
Oslo 2016
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禁煙席ネット主宰 日本タバコフリー学会顧問 医学博士 宮本順伯 
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The photographs were taken in June, and an article was written in July
2016,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
