Tag: highways
Rockslide closes main mountain highway
One of Norway's most heavily trafficked highways over the mountains between Oslo and Bergen had to be closed between Voss and Gudvangen late Tuesday,...
E18 bridge to reopen at Holmestrand
State highway officials had some good news this week for motorists on the E18 highway running southwest from Oslo. Its new Skjeggestad Bridge near Holmestrand...
E16 reopened, new highway planned
State emergency road crews managed to reopen a key portion of Norway's E16 highway on Sunday afternoon, less than a week after it was buried by...
Huge landslide blocks mountain highway
UPDATED: A major rock- and landslide crashed down a mountainside near Voss Wednesday morning, blocking the main E16 highway between Oslo and Bergen. It's likely...
Oslo commuters face even higher tolls
After years of quarreling over how to relieve congestion on the E18 highway into Oslo, how to finance it and even whether the road's capacity...
Floodwaters recede, roads reopening
Pouring rain and melting snow suddenly set off flooding in many areas of southern Norway this week, especially in Hedmark and Oppland counties. Several...
Roadblocks ahead for transport plan
NEWS ANALYSIS: As hundreds of thousands of Norwegians hit the road this week, to spend the country's long Easter holiday weekend at mountain cabins or...
Accidents caused traffic nightmares
Hundreds of vehicles were stuck for hours in a cold traffic jam over the Norwegian mountains on Sunday, after accidents closed the main E134...
Cold weather sets off smog alerts
Both Bergen and Oslo were reporting unusually high levels of air pollution again this week, as freezing temperatures and a lack of wind trapped everything...
Severe storm hammered western Norway
Police in Bergen and Stavanger were warning residents against going outdoors on Wednesday, after extremely strong winds ripped the roofs off garages and several...
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