Tag: highways
Collapsed bridge must be replaced
An expert group of geologists and bridge specialists has concluded that the southbound portion of a bridge that collapsed along the busy E18 highway near...
Bridge collapse under investigation
Investigators continued to probe the cause of a bridge collapse in Vestfold near Holmestrand on Monday. Repairs or replacement of the sagging bridge structure...
Bridge collapses on E18 highway
One of the many bridges that make up the four-lane E18 highway through Vestfold collapsed on Monday afternoon. The collapse left around 45 motorists...
Foreign trucks face winter ban
Drivers of foreign-registered trucks may soon be banned from using highways over the mountains during the winter months in Norway. Authorities have lost patience with poorly...
‘Dirtbags’ shocked transport minister
As Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen reached the end of an epic road trip from one end of Norway to another on Thursday, he said he was...
Seatbelt control nabbed hundreds
Police and highway authorities had warned they'd be mounting massive seatbelt control posts around Norway during the weekend, but that didn't prompt all motorists...
Minister smashes E18 bottleneck
Ketil Solvik-Olsen, who took over as Norway's transport minister from the Progress Party just five months ago, has managed to do what few if...
Thousands drive over new Hardanger bridge
A controversial new bridge over the scenic Hardanger Fjord already attracted more than 13,000 motorists just during its opening weekend. The traffic exceeds all...
State cancels contract with bankrupt construction firm
Norway's state highway department (Statens Vegvesen) has cancelled all three contracts it had with bankrupt Austrian construction firm Alpine Bau, after the firm's bankruptcy...
Bankruptcy halts major projects
The bankruptcy last week of an Austrian construction firm is causing problems for some major road projects in Norway. Work stopped on the expansion...
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