Nestled deep beneath Norway's rugged mountains is a marvel of modern engineering: the Lærdal Tunnel, the world's longest road tunnel. This impressive 24.5-kilometre (15.2-mile) passage connects ...

LAERDAL, Norway (Reuters) -- Norwegians are welcoming the scheduled opening of the world's longest road tunnel here as a safe short-cut under a snow-capped mountain range. When King Harald opens ...

The world’s longest tunnel, the Laerdal Tunnel, is currently found in western Norway. It stretches for 15.2 miles and takes about 20 minutes to pass through. However, it would not be that simple.

Sam Dumitriu, the thinktank's head of policy, said the Laerdal tunnel connecting Oslo and Bergen only cost £140m, adjusted for inflation.

Pro-growth campaign group Britain Remade noted that the cost of the planning fee alone is more than twice the amount it took Norway to build the longest road tunnel in the world. Sam Dumitriu, the ...