European route E134
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States:
- Norway
Haukelivegen is one of the most important Norwegian road links. The road begins in Drammen and leads over the Haukelifjell to Haugesund. The road shall be named the European Route 134 is named after the small town Haukeli.
History
1704 for the first time, a plan was submitted which provided for the establishment of a usable path for horse-drawn carriages. The construction work for the implementation, however, were recorded only 150 years later. 1889 could then be driven through the route. The highest points of the route at Dyrskar lies at an altitude of 1148 m above sea level. Here in 1886 the first road tunnel in Norway was built.
Because of poor weather conditions had to be closed in the winter the road. In some years, the road was closed because of the huge amounts of snow and heavy snow drifts up to 8 months.
Simultaneously with the completion of the way recognized the need to build a year-round usable connection over the Haukelifjell. Originally it was discussed to ensure the connection with the construction of a railway line. These plans, however, were not implemented. 1946 there was a further initiative to build a railway line. These plans, however, were allowed to fall 1953 final.
In the fall of 1968, the revised road for traffic was released after 10 years of construction. You could now for the first time be used as a year-round connection. To inter alia the construction of a series of tunnels was necessary. The creation of the road has been accelerated by the development of hydropower in the area by Haukelifjell. Funding is provided by the collection of tolls. After the funding period, the tolling was adjusted with 31 December 1990.