Before the tunnel was opened in 1964, the Bergen Line ran via Nesttun.
Nesttun |
At Hop, E39 branches off from the 4-lane road and passes through two tunnels to Nesttun, wherefrom it continues south-westwards through Valla and Kaland before entering Os.
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Eastwards, Rv 580 follows E39 to Nesttun, where it branches off and runs through Haukeland and Espeland to Indre Arna in Arna borough.
After the project was marketed in the Bergen press, shipowners Fredrik Georg Gade and Johan A. Mowinckel supported it, as did major Wollert Konow (SB).