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Rotating snowplough

Bergensbanen

19.06.2018 - 18:38

Already at the beginning of the 1870s demands were made that there had to be a railway connection between Bergen and East Norway. The first section between Bergen and Voss was finished in 1883. The route alternatives further on were many: Lærdal-Valdres, Aurland-Geiteryggen, Raundalen-Finse and Ulvik-Finse. Following a long dispute, an agreement was finally reached that the middle route alternative, Raundalen- Myrdal- Finse, was the best alternative. In 1894 the government passed a resolution that the Bergen railway should be built, but only the section Voss-Taugevatn. This was a political gamble in order to make the rest of the country participate in the plans. In 1898 it was approved that the railway be continued eastwards from Taugevatn to Oslo. This high mountain project was one of the most challenging railway projects in Europe. The Bergen railway was to be built across a mountain plateau without roads.

The road Stamnes-Eidslandet

Dalseid- Eidslandet road construction

25.04.2018 - 20:57

Dyrskard with the restored construction hut.

Dyrskard

27.05.2018 - 15:07

Right from the start the road across Haukelifjell was a road from “fjord to fjord”, from the bottom of Sørfjorden to Dalen in Telemark. The connection between Røldal-Haukelifjell was considered so important by Stortinget (Parliament) that the road construction Odda-Dalen was approved already in 1853.

From Espe, Sekse and Lofthus there were roads up to the main tracks across the Hardanger plateau.

Espe

27.03.2019 - 11:54

Pilot vessel at Fedje.

Fedje traffic office

19.05.2018 - 19:54

Garnes station

Garnes

12.06.2018 - 19:16

“The Trondheim post road” from Gaulen, Lindås.

Isdalstø

16.06.2018 - 18:48

Kossdalsvegen

Kossdalen

18.06.2018 - 20:01

Workers

Lussand-roadwork

26.05.2018 - 11:43

The road along the north side of the Hardanger fjord - between Øystese and Eide in Granvin – was literally built “by hand”. The construction work started in February 1933, and on 9 October 1937 Crown Price Olav opened the stretch of road between Øystese and Ålvik at Fyksesund bridge.

«Den Trondhjemske postvei»

Munkebotn

12.06.2018 - 19:18

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