The tunnel is located on Norwegian County Road 650, on the eastern shore of the Storfjorden.

[1] The tunnel was officially opened on 27 June 1998 by Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik.

The tunnel was part of a project to replace the old, narrow, avalanche-prone road that followed the shoreline of the fjord.

The old road also included a short 700-metre (2,300 ft) long tunnel section.

This is the third in a series of three tunnels connecting Sjøholt (in Ørskog Municipality) to the village of Stordal.