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260 meters (850 ft) long. The municipal boundary between Eide and Averøy runs under the bridge. It then runs across
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Hustadvika, an unsheltered section of the
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declared it the world's best road trip. The road has become a popular place for the automotive industry to film advertisements; more than ten manufacturers have made television commercials along the route, often depicting the harsh weather. The
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off the road in the stipulated 15 years. However, by June 1999 the road was paid off and tolls removed. The accelerated amortization was caused both by greater than predicted local traffic and by large amounts of tourist traffic.
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Kuholmen and then across the 115-meter (377 ft) long Little Lauvøysund Bridge onto the island of
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in the early 1980s, proposed that job creation funds could be allocated to road projects. The proposal was approved in 1983, after it had been supported by the municipalities of Averøy, Eide and
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Atlanterhavsveien AS was established in 1970.
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976:"Om Atlanterhavsveien"
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724:"Atlanterhavsveien"
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245:European windstorms
165:Atlantic Ocean Road
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112:Nordmøre
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