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One of Norway's more famous roads is reopening after feet of snowfall caused it to be shut down for the winter. Trollstigen, known as the "golden route," is one of Norway's most scenic drives ...
In 2009, the road was Norway's ninth-most-visited natural tourist attraction, with 258,654 visitors from May through August. [11] The route won the title "Norwegian Construction of the Century", awarded by the Norwegian construction industry in 2005. [12] In 2006, The Guardian declared it the world's best road trip. [1]
The following is a list of National Tourist Routes in Norway that have officially opened or have been approved and are under upgrade. [4] It contains the name of the road, the start and finish locations of the route, the county or counties the route runs through, the road numbers the route follows, the length of the road and a description.
County Road 55 (Norwegian: Fylkesvei 55) is a 248.1-kilometer-long (154.2 mi) highway which runs between the municipalities of Lom and Høyanger in Norway. The 108-kilometer (67 mi) section across Sognefjellet, known as Sognefjellsvegen, is designated a National Tourist Route. [1] [2] Also a short section at Balestrand is a National Tourist Route.
The Norwegian County Road 63 passes along the south side of the mountain, and from that road, there is a private toll road called Nibbevegen, owned and operated by Geiranger Skysslag, that goes up to the summit of Dalsnibba, a drive of about 21 km (13 mi) from Geiranger. It was completed in 1939 but due to the Second World War its official ...
The bridge is the only road crossing of the Trondheimsfjord, and is located along Norwegian County Road 755. The bridge has a span of 530 metres (1,739 ft), making it the longest of its type in the world for two years. The two 152-metre (499 ft) tall pylons are located at Kjerringvik on the west side, and at Vangshylla on the east side.
The E 69 road at Magerøya. European route E69 is an E-road between Olderfjord and North Cape in northern Norway. The road is 129 km (80 mi) long. It contains five tunnels, totalling 15.5 km (9.6 mi). The longest, the North Cape Tunnel, is 6.9 km (4.3 mi) long and reaches 212 m (696 ft) below sea level.
From 2003 to 2022, the following roadways had the most fatalities during the Christmas and NYE holidays: I-15 in San Bernardino County, California: 33 (population 2.19M) I-10 in Riverside ...