State Road 4 (Finland)
 
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The Finnish state road 4 ( Finnish. Valtatie 4 , Swedish. Riksväg 4 ) leads from the capital Helsinki in the south of Finland towards the north to Utsjoki on the Norwegian border. With a length of 1,295 km, it is the longest state road. Along with state roads 5 and 8 , it is one of the most important north-south connections in the country.
Route
State road 4 begins in the Helsinki district of Vanhakaupunki and heads north through all of Finland via Lahti , Jyväskylä , Oulu , Kemi and Rovaniemi to Utsjoki , where it ends at the border with Norway . The European route 75 follows the entire route of the state road 4. The sections between Helsinki and Lusi near Heinola , Vaajakoski and Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä and Kirri , Liminka and Haukipudas as well as Kemi and Keminmaa , the state road 4 is developed as a motorway .
The state road 4 performs the following municipalities: Helsinki - Vantaa - Kerava - Järvenpää - Mäntsälä - ( Orimattila ) - Lahti - Heinola - ( Sysmä ) - Hartola - Joutsa - Toivakka - Jyväskylä - ( Laukaa ) - Äänekoski - Viitasaari - Pihtipudas - Pyhäjärvi - Kärsämäki - Siikalatva - ( Liminka ) - Tyrnävä - Liminka (again) - Kempele - Oulu - Haukipudas - Ii - Simo - Kemi - Keminmaa - Tervola - Rovaniemi - Sodankylä - Inari - Utsjoki .
