Borgarfjardarvegur

Main Route 94 Iceland
Borgarfjardarvegur
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Basic data
Operator:	Vegagerðin
Start of the street:	Seyðisfjarðarvegur ( 65 ° 48 ′  N , 14 ° 24 ′  W )
End of street:	Borgarfjörður ( 65 ° 16 ′  N , 14 ° 1 ′  W )
Overall length:	68.17 km
Region (landsvæði) :	Austurland
View from the pass road Vatnsskarð eystra to the bay Njarðvík
Course of the road Seyðisfjarðarvegur Uppsalaá Þrándarstaðavegur Eiðalækur Eiðar → transmitter mast Eiðar Gilsárteigsvegur Selfljót Steinsvaðsvegur Selfljót, meander Hjaltastaðarvegur Lagarfossvegur → Lagarfoss Selfljót við Unaós Vatnsskarð , 431 m Njarðvíkurá Innri-Hvanngilsá Njaðvíkurvegur 9460 Njaðvíkurskriður Entrance to  Bakkagerði Bakkaá Desjarmýrarvegur Hólalandsvegur  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Borgarfjarðarvegur is a main road in the east of Iceland .

The road begins northeast of Egilsstaðir , where the Seyðisfjarðarvegur branches off to the east . It initially runs north for about 36 km. The solid road surface ends behind the town of Eiðar with the transmitter mast . It stays that way until Hjaltastaðarvegur . From the west the Lagarfossvegur flows into the street from the waterfall and Hróarstunga . Then it turns east and bridges the Selfljót, which could already be seen east of the road.

The asphalt ends again before the climb to Vatnsskarð . At 431 m, the pass is the highest point on the road. Up here is a station from Vegagerðin to monitor traffic and weather. The section at Njaðvíkurskriður has only been accessible by vehicles since 1950. This route is built on the slope. On one side is the sea, on the other side there can be rockfalls. Then the valley opens with the place Bakkagerði . Borgarfjarðarvegur ends here. The further course is the Desjarmýrarvegur , which leads to the port. The Hólalandsvegur branches off to the south . This later becomes Loðmundarfjarðarvegur and after 27 km it reaches the abandoned Loðmundarfjörður .

The distance between Bakkagerði and Egilsstaðir is 71 km, of which 28 km are not yet paved. The asphalting work on Njaðvíkurskriður was completed in August 2019. In 2020 the path over Vatnsskarð will also be paved.

See also

• List of streets in Iceland

Web links

• Weather and traffic
• Webcam facing east
• Webcam facing northwest

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vegaskrá 2018 - kaflaskipt. Retrieved August 29, 2019 (Icelandic). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Brúaskrá - Brýr á þjóðvegum (February 2016). Retrieved September 5, 2019 (Icelandic). 
3. ↑ Hæð nokkurra vega yfir sjó 22.12.2010. Retrieved September 6, 2019 (Icelandic). 
4. ↑ Bakkagerði-Egilsstaðir. Retrieved September 6, 2019 (Icelandic). 
5. ↑ Búið að malbika Njarðvíkurskriður. Retrieved September 7, 2019 (Icelandic). 
6. ↑ Framkvæmdir 2019 - Helstu verk sem unnið er að á árinu 2019. Accessed September 7, 2019 (Icelandic).