Skriðdals- og Breiðdalsvegur

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Skriðdals- og Breiðdalsvegur
Skriðdals- og Breiðdalsvegur
Basic data
Operator: Vegagerðin
Start of the street: Hringvegur ( 65 ° 48 ′  N , 14 ° 24 ′  W )R1
End of street: Hringvegur ( 65 ° 16 ′  N , 14 ° 1 ′  W )R1
Overall length: 81.13 km

Region (landsvæði) :

Austurland

Course of the road
Confluence Hringvegur R1
Village end End of town  Egilsstaðir
flow Lake Lögurinn
Hallormsstaðaskógur
bridge Kaldá á Völlum
Confluence Upphéraðsvegur T931
bridge Gilsá á Völlum
bridge Viná
bridge Þórisá í Skriðdal
bridge Eyrarteigsá í Skriðdal
Junction on the left Þórdalsheiðarvegur L936
bridge Jóka í Skriðdal
Junction Skriðdalsvegur T936
bridge Haugá
bridge Vatnsdalsá í Skriðdal
flow Lake Skriðuvatn
Junction Axarvegur T939
bridge Breiðdalsá
bridge Selá í Breiðdal
bridge Höskudsstaðaá
Junction Suðurbyggðarvegur T966
bridge Tinnudalsá
Junction on the left Norðurdalsvegur í Breiðdal H962
Junction Breiðdalsvegur T964
bridge Fellsá í Breiðdal
bridge Brunnlækur í Breiðdal
Confluence Hringvegur R1

The Skriðdals- og Breiðdalsvegur is a main road in the east of Iceland . It was part of the Ringstrasse until November 2017 .

Part of the Norðfjarðarvegur S92 and the entire Suðurfjarðavegur S96 with the Fáskrúðsfjarðargöng became the ring road in November 2017 . The Skriðdals- og Breiðdalsvegur has had the number since the rededication S95that was never given before. It rises to a height of 470 m. The distance from Egilsstaðir to Höfn í Hornafirði is 254 km via the ring road R1, 244 km via Skriðdals- og Breiðdalsvegur S95, of which 24 km are not yet paved. The shortest road connection leads over the Axarvegur T939 with 187 km, of which 28 km are without solid roads. The Skriðdals- og Breiðdalsvegur partly still leads over single-lane bridges and has a gradient of up to 12% and is not always passable in winter.

The road continues straight south from Egilsstaðir while the ring road branches off to the east. It runs east of the Lögurinn and Hallormsstaðaskógur . The Upphéraðsvegur T931branches off to the west and leads over the Austurleið LF910 to the Kárahnjúkar dam . The Þórdalsheiðarvegur L936leads east into the Reyðarfjörður , is actually only passable in summer. The solid road surface ends at the bridge over the Vatnsdalsá by Lake Skriðuvatn. The outflow from the lake forms the Breiðdalsá, the main river in the Breiðdalur . The Axarvegur T939 branches off to the west and is a clear shortcut that is not easily navigable. Asphalting T966begins again at Suðurbyggðarvegur . After 81 km this road ends again at Hringvegur R1 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Vegaskrá 2018 - kaflaskipt. Retrieved August 22, 2019 (Icelandic).
  2. Breytt vegnúmer á Austfjörðum - Hringvegurinn mun liggja um firðina. Retrieved November 10, 2017 (Icelandic).
  3. Hæð nokkurra vega yfir sjó 22.12.2010. Retrieved August 29, 2019 (Icelandic).