- Norwegian national road
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Norwegian national road (Norwegian: Riksvei/Riksveg abbr. Rv; literally: road of the rike/realm), are roads thus categorized by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) which also maintains them. In 2007 there were 27,343 km of this class of Norwegian roads, which constituted 29.4% of public roads in Norway.[1]
All regular national roads have an asphalt concrete cover. Exceptions are national roads that have been given special status or protection. The "gravel roads package" was a governmental plan which saw to it that all national roads that hadn't been given special value in the Norwegian national protection plan for roads, bridges and road-related cultural heritage objects (Nasjonal verneplan for veger, bruer og vegrelaterte kulturminner) received asphalt covering. Norwegian national road 716 (usually labelled Rv 716, Rv is the official abbreviation for Riksvei/Riksveg[citation needed]) between Bergli and Valen in Frøya, Sør-Trøndelag was the last regular stretch of national road with a gravel coating. The last two remaining kilometeres were asphalted on December 17, 2003 with participation by among others Minister of Transport and Communications Torild Skogsholm.
Norwegian national roads that are being maintained as gravel roads according to the protection plan are Norwegian national road 252 (Tyin–Eidsbugarden), Norwegian national road 258 (Grotli-Ospeli bru) and Norwegian national road 886 (Bjørnstad–Jacobselv).
The national roads are divided into three categories: European routes, stamveier ("stem roads") and other national roads. the route signs for the European routes have an "E" preceding the national road number and the sign is green with white script. The stamveis are part of the national transport grid and are also designated using green signs. The stamveis have, with one exception, either one or two digit road numbers. National roads with one-digit numbers are all stamveis, except one stretch of Norwegian national road 7 (Rv 7) (from Gol to Bergen). Other national roads have either two or three digit numbers and are displayed on white signs with black script. Roads with two-digit numbers are regional national roads, whereas three-digit ones are more local, shorter stretches.
The organization of national, county and village roads (later municipal roads) was introduced in 1931. Starting in 1912 the roads had been divided into main roads ("hovedveier") and village roads ("bygdeveier").
Extreme records of Norwegian national roads
Record Route measue end points / location Longest European route in Norway E 6 2627.9 km Svinesund - Kirkenes Longest other national road Rv 17 630.5 km Asp near Steinkjer - Løding near Bodø Longest 3-digit national road Rv 715 194.9 km Trondheim - Fossli in Namdalseid Longest European route running partially through Norway E 75 4340 km Vardø - Sitia in Greece Shortest European route in Norway E 105 15 km Kirkenes - Storskog border Shortest other national road Rv 603 245 m Marifjøra Highest national road mountain pass Rv 55 1.434 m AMSL Sognefjellet Lowest point on a national road Rv 653 -287 m AMSL Eiksund Tunnel Longest national road tunnel E 16 24.510 m Lærdal Tunnel (world record) Longest national road bridge E 18 1892 m Drammen Bridge Longest domestic ferry stretch Rv 80 192 km (8-9 hours) Bodø - Røst - Værøy - Moskenes[2] National road with the most ferry stretches (domestically) E39 8 Trondheim - Kristiansand[3] Other national road with the most ferry stretches Rv 17 6 References
- ^ (Norwegian) Statistisk sentralbyrå: Table 416: Offentlige veier etter fylke 1. januar 2007 (public roads by county as of January 1, 2007) from Statistisk sentralbyrå
Note: The numbers encompass city streets. For municipal roads not all municipalities are up to date. - ^ Bodø - Røst, 103 km, up to 5 hours 15 min)[1]. Also, Hurtigruten is usually capable of transporting cars and can in those cases be considere a ferry. It takes 6 days.
- ^ E39 has 9 ferries in altogether, which may be a world record. There are 9 ferry stretches on European routes in Norway, 8 on E39, 1 on E6
See also
- This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia.
- This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia.
Categories:- Roads in Norway
- Norwegian national roads
- ^ (Norwegian) Statistisk sentralbyrå: Table 416: Offentlige veier etter fylke 1. januar 2007 (public roads by county as of January 1, 2007) from Statistisk sentralbyrå
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