[N] Roads in Norway • Veier i Norge

[NorthStar77]

Originally Posted by x-type

i allways remember the book Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy when there is said something about creationing the world and the part where creators got full freedom is - Norway! fantastic terrain!!! and cities looks really nice, i really like those pix!!!

Hehe, the terrain between Kristiansand and Oslo is described as boring compared to most other parts of Norway

[Verso]

Great pix again! I especially like those rough rocks by the road.

Originally Posted by NorthStar77

Hehe, the terrain between Kristiansand and Oslo is described as boring compared to most other parts of Norway

Then it's high-time to take camera in your hands and get going.

[NorthStar77]

Okay then

Here are some photos from E16, between Oslo and Bergen, that I took last summer.

On Filefjell








Down from Filefjell to Lærdal
















Inside the world's longest tunnel(atleast for normal traffic), Lærdalstunnellen, 24.5km long.






Torrential rain caused several earth-slides, and we had to wait for hours for the road to open again. For a while, there were rumours that some people were stuck inside some of the slides.








A gravel road to the right of us here, had just been washed away...


Bonus pics from the same trip, Bergen and Besseggen

[Verso]

Beautiful. How many hours did it take you, considering you got stuck? And a couple of questions about the Lærdalstunnellen: what's the speed limit, and I've heard it lies on the main road between Oslo and Bergen (well, obviously you also used it), but to me it looks too north, isn't there another road more southerly and therefore shorter?

[ChrisZwolle]

There is also the E134 from Oslo to Haugesund, but you have to take a ferry.

[Verso]

Aha, I thought so; so I suppose the E134 was the main road Oslo-Bergen before the tunnel was built. But I see there's a road also over the tunnel, so I guess it was possible to get to Bergen without taking a ferry already before. Am I right?

[Þróndeimr]

Originally Posted by NorthStar77

Yes, but they usually don't bother with people driving 10-20km/h faster than the limit on the high standard motorways, only on the roads of poorer standards, where there are more accidents.

I am sure, I've driven on the roads out of Oslo many times

Yeah, traffic easilly go up to 100km/h-120km/h on the highways with speed limit 90km/h. But the police has taken many recently even on these roads (i think its ridicilous, more understandable in 60km/h and less).

A few/loads pics i have taken from different highways and roads in Norway, mostly in Trøndelag, or around Trondheim.

New E6 south of Trondheim.




































Lærdalstunnellen, the world longest tunnel.












Maybe not that many highway pics!

[nazrey]

Love this one...

[Verso]

Norway photo boom!

[NorthStar77]

Originally Posted by Verso

How many hours did it take you, considering you got stuck?

We didn't drive the whole way in one day. And when I think of it, we didn't drive from Oslo either. We spent two nights near Besseggen, since we walked it, then we spent one night at some friends that lives on the place before Filefjell. The next day, we had planned to drive to Bergen, only to stop in Lærdal, where I have family. But because we stopped for 3-4 hours, we had to spend the night in Voss, before finally driving to Bergen the next day. I think it is possible to drive Oslo-Bergen in 7 hours, if you don't have any stops.

And a couple of questions about the Lærdalstunnellen: what's the speed limit

I think it is 80km/h.

Originally Posted by Qazaq

But the police has taken many recently even on these roads

I haven't heard about any controlls on the 4 lane highways down here. Most people drive above the speedlimit on E6 towards Gardemoen and E18 in Vestfold. Many people, especially Audi-owners, drive 140-150 easily, and they get angry if you get in their way, even if you drive 120-130..



Btw, here are two photos from the trip back. This is 1/2 hour or so before entering the Lærdaltunnel driving from Bergen.

[Jeroen669]

@Qazaq: amazing pictures! The nature in Norway seems so overwhelmingly beautiful. Damn, I would love to drive there once...

Can you tell us more about the exact locations of the pictures?

[x-type]

Originally Posted by Chriszwolle

There is also the E134 from Oslo to Haugesund, but you have to take a ferry.

you can also use road 50 and 7 to come from Bergen to Oslo. in that case you're even not going too far to north. the other question is what is the condition of that road

[Þróndeimr]

Originally Posted by Jeroen669

@Qazaq: amazing pictures! The nature in Norway seems so overwhelmingly beautiful. Damn, I would love to drive there once...

Can you tell us more about the exact locations of the pictures?

Sorry for my late reply, here is a map and link to some of the photos.


1. Coastal roads, this one going out to Stokkøya island.

2. A normal road if you happend to visit the village of Leksvik, where im currently living!

3. E6 south of Trondheim towards Oslo

4. Road from Ålen to Stuggudal, a road going across some highlands towards the Sylene mountains, only open during summer.

5. E6 between Dovre mountains and the alpine-town of Oppdal.

6. Main road down Sunndalen, from Oppdal to the town of Sunndalsøra.

7. Trollstigen, by far the most famous road in Norway, and a very popular tourist attraction. You should drive here, take "The Golden Rout" which will lead you through Trollstigen, and south to the world's most famous fjord, Geirangerfjorden where you will find roads which is very similar to Trollstigen with great climbs up across mountains etc. Highly recommended!

8. Road up to Juvasshytta. This is actually the highest road in Norway, going up to 1 841m Its only open during summer naturally, as there is a summer skiing restort on a glacier up there. If you want to drive up, expect a temperature difference as the road starts at 500m in the valley, and from there its constant uphill all the way up. A recommended place to go when you first are here!

9. Lærdalstunellen, the world longest tunnel. You might drive through this one if you are going to Bergen.

[Jeroen669]

Originally Posted by Qazaq

Sorry for my late reply, here is a map and link to some of the photos.

Doesn't matter. Thanks for your comments anyway!

[Jean Luc]

I can't believe that Norway doesn't spend some of its vast oil wealth on building better roads! Other countries would love to have this at their disposal to improve their infrastructure.

[Svartmetall]

Why when the market is good would they want to do this? Norway has the "oil fund" to tide it over for the future. What better thing to do than to save for a rainy day?

In a global downturn, investment in local infrastructure tends to offset joblessness and help buoy up the local economy so they are very wise to save for now.

[AmiDelf]

It takes about 10 hours with car from Bergen to Oslo. Same from Oslo to Trondheim and Oslo to Stavanger.

With a bit luck you can drive these distances in 6 hours or so. Some people loves to speedrace over Hardangervidda in the summertime etc. Then it takes shorter time.

Norway roads:
2 way roads without yellow stripe: 40%
2 way roads with yellow stripe in the middle: 30%
2 way highway with yellow stripe in the middle: 10%
4 way expressway: 10%
4 way highway: 10%

E6 for example, is a 2 lane road from Finmark to Trondheim. From Bergen to Oslo it`s only 6% is highway .. From Oslo to Stavanger only 20%, From Oslo to Trondheim 25%

If you want to drive between Stavanger and Bergen and Trondheim etc. Then its no highways at all. Maybe 2% as Bergen and Stavanger got some short 4 lane highways.

[Maxx☢Power]

Originally Posted by Svartmetall

Why when the market is good would they want to do this? Norway has the "oil fund" to tide it over for the future. What better thing to do than to save for a rainy day?

In a global downturn, investment in local infrastructure tends to offset joblessness and help buoy up the local economy so they are very wise to save for now.

A good infrastructure is also essential for a good economy, so it would be a very wise investment for Norway to improve roads, rail and other transport infrastructure. The resentment to building motorways is purely ideological and not based on any version of reality.

[virgule82]

The main problem we have in Norway is a labor shortage. With an unemployment rate of 1.8% it's hard for the government to spend extensively on infrastructure without driving up wages and inflation. That is why we're not building more highways despite all our money.

[x-type]

Norway is not a transit country and in that i see the reason why they don't put too much on their motorways