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Route 1 or the Ring Road (Icelandic: Þjóðvegur 1 or Hringvegur pronounced [ˈr̥iŋkˌvɛːɣʏr̥] ⓘ) is a national road in Iceland that circles the entire country. As a major trunk route, it is considered to be the most important piece of transport infrastructure in Iceland as it connects the majority of towns together in the most densely populated areas of the country.
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The Ring Road which circles Iceland has the number 1 and it is the only number starting with number 1 (there are no such numbers as 10-19 or 100-199). Numbers starting with 2 are in Eastern South Iceland, which is divided by the Þjórsá river. Numbers starting with 3 are in Western South Iceland, which is divided by the Þjórsá river.
The first bridge across it was built in 1625. The bridge on Iceland's Route 1 (Hringvegur) was built in 1994, when the road to Egilsstaðir was upgraded. The previous bridge still stands, some distance downstream. In the novel Independent People by Icelandic author Halldór Laxness, the protagonist Bjartur rides through the river on a reindeer. [2]
The Hvalfjörður Tunnel (Icelandic: Hvalfjarðargöng pronounced [ˈkʰvalˌfjarðarˌkœyŋk] ⓘ) is a subsea road tunnel under the Hvalfjörður fjord in Iceland and a part of Route 1. It is 5,770 meters (18,930 ft) long and reaches a depth of 165 meters (541 ft) below sea level.
The oldest wooden bridge in Sweden, from 1737. Lidingöbron, 997 m. There was a 750-metre-long (2,460 ft) bridge there already 1802. Öland bridge, 6,072 m; Öresund Bridge, from Sweden to Denmark. 7,845 m (of which 5,300 m in Sweden. 490 m span) Tjörnbron Bridge, 664 m (366 m span) Uddevalla Bridge, 1,712 m (414 m span)