Route 35 is one of the interior roads of

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

. The road is divided into two main sections. The first part is called (, ) and runs from about one kilometer northwest of

Selfoss Selfoss may refer to: *Selfoss (town), Iceland *UMF Selfoss, a football club based in Selfoss **Selfoss men's football **Selfoss women's football *Selfoss (waterfall), Iceland *Selfoss Airport Selfoss Airport is an airport serving Selfoss, a to ...

up to

Gullfoss Gullfoss ("Golden Falls"; ) is a waterfall located in the canyon of the Hvítá, Árnessýsla, Hvítá river in southwest Iceland. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country, and is included in "Golden Circle (Iceland), Gol ...

. It is a road for all cars. The second part is (, {{lit, Kjölur Road). This is a highland road which runs over the

Kjölur Kjölur () is a plateau in the highlands of Iceland, roughly defined as the area between the Langjökull and Hofsjökull glaciers. It lies at an elevation of about 600–700 metres. Geography At the northern end of the Kjölur road, near the h ...

plateau. The mountain road has the number F35. Route 35 in total is 237 km long.

Biskupstungnabraut

From the Ring Road (1) the road heads north-east through

Árnessýsla Iceland was historically divided into 23 County, counties known as ''sýslur'' (), and 23 independent towns known as ''kaupstaðir'' (). Iceland is now split up between 24 sýslumaður, sýslumenn (magistrates) that are the highest authority ov ...

forming the primary route to the tourist hotspots of

Geysir Geysir (), sometimes known as The Great Geysir, is a geyser in south-western Iceland, that geological studies suggest started forming about 1150 CE. The English word ''geyser'' (a periodically spouting hot spring) derives from Geysir. The name ' ...

and

. Along the way the road meets several other routes, such as Þingvallavegur (36), Laugarvatnsvegur (37) with distinctive peninsulas and Skálholt Way (31) and Hrunamannavegur (30). Near the road are a number of tourist attractions. In addition to Geysir and Gullfoss, these include volcanic crater lake

Kerið Kerið (; also Kerith or Kerid) is a volcanic Volcanic crater lake, crater lake located in the Grímsnes area in south Iceland, along the Golden Circle (Iceland), Golden Circle. It is one of several crater lakes in the area, known as Iceland's W ...

and the

Faxi The Faxi (, or Vatnsleysufoss ) waterfall is located on the Golden Circle, a popular tourist trail approximately 120km east of Reykjavik. The waterfall is located on the Tungufljót river, a tributary of the river Hvita. Faxi can be found ar ...

waterfall on the Tungufljót river. The road crosses the Alviðra. The original bridge was built in 1905 and was its major improvement for the transport in its time. The current bridge was built in 1983. Biskupstungnabraut runs for 69 km from the Suðurlandsvegur up to

Kjalvegur Keel

From Gullfoss, the road continues as Kjalvegur, with the number F35 (previously F37). North of Gullfoss, there is a river crossing where traffic must ford over the river. Approaching Iceland's northern coast, the road ends at Svínvetningabraut (731) at the Langamýri junction in Blöndudalur. Kjalvegur Keel is 168 km long.

Biskupstungnabraut

Kjalvegur Keel

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