County Road 915 () is a road in Bø Municipality in

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. The road starts in the village of

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, where it branches off from County Road 820, and then crosses the low isthmus to the village of Eidet, where County Road 917 branches off north towards the village of

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. It then follows the sea to

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, where it turns inland and runs along the west side of Bufjellet hill () before descending to the village of

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, where County Road 916 branches off east to Vågen. The road then continues further along the water, past

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to the village of Hovden, where it terminates. The road becomes very narrow below Tussen hill () on the border of the Nyke/Tussen Nature Reserve before it reaches Hovden. This stretch of the road is also exposed to

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s and was closed by such a rockfall in 2014.Borkamo, Anita. 2014. Lokalsamfunn isolert etter steinras. ''NRK'' (April 27).
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Statens vegvesen – trafikkmeldinger Fv915 (Traffic Information: County Road 915)
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Bø, Nordland