Norwegian National Road 5 (, ) is a
national road
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in
Norway
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. It runs between
Florø,
Kinn
Kinn is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020. It is in the traditional districts of Nordfjord and Sunnfjord. The municipality is the only non-contiguous municipality in Norway since the municipality ...
to
Lærdal,
Vestland
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.
Starting where the
E16 enters the
Lærdal Tunnel, approximately five kilometers south of
Lærdalsøyri, the road goes northwest to
Sogndal
Sogndal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansv ...
and
Fjærland and from there north to
Jølster
Jølster is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It was located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre was the vil ...
and on to the sea where it ends in
Florø.
References
* Text was copied from
Riksvei 5 at the Norwegian Wikipedia, which is released under
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
External links
Wegenwiki
Roads in Vestland
Kinn
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