Norwegian National Road 150, also known as Ring 3 and formerly Store Ringvei is a

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which circumnavigates

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

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. It runs from Ryen, through the

Sinsen Interchange The Sinsen Interchange () is a heavily trafficked, multilevel road junction in Oslo, Norway. It connects the highways Norwegian National Road 150 and Norwegian National Road 4 ( Trondheimsveien). The junction has existed since the 19th century, an ...

Lysaker Lysaker is an area in Bærum Municipality, Akershus County, Norway. Lysaker is the easternmost part of Bærum and borders Oslo proper. Lysaker was initially a farming community, later becoming a residential area. Today it is primarily known as ...

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History

The Sinsen Interchange, where Ring 3 meets Trondheimsveien was opened in 1962. The increase in traffic was greater than the capacity of the junction, and thus a bridge was constructed that redirected Trondheimsveien above the roundabout. Further restructuring was done in 1992, when the

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of the

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was redirected outside of the interchange, and in 1994, when National Road 150 was directed below the roundabout. The

Norwegian Public Roads Administration The Norwegian Public Roads Administration () is a Norwegian government agency responsible for national and county public roads in Norway. This includes planning, construction and operation of the national and county road networks, driver trainin ...

plans to connect the

Løren Tunnel Loren is both a given name and surname. Loren or Løren may also refer to: * Løren Line, Norwegian line of the Oslo Metro * Løren (station), Norwegian underground rapid transit station of the Oslo Metro * Loren Bridge, spanning the river * Lo ...

, a tunnel over National Road 150, with the Sinsen Interchange in summer 2013. The highway is subdivided into parts with separate names (from Ryen to Lysaker): *Adolf Hedins vei *Hjalmar Brantings vei *Dag Hammarskjølds vei *Storoveien *Rolf Wickstrøms vei *Tåsentunnelen *Kaj Munks vei *Torgny Segerstedts vei *Viggo Hansteens vei *Ullernchausséen *

Granfoss Tunnel The Granfoss Tunnel is a set of two tunnels on Ring 3 (Oslo), Ring 3 in Oslo, Norway. The two tunnels are long and they are part of the Granfoss Line, a stretch of motorway which was opened in 1992 connecting Ring 3 with the European route E18 ...

(Snarøyveien)

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Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Norwegian national roads Controlled-access highways in Norway Ring roads in Norway {{Norway-road-stub

History

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