
Route 92 or () is a
national road in the
Eastern Region Eastern Region or East Region may refer to:
* Eastern Region (Abu Dhabi): Al Ain
*Eastern Region, Ghana
*Eastern Region (Iceland)
*Eastern Region, Nepal
*Eastern Region, Nigeria
* Eastern Region, Serbia
* Eastern Region, Uganda
* Eastern Region of ...
of
Iceland. It connects the towns of
Reyðarfjörður,
Eskifjörður, and
Neskaupstaður (all of them are in the municipality of
Fjarðabyggð) and includes the tunnel
Norðfjarðargöng which opened to traffic on 11 November 2017. Until the opening of Norðfjarðargöng, the road used the shorter tunnel
Oddsskarðsgöng
Oddskarðsgöng () is a tunnel in Iceland, located in the Eastern Region Eastern Region or East Region may refer to:
* Eastern Region (Abu Dhabi): Al Ain
*Eastern Region, Ghana
*Eastern Region (Iceland)
*Eastern Region, Nepal
*Eastern Region, Nig ...
which was located at a higher elevation at the ''Oddsskarð'' pass and was often closed in winter.
Also until 11 November 2017, Route 92 continued from Reyðarfjörður to
Egilsstaðir. That part of the road is now numbered as part of the
Ring Road
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist i ...
(Route 1), together with former
Route 96.
References
Roads in Iceland
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