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The Finnish national road 58 ( fi, Kantatie 58; sv, Stamväg 58) is the main road from Kangasala to
(in Finnish) In the 1938 road numbering system, main road 58 was the road between Lahti and Padasjoki, but after the completion of the Helsinki–Lahti road, Highway 4 switched to Lahti and road number 58 was taken out of service. In the mid-1970s, however, it was reopened on the road between Orivesi and Keuruu. The road is aKarstulan kunnan liikenneturvallisuussuunnitelma
– Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (in Finnish) The section between Kinnula and Reisjärvi has been marked for shortening in the new guidelines in the regional plans of Central Finland and North Ostrobothnia.
The road passes through the following localities:
Kantatie 58
(in Finnish) {{2nd class highways in Finland Roads in Finland
Kärsämäki
Kärsämäki (; literally meaning "snout hill") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water ...
via Orivesi, Jämsä, Keuruu, Karstula, Kinnula and Haapajärvi. The road is also called Suomenselkätie and has been marketed as an alternative road connection to Highways 4 and 9. The length of the road is about , which makes it the longest 2nd class main route in Finland.Teillä ja turuilla: Suomen pisin kantatie(in Finnish) In the 1938 road numbering system, main road 58 was the road between Lahti and Padasjoki, but after the completion of the Helsinki–Lahti road, Highway 4 switched to Lahti and road number 58 was taken out of service. In the mid-1970s, however, it was reopened on the road between Orivesi and Keuruu. The road is a
two-lane road
A single carriageway (British English) or Undivided highway (American English) is a road with one, two or more lanes arranged within a one carriageway with no central reservation to separate opposing flows of traffic. A single-track road has a s ...
all the way, the quality of which varies greatly; only the section between Orivesi and Keuruu is at the highway level. Other sections are former regional roads, which in many places are considerably narrow, winding and hilly as main roads. The road also passes through several small urban areas. The road is only partially permanently paved, between Keuruu and Reisjärvi the road is mostly lightly paved. On the other hand, road traffic volumes are mainly quite low, especially north of Keuruu. In addition, the road has a total of up to 13 discontinuities, where the main road turns at the junction
Junction may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Junction'' (film), a 2012 American film
* Jjunction, a 2002 Indian film
* Junction (album), a 1976 album by Andrew Cyrille
* Junction (EP), by Basement Jaxx, 2002
* Junction (manga), or ''Hot ...
. Between Multia and Pylkönmäki
Pylkönmäki is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Saarijärvi on 1 January 2009.
It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality had a population of 975 (2006) and covered an area of 392.61 km² of whic ...
, main road 58 is marked in the Central Finland's regional plan for the new alignment, and regional road 636 between Pylkönmäki and Karstula will be converted into main road 58.– Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (in Finnish) The section between Kinnula and Reisjärvi has been marked for shortening in the new guidelines in the regional plans of Central Finland and North Ostrobothnia.
Route
The road passes through the following localities:
See also
* Finnish national road 4References
External links
* * Matti GrönroosKantatie 58
(in Finnish) {{2nd class highways in Finland Roads in Finland