Finnish regional road 816 ( fi, Seututie 816; sv, Regionalväg 816) or Hailuoto Road ( fi, Hailuodontie; sv, Karlövägen) is a Finnish road between the Kempele municipality and the

Hailuoto Island Hailuoto (; sv, Karlö) is a Finnish island in the northern Baltic Sea and a municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Hailuoto is (), which make it the smallest municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia and the former Oulu P ...

. The length of the road is which includes a

ferry A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...

connection between mainland and the Hailuoto Island. The road starts at the roundabout in the center of Kempele, and passes the Oulunsalo district of

Oulu Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...

to the shores of the

Bothnian Bay The Bothnian Bay or Bay of Bothnia (; ) is the northernmost part of the Gulf of Bothnia, which is in turn the northern part of the Baltic Sea. The land holding the bay is still rising after the weight of ice-age glaciers has been removed, and w ...

to Riutunkari ferry port, from where the L/A ''Merisilta'' and L/A ''Meriluoto'' ferries run to Hailuoto to Huikku ferry port. From Huikku, the road continues through the villages of Ojakylä and Hailuoto to the

Marjaniemi Lighthouse Marjaniemi Lighthouse ( fi, Marjaniemen majakka) is a lighthouse located in the village of Marjaniemi at the westernmost point of Hailuoto island on the Gulf of Bothnia. The lighthouse is located approximately west of Oulu. The lighthouse was ...

, which is located in the westernmost headland of the island. In winter, there is also an

ice road An ice road or ice bridge is a human-made structure that runs on a frozen water surface (a river, a lake or a sea water expanse).Masterson, D. and Løset, S., 2011, ISO 19906: Bearing capacity of ice and ice roads, Proceedings of the 21st Inte ...

between Riutunkari and Huikku. The road is the main traffic route in the Hailuoto municipality. In Hailuoto in particular, road traffic is cyclical due to ferry traffic; road traffic volumes in Hailuoto vary between 325 and 1,100 vehicles per day, while the number of ferry users is about 600 vehicles per day. In Hailuoto, the busiest section is the section between Ojakylä and Hailuoto church village. The average traffic on the road section between Ojakylä and the ferry beach is 584 vehicles per day. During the

summer season Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, the earliest sunrise and latest sunset occurs, daylight hours are longest and dark hours are shortest, with ...

, there is an increase of about 400 vehicles in daily traffic. It crosses regional road 815, which runs between the city of Oulu and

Oulu Airport Oulu Airport (; fi, Oulun lentoasema, sv, Uleåborgs flygplats) is located in Oulu, Finland, south-west of the city centre. The airport is the second busiest in Finland after Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, as measured by the number of passengers (ca. ...

. The road section from the Kempele roundabout to the Sarkkiranta roundabout is part of the Pohjalahti Coastal Road ( fi, Pohjanlahden rantatie tourist road between

Vehmaa Vehmaa (; sv, Vemo) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population dens ...

and

Tornio Tornio (; sv, Torneå; sme, Duortnus ; smn, Tuárnus) is a city and municipality in Lapland, Finland. The city forms a cross-border twin city together with Haparanda on the Swedish side. The municipality covers an area of , of which is ...

. The tourist road continues from the roundabout to the Piriläntie road.

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