County Road 258 ( no, Fylkesvei 258), also known as Gamle Strynefjellsvegen, is a long road that runs through the Videdalen valley between the village of

Grotli Grotli is a village in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Billingsdalen valley at the east end of the lake Breiddalsvatnet, about west of the village of Bismo. The area has a hotel and skiing centre as ...

in Skjåk Municipality and the village of

Ospeli Ospeli is an area in Stryn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the ...

Stryn Municipality Stryn is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Stryn. The municipality is located along the innermost part of th ...

. The road opened in 1894, but was replaced by National Road 15 in 1977 as the main route between the Nordfjord region and Eastern Norway. The road is closed from October to June and is designated one of eighteen

National Tourist Routes in Norway National Tourist Routes ( no, Nasjonale turistveger) are eighteen highways in Norway designated by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration for their picturesque scenery and tourist-friendly infrastructure, such as rest stops and viewpoints. The ...

. The

Tystigbreen Tystigbreen is a glacier that is located on the border between Vestland and Innlandet counties in Norway. The glacier is located in the municipalities of Stryn and Skjåk, about east of the lake Oppstrynsvatnet. The Norwegian National Roa ...

glacier lies just south of the road. The eastern part of road has a gravel surface as a heritage road. The road is very narrow, only about . Starting in 2019, there is a more strict vehicle length limit of and a weight limit of per axle, due to maintenance issues, which means that tourist buses are not permitted on the road anymore.Stenger populær turistveg for bussar
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File:P1000162Gamle Strynefjellsvegen.JPG, View of the roadway File:Gamle Strynefjellsvegen 01.jpg, View of the roadway File:P1030186copyGamle Strynefjellsvegen.jpg, View of the scenery around the road File:Gamle Strynefjellsvegen 150608.jpg, A car, snow, and sheep

References

External links

Norway: Fv. 258 Old Strynefjell Road
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258 Year 258 ( CCLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tuscus and Bassus (or, less frequently, year 1011 ''Ab urbe condit ...

National Tourist Routes in Norway {{Norway-road-stub