Norwegian county road 408 (Fylkesvei 408 or Fv408) is a long

Norwegian county road A Norwegian county road ( nb, Fylkesvei or nn, Fylkesveg) is a highway in Norway owned and maintained by the local county municipality. Some of the roads have road signs. The signs are white with black numbers. History In 1931, a system of nat ...

which runs between the villages of Blakstad in

Froland Froland is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the village of Blakstad, which along with Osedalen form the main population center of the municipality. Other vi ...

municipality and

Rykene Rykene or Rygene is a village located along the river Nidelva in Agder county, Norway. The village is primarily located in Arendal municipality, but a small portion of the village lies across the river in the neighboring municipality of Grimstad. ...

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municipality. The road roughly follows the river

Nidelva Nidelva is a river in Trondheim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The name of the long river translates to "the River Nid" since the suffix ''elva'' or ''elven'' is the Norwegian language, Norwegian word for "the river". Location The N ...

the whole way. Prior to 2010, this was a

Norwegian national road Norwegian national roads (Norwegian: Riksvei/Riksveg abbr. Rv; literally: road of the rike/realm), are roads thus categorized by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) which also maintains them. In 2007 there were of this cla ...

, but in the transportation reforms that year, the road was transferred to county control. The road begins in the village of Blakstad in

municipality. In Froland, the road is called ''Messelveien''. The road begins at a junction with

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and it runs south along the

Arendalsbanen The Arendal Line ( no, Arendalsbanen) is a long railway line between Arendal and Simonstad in Norway. At Nelaug, north of Arendal, the line intersects with the Sørland Line. The southern section is electrified and provides a feeder passenger s ...

railway line. After about , the road enters

municipality where it is also known as the ''Jernbaneveien'' ( en, the railroad road). The road passes through the villages of

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and

Løddesøl Løddesøl is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the Norwegian County Road 408 on the eastern shore of the river Nidelva. The village lies about south of the village of Rise Rise or RISE may r ...

Lindtveit Lindtveit is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located just east of the river Nidelva along the Norwegian County Road 408. The village of Rykene Rykene or Rygene is a village located along the river Nidel ...

, and finally

where it ends at the junction with

Norwegian County Road 407 Norwegian county road 407 (') is a Norwegian county road in Agder county, Norway. The highway runs between the village of Vik in Grimstad municipality and Sponvika on the south side of the city of Arendal in Arendal municipality. Prior to the ...

References

408 __NOTOC__ Year 408 (Roman numerals, CDVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Bassus and Philippus (or, less frequentl ...

Road transport in Agder Arendal {{Norway-road-stub