County Road 55 ( no, Fylkesvei 55) is a highway which runs between the municipalities of Lom and

Høyanger Høyanger () is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Høyanger. Other villages in Høyanger municipality include Austreim, Bjordal, Kyrkjebø, ...

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 Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The section across

Sognefjellet Sognefjellet ( en, Sogn Mountains) is a mountainous area and mountain pass which connects Lustrafjorden and its surrounding valley with the Ottadalen valley in the Jotunheimen area. Sognefjellet is located in Luster Municipality (in Vestland count ...

, known as

Sognefjellsvegen The Sognefjellsvegen or Sognefjellsveien is the highest mountain pass road in Northern Europe. Part of County Road 55, it is located in Innlandet and Vestland counties in Norway. It is a national tourist road and starts in the village of Lom in ...

, is designated a National Tourist Route. Also a short section at

Balestrand Balestrand is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center was the village of Balestrand. Other villages in th ...

is a National Tourist Route. The road reaches the highest elevation on the public road network in Norway, , and it is closed every winter. Prior to 2010, the road was part of National Road 55 ( no, Riksvei 55). The road has importance as part of the shortest route between Trondheim and Bergen, , including a ferry. Usually a faster route is used, like those including Road 51 (663 km, also closed in winter, no ferry), road 15 (701 km, one ferry, used by express buses), or

European route E39 European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other single road in Eu ...

(671 km, four ferries). Local politicians lobby for two tunnels under the mountains, totalling around .I startgropa for ny stamvegpakke
(in Norwegian) This would create a winter open and ferry free road between Trondheim and Bergen much shorter than present alternatives.

Media gallery

Riksvei 55 ved Turtagrø.jpg, The road at

Turtagrø Turtagrø is a hotel in the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway, near Hurrungane in Jotunheimen. The hotel has been a central meeting place for mountaineers from the late 1800s. Location Turtagrø is located near the old mountain ...

Fv55 road at Sognefjellet, 2013 June.jpg, The road on Sognefjellet

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