County Road 830 ( no, Fylkesvei 830) is a road in the municipality of

Fauske or is a municipality located in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Fauske. Some of the villages in Fauske include Nystad, Venset, Straumsn ...

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

County,

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. It runs between

Finneid Finneid is a small town with a population of 210 (2016 census) that lies southeast of Fauske in Nordland county, Norway. Finneid was the port for shipping out the ore that came from the mine in Sulitjelma , , or is a village in the municip ...

, where it branches off from

European route E6 European route E6 ( no, Europavei 6, sv, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and t ...

, and the village of Sulitjelma, where it continues as County Road 543. The road was laid out along the bed of the former Sulitjelma Line railway, which was shut down in 1972. Work on converting the rail route for road traffic began on July 2, 1971. Over the course of three weeks, starting on July 24, 1972, the tracks were demolished and the road was made drivable. Further work on the road (including tunnel work) was carried out until 1975.Svanberg, Erling. 1990. ''Langs vei og lei i Nordland – Samferdsel gjennom 3000 år''. Bodø: Nordland fylkeskommune. . There are several tunnels on the road, including the Grønnlifjell Tunnel, Hårskolten Tunnel, Sjønståfjell Tunnel, and Stokkviknakken Tunnel. The route has been proposed for protection by the Norwegian National Protection Plan for Roads, Bridges, and Road-Related Cultural Heritage. Until January 1, 2010 the route was a national road. After the national road network regional reform came into force, the route was reassigned the status of a county road.

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Statens vegvesen – trafikkmeldinger Fv830 (Traffic Information: County Road 830)
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