Route 41, known as in Icelandic (), is a highway in southwest Iceland, running along the northern shore of Reykjanes Peninsula from

Keflavík Airport Keflavík (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129. In 1995, Keflavik merged with nearby Njarðv ...

to the

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. Previously, much of the road was called () but the name is now given to route 424 that runs from Reykjanesbraut through outer

Njarðvík Njarðvík () is a town in southwestern Iceland, on the peninsula of Reykjanes. As of 2009, its population was 4,400. History In 1995 it merged with the town of Keflavík and the village of Hafnir to form the new municipality of Reykjanesbær. T ...

and Keflavík. The current road is mostly

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and controlled-access. In addition to being the main road between Reykjavík and

, it serves as a major traffic artery in the eastern and southern suburbs of the

. It runs from the intersection of south towards Hafnarfjörður, where it bends, and continues from there to Keflavík. The road was finished in 1912 and was paved in 1965. 2003 saw the start of construction to upgrade the non-urban part to a four-lane road, being completed by October 2008.

Sections

As a national highway the route includes a large part of , a local road in Reykjavík that begins at the northern end of Reykjanesbraut. Therefore, the stretch of Sæbraut east of

Kringlumýrarbraut Route 40, known as in Icelandic language, Icelandic or by its busiest stretch, , is one of the two major traffic arteries running across Capital Region (Iceland), Capital Region. References

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is marked as number 41.

References

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