Landvegur () or Route 26 is a
national road
The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main tran ...
in
Southern Region. It runs from the
ring road near
Hella
''Hella'' is an American slang term that originated in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is used as an intensifying adverb such as in "hella bad" or "hella good" and was eventually added to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' in 2002. It is possibl ...
through the ''Landssveit'' area to the intersection of
Þjórsárdalsvegur. From there it is called
Sprengisandsleið, although this name is also refers to
Route F26, which starts at the end of Route 26 near
Þórisvatn
Þórisvatn (; sometimes anglicized to Thorisvatn) is the largest lake of Iceland, situated at the south end of Sprengisandur highland road within the highlands of Iceland.
It is a reservoir of a surface about 88 km2 and uses the energy of ...
.
See also
*
Sprengisandsleið
References
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Roads in Iceland