National Road 73 (''Riksväg 73''), Nynäsvägen, is a

Swedish national road National roads ( sv, riksväg; literally: ''road of the rike/realm'') in Sweden have road numbers from 1 through 99. The national roads are usually of high quality and sometimes pass through several counties. Roads with lower numbers are in sou ...

in Sweden between Stockholm and

Nynäshamn Nynäshamn is a locality and the seat of Nynäshamn Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 13,510 inhabitants in 2010. While interest in the area as a potentially useful port grew from the mid 19th Century, it was only with the opening of the ...

. The length is 57 km (35 mi). National road 73 begins at the

Johanneshov Johanneshov () is a district in Stockholm located at the intersection of national road 73 and national road 75 in the borough of Enskede-Årsta-Vantör, southern Stockholm, Sweden. The icehockey arena Hovet is located in Johanneshov, it ...

junction at Gullmarsplan in Stockholm with connections from the bridges

Johanneshovsbron Johanneshovsbron (Swedish: "The Johanneshov Bridge") is a 756 metres long and 17,9 metres wide road bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden. Overpassing two older bridges, Skansbron and Skanstullsbron, and one newer bridge, Fredriksdalsbron, it co ...

and

Skanstullsbron Skanstullsbron (Swedish: "The Fortlet Tollgate Bridge") is a bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden. Overpassing the older bridge Skansbron, it connects the major island Södermalm to the southern district Johanneshov. The first proposal for an e ...

and county road 226 (Huddingevägen), passing above

Södra länken Södra länken (''The southern link''), designated as national road 75 ( sv, Riksväg 75), is a motorway in Sweden connecting Essingeleden ( E4, E20), Stockholm with Värmdöleden (county road 222), Nacka. Södra länken is in length, of wh ...

and continues southwards. At

Gubbängen :''See also Gubbängen metro station for the metro station.'' Gubbängen is a suburban district in the southern part of Stockholm. The metro station was opened in 1950. Gubbängen is located in Farsta which is a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in ...

junction goes beneath county road 229 (Örbyleden/Tyresövägen), continues past

Farsta Farsta is a district in the borough with the same name in southern Stockholm. Farsta is located about eight kilometers south of Stockholm city. The district neighbours to Hökarängen, Sköndal, Larsboda, Farsta Strand and Fagersjö. It is al ...

, passing the municipal border of

Huddinge Huddinge Municipality ( sv, Huddinge kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County, east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Huddinge (), which is a part of Stockholm urban area. The municipality is, with its approximately 110,000 inhabitants, ...

where then county road 271 (Magelungsvägen) joins. Continues past

Trångsund Trångsund () is a part of Huddinge to the south of Stockholm located between the two lakes Magelungen and Drevviken. Trångsund had 9,114 inhabitants in 2019. Trångsund is 17 minutes away from Stockholm City Station by train on the Bålsta B ...

and

Skogås Skogås is a district of Huddinge Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden, south of Stockholm along the railroad to the city and harbour of Nynäshamn. In 2016, Skogås had 14,451 inhabitants. The suburb has conjoined with its northern nei ...

. In

Handen Handen (also known as Haninge Centrum) is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm and the seat of Haninge Municipality (Haninge Kommun) in Stockholm County in eastern Sweden. Handen had around 15 092 inhabitants in 2018. Geographically and statistically ...

it goes above the end point of county road 260 (Gudöbroleden), continues past

Jordbro Jordbro is a suburban locality situated in Haninge Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 10,291 inhabitants in 2010. The suburb is separated in two by the Stockholm commuter rail. Route 73 (Nynäsvägen), passes just east of Jordbro and co ...

Västerhaninge Västerhaninge () is a locality situated in Haninge Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It had 15,134 inhabitants in 2010. It is connected to Stockholm by commuter rail. Västerhaninge borders the large Hanveden forest to the north, the Jor ...

Landfjärden Landfjärden is a locality situated in Nynäshamn Municipality Nynäshamn Municipality (''Nynäshamns kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Nynäshamn. In 1974 the former ''Ci ...

and

Ösmo Ösmo () is a locality situated in Nynäshamn Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of ...

, where national road 73 comes to an end at the railway station and the Gotland quay. The road is a

motorway A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway. Other similar terms i ...

between Stockholm and Västerhaninge. The stretch between Västerhaninge (Fors junction) and Nynäshamn (Älgviken junction) has been built to a motorway as well. Construction began on September 1, 2005 and was finished in 2009. The bridges for road 73 between Fors and Nynäshamn were designed by Erik Andersson (architect).

External links

Vägverket – Väg 73, Nynäsvägen
— Swedish Road Administration page regarding the rebuilding of the southern part of the road National road 73 {{sweden-road-stub