Swedish national road 99 (), is a

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in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden between Haparanda and

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. The length of the road is 360 km. The road is an ordinary road with one lane in each direction without any middle barrier all its length, except for one kilometer (around a half mile) in Haparanda where it is divided with two lanes per direction. All of its length, the road follows more or less close to the

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which almost totally goes in the Torne and

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rivers. Around

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it diverges around 15 km (10 miles) from the border river, otherwise the road mostly goes within 1 km from the border. The area is relatively sparsely populated, but the road goes through several villages, especially in the Southern half: Haparanda,

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Juoksengi Juoksengi () is a locality situated in Övertorneå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 350 inhabitants in 2010. It is located on the Torne River, at the border with Finland, which runs through the middle of the river. On the Finnish si ...

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and Karesuando. At Juoksengi the road crosses the Arctic Circle.

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National road 99 {{sweden-road-stub