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

Swedish national road National roads (; 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 southern Sweden ...

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between

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

and

Nynäshamn Nynäshamn is a Urban areas in Sweden, 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 ...

. 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, its c ...

junction at

Gullmarsplan Gullmarsplan () is a place in Johanneshov, Stockholm. The Town square, square there was built at the same time the new city area was developed in the 1940s. The business area around the square was inaugurated in 1946. It was named after Gullmarn, ...

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 language, 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 p ...

and county road 226 (Huddingevägen), passing above

Södra länken Södra länken (), designated as national road 75 (), is a motorway in Sweden connecting Essingeleden ( E4, E20), Stockholm with Värmdöleden (county road 222), Nacka. Södra länken is in length, of which is in tunnels. This makes it the ...

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 S ...

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

Farsta Farsta is a district in the borough with the same name in the southern part of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. Farsta is located about eight kilometers south of Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban ar ...

, passing the municipal border of

Huddinge Huddinge Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, 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 inhabit ...

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-N ...

and Skogås. In

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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 con ...

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 Jord ...

, Landfjärden and

Ösmo Ösmo () is a locality situated in Nynäshamn Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 3,911 inhabitants in 2010. It has a station on the Stockholm commuter rail Stockholm commuter rail () is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sw ...

, where national road 73 comes to an end at the railway station and the

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quay. The road is a

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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