Norwegian_County_Road_550 Knowpia

County Road 550
County Road 550
	County Road 550 in Jondal
Route information
Length	81.96 km (50.93 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Fv5098 at Jondal
	Fv5104 at Nå; Fv551 at Eitrheim
East end	Rv13 at Odda
Location
Country	Norway
Counties	Vestland
Highway system
	Roads in Norway; National Roads; County Roads;

County Road 550 (Norwegian: Fylkesvei 550) is an 81.96-kilometer (50.93 mi) county road in Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The road runs from the village of Jondal to the town of Odda.^[1]

The route branches off from Norwegian County Road 5098 and follows the coast of the Folgefonna Peninsula. It runs north along the southeast side of the Hardanger Fjord to Utne and then turns south, running along the west side of the South Fjord to the town of Odda before meeting Norwegian National Road 13.^[2]

History edit

Before January 1, 2010, the route was a Norwegian national road. It was redesignated a county road after the regional reform of national roads.^[3]

The section of the road between Utne and Jondal has been designated as the Hardanger National Tourist Route together with the road from Steinsdal Falls in Kvam to Granvin on County Road 7 and the section from Låte Falls to Kinsarvik along National Road 13.^[4] The protected part of County Road 550 was built between 1874 and 1965.^[5]

^ Vegliste 2018. Spesial transport. Fylkes- og kommunale vegar. Hordaland (PDF). Leikanger: Statens vegvesen Region vest. 2018. p. 2. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
^ "Utne". Norgeskart. Archived from the original on October 20, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
^ "Forvaltningsreformen i Nasjonal transportplan, Stortingsmelding nr 16 2008-2009". Regjeringen.no. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
^ "Nasjonale turistveger – Hardanger". Vegvesenet. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
^ Nasjonal verneplan. Oslo: Statens vegvesen Vegdirektoratet. 2002. p. 167. ISBN 82-91130-20-5. Retrieved May 23, 2018.