Norwegian National Road 9
National Road  Rv9 | |
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| Bokmål: Riksvei Rv9 Nynorsk: Riksveg Rv9 | |
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| Maintained by File:Riksvei E18.svg RvE18 File:Riksvei E39.svg RvE39 File:Riksvei E134.svg RvE134 | |
| Length | 235 km[citation needed] (146 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| From | Haukeligrend, Vinje |
| To | Kristiansand |
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| Country | Norway |
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Norwegian National Road 9 (Rv 9) are often called the Setesdal Road (no: Setesdalsveien) and is the main thoroughfare through Setesdal. It runs from Kristiansand in the very south of Norway, through Setesdal to Haukeligrend in Telemark in the north where it meets the E134. The road runs through the Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties. It goes by Mosby, Homstean, Skarpengland, Hægeland, Hornesund, Hornnes, Evje, Byglandsfjord, Bygland, Ose, Hylestad, Valle, Flatland, Rygnestad, Bykle, Hovden and Bjåen to Haukeli.[1]
Road length is 235.7 km, of which 45.1 km in Vest-Agder, 175 km in Aust-Agder and 15.6 km in Telemark County.
History
Parts of the road had an alternative way of travelling. Between Kristiansand, Grovane and Byglandsfjord, there were a railroad, the Setesdal Line[2]. On the lake Byglandsfjorden, a steamboat ran from Byglandsfjord to Bygland[3].
In Setesdal, people and animals have in the past crossed the mountains from Fyresdal and in the east, from Vinje in the north, from Suldal, and Sirdal in the west. The so-called Bishops Road went from Fyresdal to Valle in Setesdal. It was built Postal Route from the south in 1840. From 1867 to 1879 the first road was continued from Valle to Hovden. In 1936 the road reached Bjåen, over 30 km north of Bykle Church. After World War II was the road built further north to Grungedal in Telemark County.
Two of the most critical points were Fånekleivi east of Byglandsfjorden, about 5 km south of Bygland and Byklestigen south of the village church in Bykle. Today's corridor runs in a tunnel at 611 feet through Fånefjell. Also at Byklestigen is the current road in tunnel[4].