“Golsfjellet: SMOOTH!” This is how the Swedish Road Administration summarizes driving conditions on Golsfjellet. – As of now, it is open and freshly strewn in Gol, says Annie Serup, traffic operator in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, to news on Saturday morning. – But having said that, people have to drive according to the conditions. There is a lot of snow and large plowed edges which are now starting to thaw. This water can easily flow into the road. In large parts of the country, the storm “Ingunn” has been replaced by new weather. It creates slippery roads and trouble in several places in southern, central and northern Norway. The fire brigade and a rescue boat were sent to Rønvik marina in Bodø in the morning hours: Closed mountain crossings E6 over Dovrefjell are open again after being closed overnight until Saturday. At the same time, the E6 over Saltfjellet in Nordland is closed. It is expected that it will be at lunchtime. in Saltdal, Rv77 is closed on the Swedish side. This is how it is on Saturday morning: Rv. 7 Hardangervidda: Closed Fv. 50 Hol–Aurland: Closed Rv. 15 Strynefjellet: Closed Rv. 52 Hemsedalsfjellet: Closed due to landslide. Golsfjellet: Very smooth Venabygdsfjellet: Closed Tyin– Årdal: Closed Krossen–Haukeli: Closed Hunnedalsvegen: Closed Vikafjellet: Closed E16 Filefjell: Kolonnekøring E134 Haukelifjell: Kolonnekøring Several vegan routes may be closed for quite some time to come. The Swedish Road Traffic Center asks people to consider whether they can drop the journey by car. Photo: Statens Vegvesen There have also been some landslides in several places, both in southern Norway and in Sogn og Fjordane. There is a great risk of landslides across the country. NVE reports an orange and red danger warning. Stuck for over two hours Also on many smaller roads it has been very slippery. Marius Helge had been at work at Orkanger in Trøndelag when he got stuck for over two hours on Bjørnlivegen. He tried to turn, but slid against the railing. Photo: John. J. Storholt Hegle had to wait until it was sprinkled before he got home to Bjørnli. Undriveable at the weekend – There will be local variations, says Nils Karbø, head of traffic management and preparedness in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. For large parts of the country, it will be impossible to go vegan for the next two days. – We have looked at extra crew, but with the great risk of landslides and imminent danger of large landslides, we cannot promise to open the road. We are following the situation closely, says Karbø. The E6 over Dovrefjell is one of several roads that were closed on Friday evening. Photo: Statens Vegvesen Precipitation and wind will decrease towards Sunday, and it will get colder. The danger of landslides is still great. The Swedish Road Administration urges road users to consider whether they must travel or not. Have been called The traffic control center has noticed a lot of traffic from motorists on Friday. – Since 12 o’clock I have received approximately 600 telephone calls. It’s much more than usual, so I might get a third of that, says traffic operator Stian Gullvåg to news. They wrote on X/Twitter on Friday evening that they are overloaded because of everyone who calls in to tell about difficult driving conditions. The vast majority of telephone calls come from the south of Trøndelag. In central Norway, there is a risk of water leveling, rock fall and ice fall in several places, according to the Swedish Road Administration.
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