Route 41 (Iceland)

Route 41
Reykjanesbraut
Reykjanes Highway in red
Route information
Existed	1912–present
Major junctions
Northern end	Route 40 Kringlumýrarbraut
Major intersections	Route 49 Miklabraut Route 413 Breiðholtsbraut Route 411 Arnarnesvegur Route 40 Fjarðarhraun
Western end	Keflavik International
Location
Country	Iceland
Highway system
Roads in Iceland

Road 41 (Reykjanesbraut) in Hafnarfjörður

Aerial view of Route 41 looking towards Reykjavík

Route 41, known as Reykjanesbraut in Icelandic ([ˈreiːcaˌnɛsˌprœyːt]), is a highway in southwest Iceland, running along the northern shore of Reykjanes Peninsula from Keflavík Airport to the Capital Region.

Previously, much of the road was called Keflavíkurvegur ([ˈcʰɛplaˌviːkʏrˌvɛːɣʏr̥]) but the name is now given to route 424 that runs from Reykjanesbraut through outer Njarðvík and Keflavík. The current road is mostly dual and controlled-access. In addition to being the main road between Reykjavík and Keflavík Airport, it serves as a major traffic artery in the eastern and southern suburbs of the Capital Region. It runs from the intersection of Miklabraut-Sæbraut-Vesturlandsvegur south towards Hafnarfjörður, where it bends, and continues from there to Keflavík. The road was finished in 1912 and was paved in 1965. 2003 saw the start of construction to upgrade the non-urban part to a four-lane road, being completed by October 2008.

Sections

As a national highway the route includes a large part of Sæbraut [ˈsaiːˌprœyːt], a local road in Reykjavík that begins at the northern end of Reykjanesbraut. Therefore, the stretch of Sæbraut east of Kringlumýrarbraut is marked as number 41.