Finnish national road 4

National Road 4
Finnish: Valtatie 4 Swedish: Riksväg 4
Finnish: Nelostie, Swedish: Riksfyran; Finnish: Lahdenväylä; Swedish: Lahtisleden
Route information
Maintained by the Finnish Transport Agency
Length	1,295 km (805 mi)
Existed	1938–present
Major junctions
From	Helsinki
To	Utsjoki
Location
Major cities	Lahti, Jyväskylä, Oulu, Kemi, Rovaniemi
Highway system
Highways in Finland

Finnish national road 4 (Finnish: Valtatie 4 or Nelostie; Swedish: Riksväg 4 or Riksfyran; also known as Lahti Highway (Finnish: Lahdenväylä; Swedish: Lahtisleden) in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area) is a highway in Finland. It is the main route from Helsinki to Northern Finland and a major road link in the country. It runs from Erottaja in Helsinki to Sami Bridge in Utsjoki. The road is 1,295 kilometres (805 mi) long, making it Finland's longest highway. The road is also part of the European route E75 and it is a part of TERN; the section between Oulu and Kemi is part of the European route E8.

Overview[]

The route of the road is Helsinki – Lahti – Heinola – Jyväskylä – Äänekoski – Oulu – Kemi – Rovaniemi – Sodankylä – Ivalo – Inari – Utsjoki.

At Heinola, another highway called Finnish national road 5 branches off from the road, which passes through Mikkeli, Kuopio, Kajaani and Kuusamo, and finally coming together again with Highway 4 at Sodankylä.

The original highway 4 ran from Helsinki to Petsamo before World War II. Since the end of the war, the road has been rerouted to Ivalo and Karigasniemi on the Norwegian border. Other route modifications have been made through the years.

Images[]

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  Viikki suburb, Helsinki

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  Ring I interchange, Helsinki

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  Jakomäki suburb, Helsinki

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  Jakomäki suburb, Helsinki

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  Tähtiniemi Bridge in Heinola

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  Vaajakoski roundabout in Jyväskylä

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  Kontinkangas suburb, Oulu

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  Broad shoulder between Rovaniemi and Sodankylä

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  Ukonjärvi, Inari

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  Talvitupa, Inari

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  Sami Bridge in central Utsjoki, end point of national road 4

See also[]

• Finnish national road 58
• Highways in Finland
• Åland Islands Highway 4

External links[]

Media related to National road 4 (Finland) at Wikimedia Commons

• Nelostieyhdistys (in Finnish)
• HS article International Edition

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