Maintained by Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Length
290 km (180 mi)
Major junctions
North end
Ulsberg, Rennebu
Major intersections
E6 – Trondheim, Oppdal Rv25 east – Elverum To Rv2 – Kongsvinger Rv25 west – Hamar E6 – Hamar, Eidsvoll
South end
Starhellinga, Stange
Location
Country
Norway
Highway system
Roads in Norway
National Roads
County Roads
← Rv2
→ Rv4
Norwegian National Road 3 (Norwegian: Riksvei 3, Rv3) is a Norwegian national road that is the main route through the Østerdalen district in Eastern Norway. It has been dubbed Den grønne Snarvei which means 'the green shortcut' by the old Hedmark County Municipality.[1][2] The route runs south from European Route E6 at Ulsberg in the municipality of Rennebu in Trøndelag county, via Tynset and Elverum, to Stange in Innlandet county, where it rejoins European Route E6. The route was 291.3 kilometers (181.0 mi) long, of which 277.9 kilometers (172.7 mi) are in Innlandet county and 13.4 kilometers (8.3 mi) are in Trøndelag county.[3]
National Road 3 is the route most used for transport between Oslo and Trondheim, carrying approximately 90% of heavy traffic and most of the passenger car traffic between the two cities. This is because the route is about 42 kilometers (26 mi) shorter in comparison to European Route E6, has better curvature, goes through fewer towns, and has smaller grades. Unlike the E6 over the Dovrefjell mountain range, National Road 3 is also never closed due to winter weather. There have therefore been proposals to reroute the E6 to Østerdalen (along the route of National Road 3).[4] This is however not the official plan. Big money is spent to upgrade about 100 kilometres (62 mi) of E6 (Øyer–Stange) to four-lane motorway and upgrade of long other parts of E6. Much less is spent on Road 3, although 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) of four-lane motorway was opened in 2020, but not much more investment is planned.
^"RV3 - Den grønne snarvei". Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^Vespestad, Nils Henning (8 February 2017). "Viser fram snarvegen, og vil ha med seg flere". Østlendingen. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^Lein, Kristian; Køhn, Espen (2004). Rv 3 – Betydning, standard og investeringsbehov (= ØF-Rapport nr. 11/2004)(PDF). Lillehammer: Østlandsforskning. p. 40. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^Schinstad, Stein (12 April 2007). "Flytt E6 til Østerdalen". NRK. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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Global Information
E6 – Trondheim, Oppdal
Rv25 east – Elverum
To Rv2 – Kongsvinger