Finnish regional road 551

Road in Finland

Regional Road 551
Yhdystie 551 (Finnish) Förbindelseväg 551 (Swedish)
Blue Road Sininen tie Blå vägen ^[1] Karttula Road Karttulantie Karttula vägen ^[2]

Route information
Length	80 km (50 mi)
Major junctions
From	Kuopio
To	Vesanto

Location
Country	Finland

Highway system
Highways in Finland

Finnish regional road 551 (Finnish: Seututie 551, Swedish: Regionalväg 551), or Blue Road (Finnish: Sininen tie, Swedish: Blå vägen)^[1] is an east–west road in North Savo, Finland, which in the east starts from Kuopio's Pitkälahti, located at Highway 5 (E63), and continues west through the centers of Karttula, Tervo and Vesanto all the way to the village of Ahveninen.^[2]^[3] The road is paved, dual lane and 80 kilometers long.^[2]

The road is part of the Blue Highway, known as a tourist route.

Route

Kuopio
- Pitkälahti
- Haminalahti
- Rytky
- Pihkainmäki
- Syvänniemi
- Karttula
Tervo
- Kirkonkylä
Vesanto
- Kivikylä
- Kirkonkylä
- Ahveninen

References

^ ^a ^b "Air Force Exercise Baana 23 in Tervo". Finnish Air Force. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Manninen, Tuomas (10 August 2022). "Yksi kuolonuhri henkilöauton ja kuorma-auton nokkakolarissa Kuopiossa". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ "Seututeiden numerointimuutokset: Seututiet 500-599". mattigronroos.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 24 January 2024.

External links

Media related to National road 551 (Finland) at Wikimedia Commons

Autoilijan tiekartta 2007 (in Finnish). Helsinki: AffectoGenimap Finland Oy. 2006. ISBN 978-951-593-047-7.
"020202 – Kartat" (in Finnish). Fonecta. 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2021.