Finnish regional road 551

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

1. "Air Force Exercise Baana 23 in Tervo". Finnish Air Force. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
2. Manninen, Tuomas (10 August 2022). "Yksi kuolonuhri henkilöauton ja kuorma-auton nokkakolarissa Kuopiossa". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 24 January 2024.
3. "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.