Road
Iceland has 12,869 kilometres (7,996 mi) of publicly administrated roads, 5,040 kilometres (3,130 mi) of which are paved. Organized road building began about 1900 and has greatly expanded since 1980. Vegagerðin (Icelandic Roads Administration) is the legal owner and constructor of the roads, and oversees and maintains them as well.
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Famous quotes containing the word road:
“The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.”
—L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)
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“The rangey bough anticipated fruit
With snowballs cupped in every opening bud.
The road alone maintained itself in mud....”
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