National Road 555 is a 27.8 kilometres (17.3 mi) long national road

Norwegian national road

Norwegian national road , are roads thus categorized by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration which also maintains them...

 which runs from the city center of Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

 to Kolltveit

Kolltveit

Kolltveit is a location in Fjell, Norway. National Road 555 reaches Kolltveit via the Kolltveit Tunnel, and intersects with the terminus of County Road 561 in a roundabout before heading south. There is a golf course in the area....

 in Fjell

Fjell

Fjell is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. The parish of Fjæld was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

.

Route

In Bergen, the road has two branches, one two-lane from Nøstet via O.J. Brochs gate and on four-lane from Nygårdstangen

Nygårdstangen

Nygårdstangen is a small peninsula on the southeastern end of the city center of Bergen, Norway, bordering the inlet Store Lungegårdsvann. Most of the peninsula is occupied by an interchange. It is the meeting place of E16, E39 and National Road 555...

, an the interchange

Interchange (road)

In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which...

 with E16

European route E16

European route E 16 is the designation of a main west-east road through Northern Ireland, Scotland and Norway, from Derry to Oslo, via Glasgow, Edinburgh, previously by ferry to Bergen, Voss, through the Gudvanga Tunnel, Lærdal, through the Lærdal Tunnel, over Filefjell to Fagernes, Hønefoss,...

 and E39

European route E39

E 39 is the designation of a 1330 km long north-south road in Norway and Denmark, running from Klett just south of Trondheim to Aalborg, via Orkanger, Vinjeøra, Halsa ... Straumsnes, Krifast, Batnfjordsøra, Molde ... Vestnes, Skodje, Ålesund ... Volda ... Nordfjordeid ... Sandane, Førde,...

. The latter runs through the Nygård Tunnel before merging with the other branch and running across the six-lane Puddefjord Bridge

Puddefjord Bridge

The Puddefjord Bridge is an arch bridge in Bergen, Norway. It consists of two directly adjacent, near-identical bridges, the first of which was built in 1956 and the second in 1999. The bridge carries six lanes of motor vehicles and two cycle/footpaths across the Puddefjorden in central Bergen,...

. There, County Road 540 branches off into the Løvstakken Tunnel and County Road 582 branches off towards Laksevåg

Laksevåg

Laksevåg is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway.-Location:Laksevåg was separated from Askøy as a municipality of its own July 1, 1918. It was merged with Bergen January 1, 1972....

. 555 continues through the Damsgård Tunnel as a four-lane motorway, and at Nygård traffic towards the city center passes a toll collection and County Road 582 again intersects with 555. The motorway passes through the Lianakk Tunnel before having an interchange with County Road 557. In the future, this will be the a four-lane motorway heading south through the Knappe Tunnel

Knappe Tunnel

The Knappe Tunnel is a four-lane, twin-tube motorway tunnel partially finished, partially under construction in Bergen, Norway. The tunnel is part of County Road 557 and consists of the first and second stages of the four-lane motorway project Ring Road West...

. 555 continues through the Lyderhorn Tunnel before passing through an interchange at Loddefjord

Loddefjord

Loddefjord is a suburb of Bergen, Norway, located in Laksevåg borough west of the city centre. Loddefjord consists mainly of high and lowrise flats revolving around the local shopping mall. It is home to a large group of immigrants who came to Bergen in late 70's and 80's....

 and then one at Storavatnet

Storavatnet

Storavatnet is a lake near Loddefjord in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway.North of the lake, Norwegian National Road 562 to Askøy branches off from Norwegian National Road 555 to Sotra. The terminal there is proposed as the end of the Loddefjord branch of the Bergen Light Rail....

. At the latter, County Road 562

Norwegian County Road 562

County Road 562 runs from Storavatnet in Bergen across the western part of Askøy. Until 1 January 2010 it was called National Road 562 .-Route:...

 branches off towards Askøy

Askøy

Askøy is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Since the opening of the Askøy Bridge leading to the mainland in Bergen in 1992, the population has increased rapidly. Its population growth is as of 2008 among the highest in Norway...

, and 555 is reduced to a two-lane limited-access road. It passes through two short tunnels before having two interchanges at the Drotningsvik

Drotningsvik

Drotningsvik is a neighborhood of Bergen, Norway, located west of Loddefjord....

 area. It then crosses Knarreviksundet

Knarreviksundet

Knarreviksundet is a sound between Litlesotra in Fjell and Drotningsvik in Bergen, Norway. The Sotra Bridge crosses Knarreviksundet....

 on the Sotra Bridge

Sotra Bridge

The Sotra Bridge is a suspension bridge which crosses Knarreviksundet between Knarrevik in Fjell and Drotningsvik on the mainland of Bergen in Hordaland, Norway. It carries two road lanes and two narrow pedestrian paths of National Road 555, providing a fixed link for the archipelago of Sotra. The...

, a suspension bridge

Suspension bridge

A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. Outside Tibet and Bhutan, where the first examples of this type of bridge were built in the 15th century, this type of bridge dates from the early 19th century...

. The road then enters Fjell and the island of Litlesotra

Litlesotra

Litlesotra, or sometimes Lille Sotra, is an island in Fjell, Norway. Part of the Sotra archipelago, it has about 10,000 residents, with the main settlement being Straume. Other settlments include Knarrevik. The island is connected to the mainland via the Sotra Bridge....

. It then has two intersections at Knarrevik

Knarrevik

Knarrevik is a village in Fjell, Norway. It is located on the island of Litlesotra. Straume and Knarrevik had a combined population 9,409 in 2009....

, one at Straume

Straume, Fjell

Straume is a village in and the administrative center of Fjell, Norway. It is located on the island of Litlesotra and features among other things Sartor Senter, a shopping center. Straume and Knarrevik had a combined population 9,409 in 2009....

 and crosses over to the island of Bildøy

Bildøy

Bildøy is an island between Litlesotra and Store Sotra , in the municipality of Fjell in Hordaland, Norway. An upper secondary school and a lower secondary school are located on the island....

 where it has two interchanges. It then crosses over to the island of Store Sotra and enters the Kolltveit Tunnel. National Road 555 terminates at a roundabout west of the tunnel, with Country Road 555 running south and Country Road 561 running north.