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From Iceland — Editorial: The Ring Road, Forging A Nation

Summary by The Reykjavik Grapevine
July 14, 1974 saw the opening of the then-biggest and most expensive man-made structure in the history of Iceland until that time: a 904-metre-long bridge across Skeiðará, a glacial river just east of Skaftafell in southeast Iceland. A river that had, for centuries, made the area east of it one of the most isolated places in Iceland. This bridge, since defunct, also closed the circle that is the Ring Road around Iceland, currently running at 1,3…
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The Reykjavik Grapevine broke the news in on Friday, July 4, 2025.
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