Itäväylä
Itäväylä (the Eastern Highway, Swedish: Österleden) is a motorway like road in the Greater Helsinki area of Finland, mainly at the Helsinki conurbation. It is part of the Finnish regional road 170 (Finnish: Seututie 170, Swedish: Regionalväg 170). The road begins in Kalasatama, Sörnäinen in eastern Helsinki and continues east through the Kulosaari and then across to Herttoniemi. The Itäväylä road continues all the way throughout the East Helsinki (including Itäkeskus of Vartiokylä), then finally crossing the east head of Ring III. After that road continues towards east to Sipoo and Porvoo as Regional Road 170 (Mt 170).
Itäväylä is perhaps the most important connection between the central Helsinki center and East Helsinki with the Helsinki Metro, because almost all bus and private car traffic between them passes along Itäväylä.[1]
A similar road, the Länsiväylä (Western Highway, Swedish: Västerleden) begins at Ruoholahti and continues westwards towards Kirkkonummi.
Images
Itäväylä in Sörnäinen, Helsinki from air
Suvilahti former power plant in Helsinki
Bridge of Kulosaari in Helsinki
Itäväylä in Herttoniemi, Helsinki
Itäväylä in Itäkeskus, Helsinki
Itäväylä in Mellunmäki, Helsinki
Itäväylä in the 1970s
Other uses
Itäväylä is the name of a Finnish language free newspaper distributed in Porvoo, Sipoo, Loviisa, Askola, Pornainen, Lapinjärvi, Myrskylä and Pukkila.