{"id":1360,"date":"2026-02-17T21:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seldalur.vefir.net\/kerling\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2026-02-17T21:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:35:59","slug":"vidfjardarvegur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/vidfjardarvegur\/","title":{"rendered":"Vi\u00f0fjar\u00f0arvegur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Neskaupsta\u00f0ur var st\u00e6rsti \u00fe\u00e9ttb\u00fdlissta\u00f0ur \u00e1 Austurlandi um 1930. \u00dea\u00f0 kalla\u00f0i \u00e1 athugun og umr\u00e6\u00f0u um hvernig m\u00e6tti tengja hann \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0vegakerfinu, en fyrsti b\u00edllinn kom \u00feanga\u00f0 me\u00f0 skipi 1925.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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L\u00e6kjargil ofan vi\u00f0 Vi\u00f0fjar\u00f0arveg fyrir botni Dysjardals. Ne\u00f0an vegar hle\u00f0slur fr\u00e1 upphaflega veginum. Vegurinn var hla\u00f0inn fyrir dalbotninn me\u00f0 handafli og handverkf\u00e6rum og hj\u00e1lp bur\u00f0arkl\u00e1ra. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u00c1 sumar\u00feingi 1931 flutti Sveinn \u00d3lafsson al\u00feingisma\u00f0ur \u00ed Fir\u00f0i, till\u00f6gu um a\u00f0 taka v\u00e6ntanlegan Nor\u00f0fjar\u00f0arveg \u00ed t\u00f6lu \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0vega. S\u00fa tillaga var sam\u00feykkt \u00e1 Al\u00feingi 1933. \u00cd kj\u00f6lfari\u00f0 komu fj\u00e1rveitingar og h\u00f3fst vegager\u00f0 fr\u00e1 Eskifir\u00f0i til Vi\u00f0fjar\u00f0ar \u00e1ri\u00f0 1934.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c1ri\u00f0 1938, var vegurinn kominn \u00fat a\u00f0 Klifi \u00ed Vi\u00f0fir\u00f0i. Gert var hl\u00e9 \u00e1 verkinu og huga \u00e1tti a\u00f0 \u00e1framhaldandi vegager\u00f0 til Nor\u00f0fjar\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dys \u00e1 h\u00e1skar\u00f0inu milli V\u00f6\u00f0lav\u00edkur og Vi\u00f0fjar\u00f0ar. \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0saga um Sp\u00e1nverjav\u00edg fylgir henni. L\u00edklegt er a\u00f0 sagan hafa flust \u00feanga\u00f0 sem fl\u00f6kkusaga og jafnvel a\u00f0 dysin sem er steinhr\u00faga \u00e1 har\u00f0ri kl\u00f6pp hafi veri\u00f0 vegkross \u00ed p\u00e1p\u00edsku. Ekki hefur veri\u00f0 kanna\u00f0 hva\u00f0 undir liggur. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u00c1ri\u00f0 1940 komust allir b\u00edlar til Vi\u00f0fjar\u00f0ar og 1942 var loki\u00f0 vegal\u00f6gn ni\u00f0ur a\u00f0 sj\u00f3 vi\u00f0 Vi\u00f0fjar\u00f0arb\u00e6. Unni\u00f0 var vi\u00f0 endurb\u00e6tur \u00e1 veginum til 1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Efsti hluti Vi\u00f0fjar\u00f0ar, Skammidalur. Vegur um hann var einungis lag\u00f0ur me\u00f0 handverkf\u00e6rum \u00e1n hesta samkv\u00e6mt munnlegri heimild Reynis Zoega sem var verkama\u00f0ur \u00fear. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u00c1kve\u00f0i\u00f0 var a\u00f0 stofna til siglinga me\u00f0 b\u00e1ti milli Vi\u00f0fjar\u00f0ar og Nor\u00f0fjar\u00f0ar tvisvar \u00ed viku me\u00f0 f\u00f3lk og flutning. Skipa\u00fatger\u00f0 R\u00edkisins var fali\u00f0 a\u00f0 koma a\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0u \u00ed lag. \u00deeir sem sinntu \u00feessum siglingum voru \u00d3skar L\u00e1russon \u00e1 b\u00e1ti sem h\u00e9t Haf\u00fe\u00f3r fr\u00e1 1941 til 1946 og Sigur\u00f0ur L\u00fa\u00f0v\u00edksson \u00e1 Hilmi 1947 til 1948. B\u00e1\u00f0ir voru b\u00e1tarnir 23 lestir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hle\u00f0slur \u00ed vegkanti ne\u00f0an vi\u00f0 Skammadal \u00ed Vi\u00f0fir\u00f0i <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1943 h\u00f3f Kaupf\u00e9lag H\u00e9ra\u00f0sb\u00faa \u00e1\u00e6tlunarfer\u00f0ir \u00e1 r\u00fatu milli Vi\u00f0fjar\u00f0ar og Akureyrar sem tengdust ferjusiglingunum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd tengslum vi\u00f0 \u00e1\u00e6tlunarfer\u00f0ir kom Gu\u00f0r\u00ed\u00f0ur \u00deorleifsd\u00f3ttir h\u00fasfreyja \u00ed Vi\u00f0fir\u00f0i upp veitinga\u00fej\u00f3nustu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00d6nnur kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 tr\u00e9br\u00faa \u00e1 Vi\u00f0fjar\u00f0ar\u00e1 innan vi\u00f0 Klif <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1949 var opna\u00f0ur vegur um Oddsskar\u00f0 og \u00fe\u00e1 hlj\u00f3\u00f0na\u00f0i \u00ed Vi\u00f0fir\u00f0i<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vi\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0ur fr\u00e1 Klifi. B\u00e1tur n\u00fdlag\u00f0ur fr\u00e1 bryggju. Bryggjan er lengst til vinstri \u00e1 myndinni. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neskaupsta\u00f0ur var st\u00e6rsti \u00fe\u00e9ttb\u00fdlissta\u00f0ur \u00e1 Austurlandi um 1930. \u00dea\u00f0 kalla\u00f0i \u00e1 athugun og umr\u00e6\u00f0u um hvernig m\u00e6tti tengja hann \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0vegakerfinu, en fyrsti b\u00edllinn kom \u00feanga\u00f0 me\u00f0 skipi 1925. \u00c1 sumar\u00feingi 1931 flutti Sveinn \u00d3lafsson al\u00feingisma\u00f0ur \u00ed Fir\u00f0i, till\u00f6gu um a\u00f0 taka v\u00e6ntanlegan Nor\u00f0fjar\u00f0arveg \u00ed t\u00f6lu \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0vega. S\u00fa tillaga var sam\u00feykkt \u00e1 Al\u00feingi 1933. \u00cd kj\u00f6lfari\u00f0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ferdaleidir","category-vidfjordur"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gamlar-hledslur-i-Skammadal-2025.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1360"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1370,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360\/revisions\/1370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}