and summer, with the traffic in summer often being double or more during the summer. This is due to a lower flow of tourist and agricultural traffic, as well as the roads being less passable or even closed during the winter. Traffic can become considerably heavy on weekends during the summer, when locals flock to travel around the country for holidays, camping and summer house visits across the country. Heavy summer traffic is especially a problem during the summer at the town of Selfoss, where a single two lane bridge, Ölfusárbrú, is routed through the town carries practically all of the traffic in the south of the country, a significant bottleneck. This is planned to be replaced by a new bypass road and new 4-lane bridge over the Ölfus river, with current plans seeing it complete by 2025 Sections The route goes by many names depending on its location. The following table shows road names (excluding tunnels) in a clockwise direction from Reykjavík. Tunnels on Route 1 Hvalfjörður Tunnel Almannaskarð Tunnel Fáskrúðsfjarðargöng Vaðlaheiði Tunnel List of cities and towns on Route 1 Travelling clockwise (initially northward) from Reykjavík, the following communities and settlements are located on Route 1. Reykjavík Mosfellsbær Borgarnes Bifröst Blönduós Varmahlíð Akureyri Reykjahlíð Egilsstaðir Reyðarfjörður Eskifjörður Fáskrúðsfjörður Stöðvarfjörður Breiðdalsvík Djúpivogur Höfn Kirkjubæjarklaustur Vík í Mýrdal (Vík) Skógar Hvolsvöllur Hella Selfoss Hveragerði In popular culture During the 2016 summer solstice, the Icelandic band Sigur Rós filmed and broadcast a live Slow TV event tour of Iceland driving along the entire route. The event was broadcast live in 360-degree video with a soundtrack of constantly evolving music based around elements of their track Óveður. Gallery References External links Gateway to Iceland Official Icelandic Road Administration Driving in Iceland Photos from Iceland Ring Road Iceland videos Iceland’s Ring Road: The Ultimate Road Trip Iceland Meteorology Bureau Umferðarstofa - Road Traffic Directorate Gateway to Iceland Roads in Iceland 1974 in Iceland Ring roads