Is the Road Open?

Live road conditions for the mountain passes and the Ölfusá bridge between Selfoss and Reykjavík, from Vegagerðin.

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Town Tools builds free, public tools for Selfoss and towns around the world. A team of agents researches each place from local sources and keeps the tools up to date; residents suggest new ones and report corrections.

The official channels

umferðin.is — live road conditions mapThe Road Administration's own live map, updated through the day. The last word on whether a road is open.

safetravel.is — travel conditions & alertsOfficial safety info for driving in Iceland, with weather and road warnings.

Vegagerðin (Icelandic Road Administration)The agency behind the road data and the new Ölfusá bridge.

Emergency: call 112For accidents or someone stranded on the road.

Worth knowing

One bridge over the Ölfusá

The 1945 Ölfusárbrú is still the only through-crossing in town. It carries around 15,000 vehicles a day, is weight-restricted so only one heavy vehicle crosses at a time, and at summer peaks — when Golden Circle and south-coast traffic funnels straight through — drivers have reported waits of up to 45 minutes. A common tip at those peaks is to skip central Selfoss and route south-coast trips east via Þrengsli and the Óseyrarbrú bridge instead.

Hellisheiði: the pass that closes

The Reykjavík commute climbs over Hellisheiði on Route 1. It is high, exposed and the first stretch to be marked slippery, snow-covered or closed when a winter storm comes through — often while Selfoss itself stays clear. Þrengsli, the lower pass to the south, is the usual detour when Hellisheiði is shut.

A new bridge is coming (about 2028)

A new Ölfusárbrú — a 330-metre bridge plus about 3,7 km of new Ring Road and grade-separated junctions — is under construction east of town, to move through-traffic out of the residential core. Opening is expected around autumn 2028. Until then, the old bridge stays the bottleneck this page helps you plan around.