In Bergen, the road has two branches, one two-lane from
Nøstet via O.J. Brochs gate and on four-lane from
Nygårdstangen, and the
interchange with
E16 and
E39. The latter runs through the
Nygård Tunnel before merging with the other branch and running across the six-lane
Puddefjord Bridge. There,
County Road 540 branches off into the
Løvstakken Tunnel and
County Road 582 branches off towards
Laksevåg. 555 continues through the
Damsgård Tunnel as a four-lane motorway, and at Nygård traffic towards the city center passes a toll collection and County Road 582 again intersects with 555. The motorway passes through the Lianakk Tunnel before having an interchange with
County Road 557. In the future, this will be the a four-lane motorway heading south through the
Knappe Tunnel. 555 continues through the
Lyderhorn Tunnel before passing through an interchange at
Loddefjord and then one at
Storavatnet. At the latter,
County Road 562 branches off towards
Askøy, and 555 is reduced to a two-lane limited-access road. It passes through two short tunnels before having two interchanges at the
Drotningsvik area. It then crosses
Knarreviksundet on the
Sotra Bridge, a
suspension bridge. The road then enters Fjell and the island of
Litlesotra. It then has two intersections at
Knarrevik, one at
Straume and crosses over to the island of
Bildøyna where it has two interchanges. It then crosses over to the island of
Store Sotra and enters the
Kolltveit Tunnel. National Road 555 terminates at a roundabout west of the tunnel, with
Country Road 555 running south and
Country Road 561 running north. Plans are being made for replacing the
Sotra Bridge to increase its capacity. In June 2010,
Hordaland County Council decided that an extension of the
Bergen Light Rail to Sotra was to be made part of the extension plans in the period until 2040, for which a bridge would have to be chosen for the light rail to make use of the existing infrastructure. ==References==