På väg. En undersökning av en svensk stadsmotorväg
The purpose of this essay is to examine one of Sweden's oldest motorways in cityenvironment. The researched section is motorway E20 east of Gothenburg. Olskroksmotetin the west and Jonsered junction in the east, a distance of about 11 km. The mainquestion was, can maintenance of areas and objects related to the motorway give greatermeaning to a system that currently lacks historical connection?The survey was partly an archival study and partly a physical examination of themotorway and its appearance today.The road through Säveedalen from Gothenburg has a long history that begins with theriver and its valley as transport routes. From the 1800th century there are reliable sourcesthat show a road with similar path to the one today. In the 1900th century, the railroad wasdrawn here to.The motorway was planned in 1955 and construction began from the east. The easternpart of the highway was completed in Partille 1965. From Partille the highway was built toGothenburgs city limits. In Gothenburg, the highway was built in two stages and was readyfor use in late 1968The study concludes that a highway is in an urban environment in many ways has anegative impact for the local environment through noise and traffic and in that it acts as abarrier that prevents people to move at a local level. It is also an infrastructure that isessential for the modern transportation-dependent society we live in. This conflict can beresolved by using the regions history of transportation in order to provide both localresidents and travelers an interesting experience of the highway. This can be done withinformation signs, picnic areas and places where people traveling can connect to the localcommunities in natural ways.