Norwegian County Road 956

956 County Road 956
Bokmål: Fylkesvei 956 Nynorsk: Fylkesveg 956
Intersection with County Road 820
Route information
Length:	15.9 km (9.9 mi)
Major junctions
South end:	820 at Vik
North end:	Bremnes
Location
Counties:	Nordland
Highway system
County Roads in Norway

956

County Road 956 (Norwegian: Fylkesvei 956) is a 15.9-kilometer (9.9 mi) road in the municipality of Sortland in Nordland County, Norway.

It starts in Vik, where it branches off to the north from County Road 820 and then follows the west side of Sortland Sound to Bremnes. A local road also branches off south of Bremnes and continues to Holm at the end of a small peninsula; together with this stretch, the combined road length is 19.9 kilometers (12.4 mi). The road is mostly flat, with its highest point at an elevation of about 30 meters (98 ft) at Nevernes.

Originally small roads were built between the farms in the area, like many other places in Vesterålen. The interconnecting road between the farms and around Gåsfjord was built in 1930. Later the road was assigned the status of a county road. The road to Holm was also classified as a county road, but it was downgraded to a municipal road in the 1980s. The road to Bremnes was asphalted in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The road to Holm is still paved with gravel.

The road along the south side of Gåsfjord was formerly often closed in the winter due to snow. In the early 1990s the road was widened and some embankments were built, eliminating the problem with the snow.

County Road 956 has some heavy traffic because of waste transportation to the dump run by the waste company Reno-Vest in Bremnes.