Infrastructure
The county has a major international airport, the Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. It also has two major hospitals, Akershus University Hospital and Sykehuset Asker og Bærum.
The main road from continental Europe, E6 enters Akershus in the south, and runs through eastern Oslo, further to Gardermoen and into Hedmark county on the eastern shores of lake Mjøsa.
E18 enters Akershus in the south-east, merges for a short stretch with E6 at Vinterbro in Ås, before running under central Oslo. E18 then turns south-west through Bærum and Asker before entering Buskerud county north of Drammen.
E18 runs from the intersection with E18 in Sandvika into Buskerud county west of Sollihøgda.
All main railways out of Oslo runs through Akershus:
- South-west: Drammensbanen
- South-east: Østfoldbanen as two separate railways
- North: Gjøvikbanen
- North-east: Hovedbanen, Gardermobanen and Dovrebanen
- East: Kongsvingerbanen
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