In the late 1960s, editor and former manager of Norske Ungdomsherberger Odd Strand took the initiative to build a cycle path along the old construction road.
It then goes north through the Flåmsdalen valley to the village of Flåm on the shore of the Sognefjorden.
A second portion of the road heads west through the Raundalen valley from Upsete to Vossevangen.
Upsete is about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Myrdal Station, separated by the Gravhals Tunnel that runs through the mountains.
Every year, in the short season from July to September, over 20,000 cyclists travel the route.