Avrinningsvägen

Avrinningsvägen is the name of several streets in Sweden, rather than a single universally defined location. The term is a compound of avrinning, meaning drainage or runoff, and vägen, meaning the road, reflecting a descriptive toponym rather than an organizational title.

Typically, streets named Avrinningsvägen are associated with landscapes where water management features such as drainage ditches, canals, or flood-prevention infrastructure are or were prominent. The name often signals a road that runs near such infrastructure or follows a drainage contour, and it may occur in rural, peri-urban, or industrial areas where land development relied on drainage planning.

Because Avrinningsvägen is a relatively generic descriptive name, there are multiple, distinct instances in different Swedish municipalities. None of these constitute a nationally designated site; each Avrinningsvägen is a separate street with its own local history and context. In practice, the naming reflects local environmental features or planning priorities at the time of the road’s development or renaming.

In Swedish toponymy, Avrinningsvägen illustrates how infrastructure and environmental features influence street names. Similar descriptive names, often tied to water management or land use, are common in areas where drainage schemes were fundamental to settlement and urban growth. The exact characteristics of each Avrinningsvägen depend on the municipality and the historical period of its creation.

See also: Avloppsvägen, Våtmarksvägen.