Annex: European Road Network
The European Highway Network comprises the set of roads that run through the countries of the European continent. It has its own nomenclature and numbering, with this it is intended to unify the numbering of European roads. The responsibility lies with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Within the total set of roads are the European routes marked with the E-XX license plate (X being the corresponding number). This numbering does not take into account the type of road or the presence of mountains or seas that may interrupt the route. It is based on a continental grid. In countries like Spain or Germany, the European numbering is done together with the national one, such as: E-80 A-62. In other countries like Sweden some roads carry only the European numbering.
Numbering System
The numbering system has been defined by UNECE since 1975, although it was reformed in 1992. The system is as follows:
- The roads called Class A have two digits, and are the main communication axes of the network. The roads called Class B have three digits, these are secondary branches and axes that link roads of Class A.
- Class A Roads:
- They are divided into two types: reference and intermediate roads.
- The roads that run a route from North to South have a number of two odd digits (from 01 to 99), which increases from west to east. The reference roads always end in 5, placing the intermediaries between them according to their location.
- The roads that run a East to West route have a number of two digits pair (from 04 to 98), which increases from north to south. The reference roads always end in 0, placing the intermediaries between them according to their location.
- North-South roads located east of the E-99 road employ three digits (from 101 to 129). These roads are all of reference, including those that have no number completed in 5, and there are no intermediate roads between them.
- Class B Roads:
- Class B roads have three digits. The first digit is the nearest reference road number to the north, the second digit is the nearest road number to the west, and the third digit indicates the order it occupies.
- Class B roads located east of the E-101 reference road use 0 as the first digit, ranging from 001 to 099.
Exceptions
The Class A highways called E-47 and E-55 maintain the old name, that is, the one they had before the 1992 reform, therefore they continue to be called E-6 and E-4 respectively in Sweden and Norway.
Other exceptions are:
- The E-67 that goes from Estonia to Poland, badly called E-75 and E-77.
- The E-63 in Finland, badly called E-75.
- The E-08 in Finland, badly called E-12.
European roads in Spain
The following European highways run through Spain:
- The north-south reference axis E-05 along the AP-8 between Irún and Éibar, the AP-1 between Éibar and Vitoria, the A-1 between Vitoria and Burgos, BU-30 around the city of Burgos, the A-1 between Burgos and Madrid, the M-40 in its East stretch between the A-1 and the A-4, the A-4 between Madrid and Seville, the AP-4 between Seville and Cadiz, the Age48 and the Algeras
- The north-south-south reference axis E-15 along the AP-7 between La Junquera and Alicante, and the A-7 between Alicante and Algeciras.
- The east-west E-70 reference axis along the AP-9 between La Coruña and Guísamo, for the A-6 between Guísamo and Baamonde, the A-8 between Baamonde and Bilbao, and the AP-8 between Bilbao and Irún.
- The east-west E-80 reference axis along the A-62 between Fuentes de Oñoro and Burgos, BU-30 around the city of Burgos, the AP-1 between Burgos and Miranda de Ebro, the A-1 between Miranda de Ebro and Vitoria, the AP-1 between Vitoria and Éibar and the AP-8 between Éibar and Irún
- The east-west E-90 reference axis along the A-5 between Badajoz and Madrid, and the A-2 between Madrid and Barcelona.
- The middle road E-01 along the A-9 between Ferrol and Tuy, and the A-49 between Ayamonte and Seville.
- The middle road E-07 along the A-23, and between Somport and Zaragoza.
- The middle road E-09 along the C-16 between Puigcerdá and Barcelona.
- The middle road E-82 along the N-122 between the border of Portugal and Zamora, and the A-11 between Zamora and Tordesillas.
- The B E-801 class road along the N-532 between the border of Portugal and Verin.
- The B E-803 class road along the A-66 between Salamanca and Seville.
- The B E-804 class road along the AP-68 between Bilbao and Zaragoza.
- The B E-901 class road along the A-3 between Madrid and Valencia.
- The B E-902 class road along the A-44 between Bailén and Motril.
Class A roads
Class A Highways are the main communication axes of the European network, they are classified as:
- Reference roads with North-South route.
- Reference roads with East-West route.
- Intermediate roads with North-South route.
- Intermediate highways with East-West route.
The abbreviations of countries through which the roads pass correspond to the ISO 3166-1 code.
Reference roads with a North-South route
East-West reference roads
Intermediate roads with a North-South route
Intermediate roads with an East-West route
Class B roads
Class B roads are secondary axes of the European road network.
Some network data
- The longest road is the E-40, with 8500 km, communicates France with Kazakhstan.
- The shortest roads are the E-844 with 22 km in Italy, and E-32 30 km in United Kingdom.
- The road to the north is the E-69in Norway, 71o10'N.
- The most west road is the E-01in Portugal, 9o10'O.
- The most south road is the E-75, in Crete (Greece), 35o6'N.
- The most east road is the E-127in Kazakhstan, 85o36'E.
- Highest road is the E-008at 4272 m altitude in Tajikistan.
- The highest road on the European Road Network is the E-62at 2005 m altitude in Switzerland.
- The lower road is the E-39 with 262 m below sea level, Bømlafjordtunnel, Norway.
- Due to the lengthy shape of the Scandinavian peninsula, the E-04, E-06 and E-08 roads actually run from north to south, or vice versa.
- The city through which more European roads pass is Berlin, with 7: E-30, E-55, E-26, E-28, E-36, E-51 and E-251
- The longest bridge in Europe is the Vasco da Gama Bridge of Portugal, with a length of 17.2 km, but it is not included in the European road network. The longest bridge in that network is the Oresund Bridge, which measures 7,845 m between Denmark and Sweden along the E-20. The longest tunnel is the Lærdal Tunnel in Norway, with a length of 24.5 km along the E-16.
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