Azerbaijan | Area code 994 | Common abbreviation AZ | Last updated 2-1-2002 | |||
| Road class | Syntax explanation | Administrative subordination | Sub classes | Zones | System | Remarks |
| European road | E[0-9]<3> | Europe | See Europe | |||
| Asian highway | A[0-9]<1-2> | Asia | See Asia | |||
| Main road | M[1-4] | national | spider-web | |||
| Regional road | A[0-9]<1-2> | national | clustering | |||
| General description:
M: The M1, M2 and M3 are the main roads from Baku. The only other known number so far is the M4. A: Numbers occur in clusters but there are no zones. Numbering starts near Baku and generally increases to the west. The highest known number is A77 near Nachicevan'. New European numbers and Asian highway numbers have been assigned, but these probably do not appear on signs. It is confusing that A numbers can indicate either regional roads or Asian highways. The numbers are in the same range but the only Asian highways are A5, A67, A70 and A79 and (possibly by coincidence) no regional roads with these numbers seem to exist. | ||||||
| Road signs: Old Soviet signs are blue with white text (no other information available). | ||||||
| History: The new system was introduced in the 1990's, a few years after the country became independent. For the old Soviet system, see CIS.
New European road numbers were introduced around 2000 and Asian highway numbers were defined in 1994.
The table below lists old and new numbers of various classes: | ||||||
| Section | National | Obsolete Soviet | European | Asian | ||
| Baku - Aran | M1 | M27 | ||||
| Aran - Kazach - Georgia (M4) | M1 | M27 | A67 | |||
| Baku - Kuba - Russia (M29) | M2 | M29 | E119 | A5 | ||
| Baku - Aljat - Astara - Iran | M3 | A322 | E119 | A70 | ||
| Aljat - Kazi-Magomed | M4 | A324 | E002 | A67 | ||
| Kazi-Magomed - Jevlach - Aran | M4 | R... | A67 | |||
| Kazi-Magomed - Bachramtepe | A24 | A324 | E002 | |||
| Bachramtepe - Goradi - Armenia (Megri) | A33 | A324 | E002 | |||
| Nachicevan - Armenia (Yerevan) | A73 | A325 | E117 | A79 | ||
| Nachicevan - Armenia (east) | A75 | A317 | E117 | |||
| Nachicevan - Dzulfa | A73 | A325 | E002 | A79 | ||
| Dzulfa - Ordubad | A73 | A324 | E002 | |||
| Ordubad - Armenia (Megri) | A74 | A324 | E002 | |||
| Sources: various maps and atlases | ||||||