Denmark | Area code 45 | Common abbreviation DK | Last updated 16-9-2007 | ||||
| Road class | Syntax explanation | Administrative subordination | Sub classes | Zones | System | Remarks | |
| European road | E[0-9]<2> | Europe | See Europe | - | |||
| Primary road (primaerrute) | [0-9]<1-2> | national | Sequential exit numbers on motorways | ||||
| Secondary road (sekundaerrute) | [0-9]<3> | national | 1[0-9]<2> | ||||
| [2-5][0-9]<2> | 2 Sjaelland, Lolland | ||||||
| 3 Fyn, Langeland | |||||||
| 4 South Jylland | |||||||
| 5 North Jylland | |||||||
| Ring road (ringvej) | O[1-4] | city | increasing from centre | ||||
| General description: Numbers 150, 151, 152, 153, 161 and 170 are secondary routes parallel to motorways.
Other numbers beginning with 1 are main secondary roads.
European roads do not have national numbers, but if a national road locally has the same route as a European road, both appear on signs. If a city has only one ring road, it is sometimes called just 'O'. | |||||||
| Road signs: | |||||||
| Road type | Background | Text | Road numbers | ||||
| Class | Shape | Background | Text | ||||
| Motorways | Green | White | Primary/Ring | Rectangle | Yellow | Black | |
| All other roads | Standard | White | Red | ||||
| Above the road and on motorways referring to other roads | Blue | White | Secondary | Rectangle | White | Black | |
| History: The current system was introduced around 1986. In the old system, only the most important roads were numbered (the only numbers were A1-20), but European roads had national numbers: | |||||||
| A1 | København-Esbjerg | ||||||
| A2 | København-Gedser | ||||||
| A3 | København-Helsingør | ||||||
| A4 | København-Kalundborg | ||||||
| A5 | København-Hillerød | ||||||
| Shortly after the introduction of the new system, around 1988, the new E numbers were introduced.
There was originally one 3-d E number: the E133 from Kolding to Fredericia, but this was replaced bya less than 10 km long motorway link between the E20 and E45. This link no longer has a number of its own: on either side, the number of the road it leads to is signposted. | |||||||
Sources and links: Various maps and atlases, Vejdirektoratet
Official sites: | |||||||