Hungary | Area code 36 | Common abbreviation H | Last updated 17-8-2008 |
| Road class | Syntax explanation | Administrative subordination | Sub classes | Zones | System | Remarks |
| European road | E[0-9]<2-3> | Europe | See Europe | - |
| Motorway (autópálya) or expressway (autóút) | M[0-9]<1-2> | National | 1-d | corresponding to national roads | parallel to national roads with same number | Exit numbers by km |
| 2-d |
| National road | [0-9]<1-5> | National | 1-d | bounded by 1-d numbers | spider-web with derivation | See below for a recent change in the system |
| 2-d |
| 3-d |
| 4-d |
| 5-d |
General description:
Motorways and motor traffic roads: Only a few motorways are open at present but many motor traffic roads are planned. The following numbers are known. Numbers correspond to existing national roads unless they end in 0. |
| Number | Road type | Route | Remarks |
| M0 | Expressway | Ring around Budapest | To be upgraded to motorway |
| M1 | Motorway | Budapest - Györ - Austria (A4) | Part toll |
| M2 | Expressway | Budapest - Vác | |
| M3 | Motorway | Budapest - Polgár - Nyíregyhaza - Ukraine | Part open, part planned; toll |
| M5 | Motorway | Budapest - Szeged - Yugoslavia (M22) | Part open, part planned; part toll |
| M6 | Expressway | Budapest - Szekszárd | Planned |
| M7 | Motorway, part motor traffic road | Budapest - Székesfehérvár - Croatia (D3) | Part open, part planned |
| M15 | Expressway | Hegyeshalom (M1) - Slovakia (D2) |
| M30 | Expressway | Emöd (M3) - Miskolc | Planned |
| M35 | Expressway | Polgár (M3) - Debrecen | Planned |
| M43 | Expressway | Szeged (M5) - Romania | Planned |
| M56 | Expressway | Szekszárd (M6) - Croatia | Planned |
| M70 | Expressway | Letenye (M7) - Slovenia (A3) | Planned |
National roads:
Routes 1-8 are the main arterial roads from Budapest (8 branches off 7). Numbers x[0-9]* (zone x) are between x and x+1, 8[0-9]* between 1 and 8. Derivation by adding digits at the end.
Route 1 is from Budapest to the west (along the M1).
Higher numbers are derived by adding digits at the end, from a 1-d number to a 2-d number, or from a 2-d number to a 3-, 4- or 5-d number.
4- and 5-digit numbers are not signposted. |
| Road signs: |
| Road/destination type | Background | Text | Road numbers |
| Class | Shape | Background | Text |
| Motorways | Blue | White | M | Pentagon | Blue | White |
| Other roads | Green | White | National road | Pentagon | Green | White |
| Local destinations | White | Black |
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History:
When a new road was opened (motorway or other), the old road's number used to be multiplied by 10 (as on the picture above, taken in 1987). In this way, the motorways and other roads formed an integrated system. However, around 1998 all these numbers were divided by 10 again so that the 1-digit main roads now continue all the way.
M numbers used to be only for motorways, but since the late 1990's they are also used for expressways.
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Renumbering in the 1960's
In the late 1960's, many numbers were changed. Almost all 3-digit numbers were replaced either by 2- or 4-digit numbers:
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| Old number (1964) | New number (2005) | Section (entire route if no indication) |
| Zone 1 |
| 1a | 15 | |
| 13 | 111 | Esztergom - Dorog |
| 121 | 1201 | |
| Zone 2 |
| 2 | 22 | Rétság - Szécsény |
| 22 | 25 | Eger - Kerecsend |
| 22 | 2505 | Eger - Miskolc |
| 203 | 2104 | |
| 213 | 23 | Kisterenye - Tarnalelesz |
| 213 | 25 | Tarnalelesz - Bánréve |
| 217 | 24 | Mátraháza - Eger |
| Zone 3 |
| 34 | 37 | |
| 35 | 38 | |
| 36 | 35 | |
| 322 | 34 | Kungehyes - Bánhalma |
| 322 | 3404 | Bánhalma Kenderes |
| 333 | 36 | |
| 353 | 3834 | |
| Zone 4 |
| 4a | 42 | |
| 40 | 44 | Kecskemet - Békéscsaba |
| 41 | 441 | |
| 42 | 45 | |
| 43 | 47 | |
| 44 | 442 | |
| 46 | 43 | |
| 47 | 41 | |
| 417 | 4401 | |
| 432 | 4415 | |
| 433 | 4427 | |
| 435 | 44 | Békéscsaba - Gyula |
| 438 | 4434 | |
| 439 | 4219 | Gyula - Sarkad |
| 471 | 4117 | Mátészalka - Vitka |
| 473 | 4911 | |
| 475 | 49 | Mátészalka - Györtelek |
| Zone 5 |
| 54 | 55 | |
| 58 | 56 | |
| 59 | 57 | |
| 501 | 5101 | |
| 522 | 5301 | Kiskörös - Kecel |
| 522 | 54 | Kecel - Sükösd |
| 523 | 54 | Kecskemet - Soltvadkert |
| 524 | 5402 | |
| 581 | 5603 | Bonyhád - Bátaszék |
| 591 | 5701 | Bóly - Villány |
| 593 | 58 | |
| 594 | 5801 | |
| 595 | 5804 | Darány - Siklós |
| 595 | 5701 | Siklós - Nagyharsány |
| Zone 6 |
| 61 | 611 | Dombóvár - Sásd |
| 64 | 66 | Pécs - Sásd |
| 65 | 61 | Dombóvár - Nagykanisza |
| 621 | 64 | |
| 631 | 6534 | |
| 646 | 6801 | |
| 651 | 6701 | Lengyeltóti - Kaposvár |
| 652 | 68 | |
| Zone 7 |
| 73 | 74 | Zalaegerszeg - Bak |
| 73 | 75 | Bak - Keszthely |
| 74 | 84 | Lesencetornaj - Balatonederics |
| 74 | 7301 | Lesencetornaj - Veszprém |
| 75 | 7324 | Sümeg - Devecser |
| 75 | 7328 | Zalabér - Sümeg |
| 700 | 73 | |
| 702 | 72 | |
| 711 | 71 | |
| 731 | 7328 | Zalabér - Zalaegerszeg |
| 732 | 75 | Rédics - Bak |
| 733 | Bak - Nagykanisza | |
| 735 | 86 | Körmend - Rédics |
| Zone 8 |
| 805 | 811 | |
| 806 | 8126 | |
| 808 | 13 | |
| 812 | 8218 | Veszprémvarsány - Kisbér |
| 812 | 8302 | Pápa - Veszprémvarsány |
| 821 | 86 | Csorna - Szilsárkány |
| 821 | 8408 | Szilsárkány - Pápa |
| 822 | 88 | Vát - Sárvár |
| 822 | 8404 | Sárvár - Pápa |
| 827 | 86 | Szombathely - Szilsárkány |
| 841 | 8701 | |
| 842 | 86 | Szombathely - Körmend |
| 851 | 86 | |
Sources: Personal experience, various maps and atlases
Official sites:
- Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium Ministry of Economy and Transport
- motorway.hu State Motorway Management Company
Other links:
- Information on road construction and tolls
- M0 Budapest ring road
- Nemzeti Infrastruktúra Fejlesztö Zrt
- M5
- M6
- Road construction plans
Other pages within this site:
- Road sign colours
- Europe
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