Lithuania | Area code 370 | Common abbreviation LT | Last updated 2-11-2000 | |||
| Road class | Syntax explanation | Administrative subordination | Sub classes | Zones | System | Remarks |
| European road | E[0-9]<2-3> | Europe | See Europe | |||
| Main road (Magistralinis kelias) | A[0-9]<1-2> | national | spider-web | Highest number A16 | ||
| Regional road (Krasto kelias) | [12][0-9]<2> | national | 1[0-9]<2> general | sequential with clustering | ||
| 2[0-9]<2> ring roads/ bypasses | sequential | |||||
| Municipal road (Rajoniniu kelias) | [1-5][0-9]<3> | national | determined by first 2 digits | |||
| General description:
The A1, 2, 3 and 4 evolve in clockwise order from Vilnius. Other main roads are further west and north and are numbered A5-13. The higher the number, the further away from Vilnius. The A13 links Klaipeda to the Latvian border along the Baltic coast. The A14, A15 and A16 are recently upgraded Regional roads.
Regional road numbers start at Vilnius with numbers 102-103 (and formerly 101, 104 and 105) evolving in clockwise order, complementing the A1-4 and A14-16. Numbers 106, 107 and 108 are partial ring roads around Vilnius. Numbers then increase to the north and further to the west. There are only a few numbers in the 200 series (though there will probably be more in the future), for ring roads and bypasses. Zones for municipal numbers with the same first digits are not always grouped together. Numbers beginning with 1 are mostly in the centre or east of the country, and numbers beginning with 2 tend to be in the west, but numbers beginning with 3, 4 and 5 occur everywhere. | ||||||
| Road signs: Old Soviet signs are blue with white text (no other information available). | ||||||
| History:
Before independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Lithuania had Soviet road numbers (first the old system, then the new system which was introduced around 1980).
The first Lithuanian motorway was the A1 Vilnius-Kaunas (formerly route 25) which was built around 1970. | ||||||
| Recently, some Regional roads were upgraded to Main roads: | ||||||
| Route | Old number | New number | ||||
| Vilnius-Utena | 101 | A14 | ||||
| Vilnius-Salcininkai | 104 | A15 | ||||
| Vilnius-Mariampole | 105 | A16 | ||||
| Sources: Lithuanian road administration, various maps and atlases | ||||||
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