Sweden | Area code 46 | Common abbreviation S | Last updated 20-10-2007 | |||
| Road class | Syntax explanation | Administrative subordination | Sub classes | Zones | System | Remarks |
| European road | E[0-9]<2-3>{(.[0-9]<2>)} | Europe | See Europe | Exit numbers: sequential on certain motorway sections (e.g. E4 and E6) | ||
| National road (Riksväg) | [0-9]<1-2>{.0[12]} | national | numbers are distributed over the country going from the south to the north | |||
| County road (Länsväg) | [0-9]<3>{.0[12]} | national | Primary county road (Primär länsväg) | numbers increase from 100 in the south to 404 in the north | ||
| ([0-9]<3-4>{.0[1-6];.[1-3]}) | county (län) | Secondary county road (Sekundär länsväg) | 500-3100 | |||
| General description:
There are only a few suffixed E numbers: E4.19, E4.23, E4.25, E4.26, E4.65, E6.01, E6.20, E6.21, E10.01, E18.20, E20.08, E20.09, E22.01, E22.03 and E22.08. These do not appear on signs and are for administration only. European roads are also national roads, but they only have an E number. Riksväg and primär länsväg suffixes are always either 01 or 02, but in Hjo (in Västra Götalands Län) there are two roads 195.1 and 195.3. Sekundär länsväg numbers do not appear on signs. Suffixes are of the form .01, .02, ..., .06 but in Västra Götalands Län they have a single digit .1, .2 or .3. | ||||||
| Road signs: blue. 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. Suffixed numbers and numbers over 404 do not appear on signs. | ||||||
| History: In the old system, E roads also had a national number. Main roads had numbers 1-14, numbers 20-28 were used on Gotland, and numbers 30-400 were used for other roads (with numbers increasing further to the north). The new system was introduced in the 1960's.
In 1990, together with the introduction of new E numbers, some national numbers were also changed. The most important change was the new main road 45, which appeared as E45 on some maps. The 'real' E45 should have been the Norwegian E6, but this remained the E6 (which, with some imagination, fits into the new system). Later, some roads in the north were renumbered: 391 became 98 and 400 became 99. The road number change of the 1960's did not affect all roads: especially in the north, many numbers still fitted the system (the lower class number range was changed from 30-400 to 100-404, so numbers in the 300 series could be retained). | ||||||
Sources and links: Various maps and atlases
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