Highways in Finland
Valtatie 1 near Halikko
Highways in Finland, or Main roads, comprise the highest categories of roads in Finland:
- Main roads Class I – Finnish: valtatiet; Swedish: riksvägar – numbered 1–39, between major cities
- Main roads Class II – Finnish: kantatiet; Swedish: stamvägar – numbered 40–99, between regional centers
Overview
Highways numbered from 1 to 7 radiate from the capital Helsinki (Highways 2, 5 and 6 diverge from 1, 4 and 7, respectively), while highways 8 to 10 radiate from Turku on the south-western coast of Finland. Highways 11 and 12 originate in Tampere. The rest of the highways start from other major cities.
Sections of highways between major cities have often been upgraded to motorways, for example between Helsinki and Tampere. Since Finland is a large and sparsely populated country, there is no reason to upgrade all highways to motorways.
The motorway network totals 863 kilometres (536 mi), 124 kilometres (77 mi) of them reserved only for motor traffic.[1]
List of current highways
The road sign informing the motorists they are travelling on a Finnish motorway
- Valtatie 1 Helsinki − Nummela − Salo − Turku
- Helsinki − Turku
- Valtatie 2 Palojärvi (Vihti) − Forssa − Huittinen − Pori
- Vihti (1 km)
- Valtatie 3 Helsinki − Hämeenlinna − Tampere − Parkano − Jalasjärvi − Vaasa
- Helsinki − Heinola
- Vaajakoski − Jyväskylä − Kirri
- Liminka − Oulu – Haukipudas
- Marostenmäki (Simo) − Kemi − Keminmaa (20,9 km)
- Lusi, Heinola (3 km)
- Vehmasmäki − Kuopio
- Kuopio − Siilinjärvi
- Valtatie 6 Koskenkylä (Loviisa) − Kouvola − Lappeenranta − Joensuu − Kajaani
- Mansikkala − Kaukopää (Imatra)
- Reijola − Käpykangas (Joensuu) (10,8 km)
- Valtatie 7 Helsinki − Porvoo − Kotka − Vaalimaa
- Helsinki − Loviisa – Kotka − Hamina
- (Hamina – Vaalimaa), under construction, planned opening 2018 [2]
- Turku − Raisio
- (Raisio – Masku) under construction 2014–2016 [3]
- Mustasaari − Vaasa (shared with valtatie 3)
- Turku − Lieto
- Viiala − Tampere
- Kuopio − Siilinjärvi (part of Valtatie 5)
- Ylämylly (Liperi) − Reijola (Joensuu) (21 km)
- Valtatie 10 Turku − Forssa − Hämeenlinna − Tuulos
- Valtatie 11 Nokia − Pori
- Valtatie 12 Rauma − Huittinen − Tampere − Lahti − Kouvola
- Valtatie 13 Nuijamaa − Lappeenranta − Mikkeli − Jyväskylä − Kyyjärvi − Kokkola
- Valtatie 14 Juva − Savonlinna − Punkaharju − Parikkala
- Valtatie 15 Kotka − Kouvola − Mikkeli
- Valtatie 16 Ylistaro − Lapua − Kyyjärvi
- Valtatie 17 (discontinued) Kuopio − Outokumpu − Joensuu (2010)[4]
- Valtatie 18 Jyväskylä − Petäjävesi − Ähtäri − Alavus − Seinäjoki − Ylistaro − Laihia − Vaasa
- Valtatie 19 Jalasjärvi − Seinäjoki − Nykarleby
- Valtatie 20 Oulu − Pudasjärvi − Taivalkoski − Kuusamo
- Valtatie 21 Tornio − Pello − Muonio − Kilpisjärvi
- Valtatie 22 Oulu − Utajärvi − Kontiomäki
- Valtatie 23 Pori − Kankaanpää − Jyväskylä − Varkaus − Joensuu
- Valtatie 24 Lahti − Padasjoki − Jämsä
- Valtatie 25 Hanko − Lohja − Hyvinkää − Mäntsälä
- Lohjanharju − Lohja (part of Valtatie 1)
- Valtatie 26 Hamina − Luumäki
- Valtatie 27 Kalajoki − Ylivieska − Haapajärvi − Iisalmi
- Valtatie 28 Kokkola − Nivala − Mainua
- Valtatie 29 Tornio − Keminmaa
Rings
See also
References
- ↑ Finnish Road Statistics 2010 (PDF). Statistics from the Finnish Transport Agency 6/2011 (ISSN-L 1798-811X). Helsinki: Finnish Transport Agency (FTA). 2011. pp. 23, 49. ISBN 978-952-255-699-8. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ↑ http://www.liikennevirasto.fi/e18vaalimaa
- ↑ "Raisio-Masku". Liikennevirasto. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ↑ http://www.lvm.fi/web/fi/tiedote/view/1134153
External links
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