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MirageBistro

April 12th, 2006, 08:13 AM

Explain everything you think about this.
Post pictures, comments, and posts.
Everyone is welcome :)

Handsome

April 12th, 2006, 08:26 AM

the length of Expressways
1.US
2.China

MirageBistro

April 12th, 2006, 08:39 AM

More more!

diz

April 12th, 2006, 09:03 AM

MirageBistro

April 12th, 2006, 09:45 AM

amazing it is

kaunaz

April 12th, 2006, 11:12 AM

MirageBistro

April 12th, 2006, 11:16 AM

:hahaha: Such an idiot could create such stupid rank? :bash:
NO bad words, especially on one person.

sisig

April 12th, 2006, 11:20 AM

:hahaha: Such an idiot could create such stupid rank? :bash:

why is it stupid? :hm:

globocentric

April 12th, 2006, 11:23 AM

i do not believe that philipinnes has 200000 km of expressways or else the country will not have so many people that live below the poverty line

MirageBistro

April 12th, 2006, 11:35 AM

i do not believe that philipinnes has 200000 km of expressways or else the country will not have so many people that live below the poverty line
Have you even been there smart-guy?
You think its like Vietnam or burma with all temples and no skyscrapers?

kaunaz

April 12th, 2006, 11:41 AM

Probably someone dreamed these numbers. How it can be that France has quadruble more than Germany: 894,000.00 vs. 230,735.00 :D And Austria has almost same number of "highways" like Germany, bu we know that Germany is like 4 Austrias by area. And there are many more "strange" numbers that didn't are in reality.

hetfield85

April 12th, 2006, 01:47 PM

I prefer a highway rank in term of highway quality like the German Autobahn not the length of highways :)

MirageBistro

April 12th, 2006, 07:14 PM

I prefer a highway rank in term of highway quality like the German Autobahn not the length of highways :)Now that is true! :) Germany, powerful and rich.

Handsome

April 12th, 2006, 08:52 PM

How many kilometers Highways (at least 4 lanes) does your country have?

Alargule

April 12th, 2006, 08:55 PM

You lazy or something? With a little googling around on the net you can find the answer to that question.

Handsome

April 12th, 2006, 09:13 PM

beta29

April 12th, 2006, 10:36 PM

These numbers are definately wrong....If you just look at Germany and so on..:D

@Miragebistro: yes, powerful maybe...but rich??? The quality of the "Autobahn" is not that good anymore...maybe in some parts. Germany hasn´t got enough money to renovate older parts... but anyway some new ones are under construction.

Æsahættr

April 13th, 2006, 12:33 AM

i do not believe that philipinnes has 200000 km of expressways or else the country will not have so many people that live below the poverty line

:crazy:

It's ~25%, which is much lower than most developing countries. The 40% figure is 12 years old.

In the more developed part of the country, it is only 7-10%.

Urban expressways:
http://tinypic.com/2bvg5k
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7747/manila20060120fx.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid165/paeb476ca0d5e57bf77d2518792ab7ba1/f471d0b3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/pau_p1/DSC06894.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/national%20roads/edsa/a6c0eb57.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e1/DSC06311.jpg/800px-DSC06311.jpg

Rural expressways:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b358/thomasian/NLEX.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/IMG_1399.jpg

magestom

April 13th, 2006, 12:56 AM

I have been to India, China, Japan and europe a lot. India does not have a lot of expressway. they are only starting to build now. Highways, the do have a lot.

1. United States 6,406,296.00 km
2. India 3,319,644.00 km
3. Brazil 1,724,929.00 km
4. Canada 1,408,800.00 km
5. China 1,402,698.00 km
6. Japan 1,161,894.00 km
7. France 894,000.00 km
8. Australia 811,603.00 km
9. Spain 663,795.00 km
10. Russia 532,393.00 km
11. Italy 479,688.00 km
12. Turkey 385,960.00 km
13. United Kingdom 371,913.00 km
14. Poland 364,656.00 km
15. South Africa 362,099.00 km
16. Indonesia 342,700.00 km
17. Mexico 329,532.00 km
18. Pakistan 254,410.00 km
19. Germany 230,735.00 km
20. Argentina 215,471.00 km
21. Sweden 212,402.00 km
22. Bangladesh 207,486.00 km
23. Philippines 201,994.00 km
24. Austria 200,000.00 km
25. Romania 198,603.00 km

magestom

April 13th, 2006, 12:58 AM

This???
1. United States 6,406,296.00 km
2. India 3,319,644.00 km
3. Brazil 1,724,929.00 km
4. Canada 1,408,800.00 km
5. China 1,402,698.00 km
6. Japan 1,161,894.00 km
7. France 894,000.00 km
8. Australia 811,603.00 km
9. Spain 663,795.00 km
10. Russia 532,393.00 km
11. Italy 479,688.00 km
12. Turkey 385,960.00 km
13. United Kingdom 371,913.00 km
14. Poland 364,656.00 km
15. South Africa 362,099.00 km
16. Indonesia 342,700.00 km
17. Mexico 329,532.00 km
18. Pakistan 254,410.00 km
19. Germany 230,735.00 km
20. Argentina 215,471.00 km
21. Sweden 212,402.00 km
22. Bangladesh 207,486.00 km
23. Philippines 201,994.00 km
24. Austria 200,000.00 km
25. Romania 198,603.00 km

Handsome

April 13th, 2006, 01:07 AM

This???
of course not.

first ,shoud define the highway

highway must have at least 4 lanes,and people cant walk through.

like this:

http://www.chinahighway.com/imgs/Img222519117.jpg

http://www.gdgh.com/Data/Photo/Scenery/200506031125174826.jpg

Handsome

April 13th, 2006, 01:15 AM

gronier

April 13th, 2006, 01:35 AM

2800 kilometres.

Daniel_Portugal

April 13th, 2006, 01:38 AM

this is a little stupid... because a big country has much more probability to have more than an small country.

btw: i dont know how many km of highways have my country... but have a lot of them, cause all the cities have highway connection.

Castle_Bravo

April 13th, 2006, 01:39 AM

In Poland there are 550 km of Highways (40milion population) :D

magestom

April 13th, 2006, 02:48 AM

of course not.

first ,shoud define the highway

highway must have at least 4 lanes,and people cant walk through.

like this:

http://www.chinahighway.com/imgs/Img222519117.jpg

http://www.gdgh.com/Data/Photo/Scenery/200506031125174826.jpg

So if this is what you mean do you mean expressway. Because this looks access controlled.

Æsahættr

April 13th, 2006, 02:51 AM

^^
It's only in the USA(?) that people reffer to experessways as non-access controlled, but most poeple reffer to expressways as access controlled.

diz

April 13th, 2006, 03:59 AM

i do not believe that philipinnes has 200000 km of expressways or else the country will not have so many people that live below the poverty line

ur just jelous. =P
Hell, filipinos live under the expressway.. ;)

diz

April 13th, 2006, 04:09 AM

NLEX: North Luzon Expressway

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/6037/picture0775nd.jpg

http://www.hondakal.com/images/services_nav/services_nav_nlex.jpg

Candaba Viaduct
to get away from the "killer" sun, farmers have built their homes under the highway
http://www.philtourism.com/bigimages/pv_hi-way.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Northluzonexpressway.jpg

Æsahættr

April 13th, 2006, 04:09 AM

ur just jelous. =P
Hell, filipinos live under the expressway..
^^
Rofl! Hahahaha, that's so true.

diz

April 13th, 2006, 04:11 AM

SLEX: South Luzon Expressway

http://www.nationmaster.com/wikimir/images/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dc/SLEX_Skyway.jpg/300px-SLEX_Skyway.jpg

http://www.daaaaa.com/kkk/kkk336.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid78/p1a87876d6a417a42babab3bc55e5441a/fb291307.jpg

http://www.daaaaa.com/kkk/kkk269.jpg

diz

April 13th, 2006, 04:13 AM

:hahaha: Such an idiot could create such stupid rank? :bash:

i didnt make it. and how is it stupid?

diz

April 13th, 2006, 04:14 AM

^^
Rofl! Hahahaha, that's so true.

what's true?

Æsahættr

April 13th, 2006, 05:36 AM

The people that live under the expressways...

MirageBistro

April 13th, 2006, 05:41 AM

OK,
the rank of Highways(at least 4 lanes)

The world:230,000 kilometers

1.USA:90,000 kilometers
2.China(mainland):40,000 kilometers
3.Canada:16,500 kilometers
4.Germany:11,000 kilometers
5.France:10,000 kilometers
Now why do you think FRANCE is in 5th???
What do you actually think? Its supposed to be better than that

OettingerCroat

April 13th, 2006, 08:27 AM

Expressway: Defined as at a highway with at least two lanes and at least one shoulder. Must have a median between the two directions.

United States of America:
total: 6,407,637 km
paved: 4,164,964 km (including 74,950 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,242,673 km (2004)

you guys want to find the number of EXPRESSWAYS, the underlined number above. The huge 6,000,000 km thing is simply the amount of highways, defined as "any important automobile transit route."

phillipines has very, very few kilometers of motorways. Not simply because it's not a wealthy country, but because there are 8200 islands in the country.

anyways back to the numbers:

United States of America:
total: 6,407,637 km
paved: 4,164,964 km (including 74,950 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,242,673 km (2004)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 2.5 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 8.25 km

People's Republic of China:
total: 1,809,829 km
paved: 1,447,682 km (with at least 29,745 km of expressways)
unpaved: 362,147 km (2003)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: .23 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 3.23 km

India:
total: 3,851,440 km
paved: 2,411,001 km
unpaved: 1,440,439 km (2002)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: no official data, but obviously lower than China
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: same as above

Canada:
total: 1,408,900 km
paved: 497,342 km (including 16,906 km of expressways)
unpaved: 911,558 km (2002)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 5.67 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 1.87 km

Russia:
total: 537,289 km
paved: 362,133 km
unpaved: 175,156 km (2001)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: Very low, might not even be 2,500 km of expressways in Russia. I'd say far below Indian levels.
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: same as above

Germany:
total: 231,581 km
paved: 231,581 km (including 12,037 km of expressways) (2003)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 1.6 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 37.14 km

France:
total: 891,290 km
paved: 891,290 km (including 10,390 km of expressways) (2003)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 1.8 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 20.4 km

United Kingdom:
total: 387,674 km
paved: 387,674 km (including 3,523 km of expressways) (2004)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: .667 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 16.67 km

Italy:
total: 479,688 km
paved: 479,688 km (including 6,620 km of expressways) (1999)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 1.20 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 24.14 km

Spain:
total: 666,292 km
paved: 659,629 km (including 12,009 km of expressways)
unpaved: 6,663 km (2003)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 3.375 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 27 km

Poland:
total: 423,997 km
paved: 295,356 km (including 484 km of expressways)
unpaved: 128,641 km (2003)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: .143 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 1.83 km

Romania:
total: 198,817 km
paved: 60,043 km (including 228 km of expressways)
unpaved: 138,774 km (2003)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: .098 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: .957 km

Turkey:
total: 354,421 km
paved: 147,404 km (including 1,883 km of expressways)
unpaved: 207,017 km (2003)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: .261 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 2.44 km
**plz turks, do not come here and yell at me because "turkey actually has eleventy billion kilometers of expressways," im using CIA figures for all countries**

Greece:
total: 116,470 km
paved: 106,920 km (including 880 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,550 km (1999)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 1.41 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 11.54 km
**same goes for you, greeks; just to calm you, i did the two calculations with 1,500 km of motorways because if I didn't hideously exaggerate the number, the way you guys always do, you'd complain**

the Netherlands:
total: 116,500 km
paved: 104,850 km (including 2,235 km of expressways)
unpaved: 11,650 km (1999)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 1.41 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 75 km

Belgium:
total: 149,757 km
paved: 117,110 km (including 1,747 km of expressways)
unpaved: 32,647 km (2003)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 1.8 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 60 km

Denmark:
total: 71,847 km
paved: 71,847 km (including 920 km of expressways) (2002)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 1.85 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 23.3 km

Czech Republic:
total: 127,672 km
paved: 127,672 km (including 618 km of expressways) (2006)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: .61 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: .802 km

Slovenia:
total: 38,400 km
paved: 38,400 km (including 479 km of expressways) (2006)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 2.40 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 24.0 km

Croatia:
total: 28,588 km
paved: 28,588 km (including 1,047 km of expressways) (2006)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 2.33 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 19.1 km

Austria:
total: 133,718 km
paved: 133,718 km (including 1,677 km of expressways) (2003)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 2.125 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 20.48 km

Switzerland:
total: 71,220 km
paved: 71,220 km (including 1,726 of expressways) (2003)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 2.4 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 45

TO SUMMARIZE:

WORLD:
Nation with greatest amount of expressways: USA
Nation with most kilometers of expressways per capita: the Netherlands
Nation with highest density of expressway: the Netherlands
Nation with most expressways per entire GDP: Croatia
Major Global Power with LOWEST density of expressways: USA

N. America (Canada, USA):
km's per capita: Canada
density: Canada
km/GDP: Canada

EU-15 Large Countries (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain):
km's per capita: Spain
density: Germany
km/GDP: Spain

EU-15 Little Countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Greece, Denmark, + Switzerland):
km's per capita: the Netherlands
density: the Netherlands
^^ don't get too awed by the Netherlands, the country is flat as a board
km/GDP: Greece

E. Europe (Croatia, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Romania, Turkey):
km's per captia: Slovenia or Croatia
density: Slovenia
km/GDP: Croatia

yes i assembled this entire post myself.

Handsome

April 13th, 2006, 10:17 AM

CborG

April 13th, 2006, 10:48 AM

^^Please don't quote such big lists! It's annoying and a simple reply will perfectly do.

According to that list my country, the Netherlands, has the densest network 75km per 1000km2 And we have 2346km highway, not 2235km

MirageBistro

April 13th, 2006, 11:08 AM

Je vote pour la France! Leurs autoroutes urbaines sont longues et froid! :nocrook:

April 13th, 2006, 11:25 AM

Je vote pour la France! Leurs autoroutes urbaines sont longues et froid! :nocrook:

:lol

j'suis d'accord avec toi!! Et ils sont plus romantique aussi.

kaunaz

April 13th, 2006, 11:42 AM

i didnt make it. and how is it stupid?
And I didn't say that you are that idiot. Probably the idiot dreamed the numbers of that rank.

invincible

April 13th, 2006, 12:01 PM

That list just has a different definition of "highway" and is more similar to the definition used in Australia - where any major road between regional areas is known as a highway.

And Australia is so high on that list only because there are roads that cross the country passing a whole lot of nothing like this:
http://www.lemis.com/grog/Photos/20040203/small/90-mile-straight.jpeg

Giorgio

April 13th, 2006, 12:04 PM

yes i assembled this entire post myself.

Try usiong all from the same year stats.
And give us source for Croation stats because CIA says otherwise:

Croatia
total: 28,588 km
paved: 24,186 km (including 583 km of expressways)
unpaved: 4,402 km (2003)

You gave us this stat and claim that your source is World Fact Book:

Croatia:
total: 28,588 km
paved: 28,588 km (including 1,047 km of expressways) (2006)

----

Give us a break. Geez.

Macca-GC

April 13th, 2006, 12:12 PM

1. United States 6,406,296.00 km
2. India 3,319,644.00 km
3. Brazil 1,724,929.00 km
4. Canada 1,408,800.00 km
5. China 1,402,698.00 km
6. Japan 1,161,894.00 km
7. France 894,000.00 km
8. Australia 811,603.00 km
9. Spain 663,795.00 km
10. Russia 532,393.00 km
11. Italy 479,688.00 km
12. Turkey 385,960.00 km
13. United Kingdom 371,913.00 km
14. Poland 364,656.00 km
15. South Africa 362,099.00 km
16. Indonesia 342,700.00 km
17. Mexico 329,532.00 km
18. Pakistan 254,410.00 km
19. Germany 230,735.00 km
20. Argentina 215,471.00 km
21. Sweden 212,402.00 km
22. Bangladesh 207,486.00 km
23. Philippines 201,994.00 km
24. Austria 200,000.00 km
25. Romania 198,603.00 km

Will everyone get off their bloody high horses over this list!!! Bloody Hell!!! Use your brains people!! Do you really think America has SIX MILLION KILOMETRES OF HIGHWAYS????? DO YOU REALLY THINK INDIA HAS THREE-POINT-THREE MILLION KILOMETRES OF HIGHWAYS??? Bloody Hell!!! Most people would be able to realise that those numbers are the TOTAL distance of roads in each country. bloody hell!

MirageBistro

April 13th, 2006, 12:23 PM

Will everyone get off their bloody high horses over this list!!! Bloody Hell!!! Use your brains people!! Do you really think America has SIX MILLION KILOMETRES OF HIGHWAYS????? DO YOU REALLY THINK INDIA HAS THREE-POINT-THREE MILLION KILOMETRES OF HIGHWAYS??? Bloody Hell!!! Most people would be able to realise that those numbers are the TOTAL distance of roads in each country. bloody hell!

Oui oui, je conviens. Que se produisait en arrière garçon là desourire? :rofl:

sonysnob

April 13th, 2006, 04:39 PM

Some of the ways to compare US highways to those of the rest of the world are flawed. This is because many so-called 4-lane roads have in actuality many more then 4-lanes. Comparing countries lane-kilometres of freeway would make for a better, and more telling result of freeway networks.

Cheers.

MirageBistro

April 13th, 2006, 06:29 PM

Ahh oui, j'ai plaisir à parler français la manière belge, bonne chance à tous :)

edolen1

April 13th, 2006, 06:39 PM

If you do a quick survey you'll find out that the terms are very varied..

Anyway, talking about at least 4-laned, limited-access roads, Slovenia has around 500 kilometres of them (highways, motorways, expressways, whatever) and a population of 2 million.

OettingerCroat

April 13th, 2006, 06:58 PM

']Try usiong all from the same year stats.
And give us source for Croation stats because CIA says otherwise:

Croatia
total: 28,588 km
paved: 24,186 km (including 583 km of expressways)
unpaved: 4,402 km (2003)

You gave us this stat and claim that your source is World Fact Book:

Croatia:
total: 28,588 km
paved: 28,588 km (including 1,047 km of expressways) (2006)

----

Give us a break. Geez.

i only used 2006 stats for Croatia, CZ, and Slovenia bc I KNEW THE 2006 STATS FOR THOSE COUNTRIES. had I had access to the other countries i would have used 2006 too.

truth is, pretty much every single other country on this list is developed and any change in their overall number of expressways would be small. These three rose rather dramatically, and Croatia doubled in 3 years, so I think it's ok to provide up-to-date information for countries who had very low km's of expressway and are now building up.

but you are right, i apologize for stating my source as being CIA for all of them.

OettingerCroat

April 13th, 2006, 07:09 PM

Minato ku

April 13th, 2006, 07:12 PM

OK,
the rank of Highways(at least 4 lanes)

The world:230,000 kilometers

1.USA:90,000 kilometers
2.China(mainland):40,000 kilometers
3.Canada:16,500 kilometers
4.Germany:11,000 kilometers
5.France:10,000 kilometers

France are more 12,000 kilometers of Expressway

But I think Germany too !!

MirageBistro

April 13th, 2006, 08:51 PM

my stat was from '99 i think, so you guys are even denser now ;)
I agree :)

Handsome

April 13th, 2006, 08:59 PM

http://www.moc.gov.cn/images/index_top.gif
我国高速公路总里程达4.1万公里——2010年总里程达到6.5万公里，国家高速公路网骨架将初步形成

http://www.moc.gov.cn/05news/0601/t20060117_29988.htm
　　
记者从全国交通工作会上获悉，“十一五”期间，我国高速公路建设仍将“高速”进行，五年间，将新建高速公路2.4万公里以上，至2010年，总里程将达到6.5万公里。届时，国家高速公路网骨架将基本形成。
“十五”期间，我国共建成高速公路2.47万公里，是“八五”和“九五”建成高速公路总和的1.5倍，先后跃上了2万公里、3万公里、4万公里三个大台阶，达到4.1万公里，继续稳居世界第二。按《国家高速公路网规划》，我国将用30年左右的时间完成包括7条首都放射线、9条南北纵向线和18条东西横向线共8.5万公里的国家高速公路网。2005年，全国新增高速公路6700公里，“两纵两横三个重要路段”全部建成，山东、广东两省高速公路突破3000公里，江苏、河南、河北三省高速公路突破2000公里，另有14个省、区高速公路突破1000公里。
高速公路已成为经济社会发展的重要助推器，不仅显著提高了运输能力，降低了运输成本，增强了运输安全性，节约了国土资源，而且在改善投资环境、优化产业布局、促进资源开发利用、提高国家经济的机动性、增强国家竞争力、以及保障国防安全等方面，发挥着越来越重要的作用。
目前我国的高速公路与一些发达国家相比，在发展质量、发挥规模效益等方面均存在着差距。交通部部长李盛霖表示，交通部将进一步健全完善已经形成的多元化投融资机制，不断推进高速公路发展。同时切实研究解决高速公路管理、特许经营、滚动发展等问题，理顺管理体制，促进高速公路健康发展。到“十一五”期末，基本形成国家高速公路网骨架，“五纵七横”国道主干线和西部开发省际通道全部建成。其中，东部地区基本形成高速公路网；长江三角洲、珠江三角洲和京津冀地区形成较完善的城际高速公路网；中部地区承东启西、连南接北的高速公路通道基本贯通。
据透露，今年我国全年将建成高速公路约5000公里。　　　《中国交通报》讯（胡士祥）

Taller, Better

April 13th, 2006, 09:15 PM

Wow, I'm impressed! This is like a beauty contest for roads! :)

Handsome

April 13th, 2006, 09:19 PM

China's Fast Expanding Road To Development

http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=11761

By . Agence France-Presse

April 6, 2006 -- From not one mile of expressway 18 years ago, China now has the second most extensive network in the world behind only the U.S., state media said April 5. China had 41,000 kilometers (25,400 miles) of expressway at the end of 2005, the China Daily said. "Our plan for the next five years is to maintain the same speed as in the previous five years," said Dai Dongchang, director of Transport Planning and Research Institute at the Ministry of Communications.

The ambitious construction schedule is of huge importance for China's future growth prospects as at least 60% of its economy is facilitated by road transport. "Although transportation is no longer a bottleneck for the economy, we still need to expand its role," Dai said.

After its completion in 2010, the Chinese expressway network will connect all provincial capitals and cities with at least half a million people.

Over the longer term, the plan is to increase the total length of expressways to at least 85,000 kilometers by 2020, or just short of the current U.S. network of about 90,000 kilometers.

During the period, about two trillion yuan (US$250 billion) will be raised for road development from overseas and private investors.

At least three major expressways will be built to link China's major economic hubs such as the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta and the Bohai Sea Rim areas before 2020.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2006

OettingerCroat

April 13th, 2006, 09:41 PM

diz

April 14th, 2006, 03:54 AM

durka, philippines has very few higways, its the size of Arizona!!

diz

April 14th, 2006, 03:59 AM

i do not believe that philipinnes has 200000 km of expressways or else the country will not have so many people that live below the poverty line

homie, ur so wrong...

INTRODUCING, MAKATI CITY!

http://static.flickr.com/35/67991491_0854a491d5.jpg

MirageBistro

April 14th, 2006, 06:55 AM

Nice :)
People always look down on Philippines, not knowing the hidden power.....

Minato ku

April 14th, 2006, 01:02 PM

Expressway: Defined as at a highway
France:
total: 891,290 km
paved: 891,290 km (including 10,390 km of expressways) (2003)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 1.8 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 20.4 km

It isn't normal

La longueur totale du réseau autoroutier français au début de l'année 2001 était de 11810 km (source USIRF).

In 2001 France expressway system =11810 Km

OettingerCroat

April 14th, 2006, 07:25 PM

^^ ok, it trully isnt going to change the numbers very much people.

empersouf

April 14th, 2006, 07:36 PM

Everyone who's thinking Philipines is poor isnt thinking good enough;)

Eventough I think the figures are wrong, cause Germany has much more highway's than France....and The Netherlands more than Austria.

zergcerebrates

April 15th, 2006, 12:40 AM

All I know is interms length and road network

USA ranks #1
China ranks 2nd
forgot whos the 3rd.

diz

April 15th, 2006, 01:55 AM

http://www.geographyiq.com/ranking/ranking_Highways_top25.htm

Link to where i got it..

Macca-GC

April 15th, 2006, 09:13 AM

Oui oui, je conviens. Que se produisait en arrière garçon là desourire? :rofl:

translation please

MirageBistro

April 15th, 2006, 09:59 AM

translation please
Translation:yep I agree. Waht occured behind that boy?

b3ta

April 16th, 2006, 04:23 AM

Canada:
total: 1,408,900 km
paved: 497,342 km (including 16,906 km of expressways)
unpaved: 911,558 km (2002)
EXPRESSWAYS PER 10,000 PEOPLE: 5.67 km
EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 1.87 km

On a per capita basis, Canada is the king of highways, they aren't pretty but impressive for a country with the same population as Mexico City.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v339/drjoe12/401/412509-008.jpg

Bertez

April 16th, 2006, 04:44 AM

^^The funniest thing is that in Toronto, there seems to be relatively less highways than the American counter parts. There is only one full east-west highway, with 2 others being partial. Then there are two north-south highways. That is Toronto's highways are so wide;);)

Nicolás

April 17th, 2006, 01:04 AM

1. United States 6,406,296.00 km
2. India 3,319,644.00 km
3. Brazil 1,724,929.00 km
4. Canada 1,408,800.00 km
5. China 1,402,698.00 km
6. Japan 1,161,894.00 km
7. France 894,000.00 km
8. Australia 811,603.00 km
9. Spain 663,795.00 km
10. Russia 532,393.00 km
11. Italy 479,688.00 km
12. Turkey 385,960.00 km
13. United Kingdom 371,913.00 km
14. Poland 364,656.00 km
15. South Africa 362,099.00 km
16. Indonesia 342,700.00 km
17. Mexico 329,532.00 km
18. Pakistan 254,410.00 km
19. Germany 230,735.00 km
20. Argentina 215,471.00 km
21. Sweden 212,402.00 km
22. Bangladesh 207,486.00 km
23. Philippines 201,994.00 km
24. Austria 200,000.00 km
25. Romania 198,603.00 km

:rofl:
Germany rank 19 - AFTER UK, Turkey, Poland, RSA.... this is just too funny :lol:

Minato ku

April 17th, 2006, 01:23 AM

:rofl:
Germany rank 19 - AFTER UK, Turkey, Poland, RSA.... this is just too funny :lol:
Poland and UK it's funny :lol:
but Russia and Turkey maybe it's right because there are bigger than Germany.

Mosaic

April 17th, 2006, 08:08 AM

ur just jelous. =P
Hell, filipinos live under the expressway.. ;)
That's interesting. :hilarious :tongue2:

diz

April 17th, 2006, 08:27 AM

That's interesting. :hilarious :tongue2:

there is a highway in Pampanga called the Candaba Viaduct, since this higway is over rice paddies, many farmers built they're homes under the viaduct to get away from the sun's heat. The danger is that Philippines is proned to earthquakes...

MirageBistro

April 17th, 2006, 05:19 PM

there is a highway in Pampanga called the Candaba Viaduct, since this higway is over rice paddies, many farmers built they're homes under the viaduct to get away from the sun's heat. The danger is that Philippines is proned to earthquakes...
But at least they ain't careless like in Thailand and Burma.
skyscrapers there have no metal rods to balance the structure

Grey Towers

April 18th, 2006, 03:11 AM

China's Fast Expanding Road To Development
April 6, 2006 -- From not one mile of expressway 18 years ago, China now has the second most extensive network in the world behind only the U.S., state media said April 5. China had 41,000 kilometers (25,400 miles) of expressway at the end of 2005, the China Daily said. "Our plan for the next five years is to maintain the same speed as in the previous five years," said Dai Dongchang, director of Transport Planning and Research Institute at the Ministry of Communications.
The ambitious construction schedule is of huge importance for China's future growth prospects as at least 60% of its economy is facilitated by road transport. "Although transportation is no longer a bottleneck for the economy, we still need to expand its role," Dai said.
After its completion in 2010, the Chinese expressway network will connect all provincial capitals and cities with at least half a million people.
Over the longer term, the plan is to increase the total length of expressways to at least 85,000 kilometers by 2020, or just short of the current U.S. network of about 90,000 kilometers.
During the period, about two trillion yuan (US$250 billion) will be raised for road development from overseas and private investors.
At least three major expressways will be built to link China's major economic hubs such as the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta and the Bohai Sea Rim areas before 2020.
Ahhh, nice to see mankind progress!:ohno:

diz

April 18th, 2006, 05:39 AM

But at least they ain't careless like in Thailand and Burma.
skyscrapers there have no metal rods to balance the structure

hehe.. yep! the builders of the highway already built pedestrian pathways with the highway for people to get through easily. im sure there's a school under there. ;) :D

BJSH

April 18th, 2006, 01:15 PM

上海"十五"公路规划确定的各项任务已基本完成，市域高速公路"大联网"格局已经形成。上海市高速公路网的重要组成部分--A30(南段)、A6、A7公路23日正式建成通车。它意味着上海高速公路累计通车里程达到560公里，全市所有高速公路全部联网。副市长杨雄出席了23日的通车仪式。

BJSH

April 18th, 2006, 01:17 PM

:) :)

diz

April 19th, 2006, 02:55 AM

欢迎到摩天大楼城市! 您可以显示我们一些图片吗? 并且下次如果可能, 您可以讲话用英语吗? 谢谢! :) :)

diz

April 19th, 2006, 03:18 AM

Autobahn, Germany

http://www.investment-in-germany.de/images/wir_bw_autobahn.jpg

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/germany/images/autobahn-wc-cc-300.JPG

http://www.autobahn-online.de/images/neu1.jpg

http://www.autobahn-online.de/images/neu2.jpg

http://www.autobahn-online.de/images/neu3.jpg

http://www.autobahn-online.de/images/neu4.jpg

diz

April 19th, 2006, 03:28 AM

American Westcoast Highways

I-5 and I-90 Seattle, WA
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/I-90_and_I-5_cloverleaf_seattle_washington.jpg/428px-I-90_and_I-5_cloverleaf_seattle_washington.jpg

I-80 view of Columbia River Gorge and Washington State, Oregon
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/50/I-84_ColumbiaR.jpg

I-84 Portland, OR seven Bridges
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fa/DTPortlandORaerial.jpg/800px-DTPortlandORaerial.jpg

I-80 Sacramento, CA
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3e/I-80_Eastshore_Fwy.jpg/800px-I-80_Eastshore_Fwy.jpg

BJSH

April 19th, 2006, 03:32 AM

Shanghai

expressways:560 km

area:6340.5 km^2

EXPRESSWAYS PER 1000 SQ. KM OF LAND: 88.32 km

MirageBistro

April 22nd, 2006, 09:34 AM

Nice

Minato ku

April 22nd, 2006, 02:21 PM

France Autoroute pics

A 50 Marseille Toulon

http://autorout.free.fr/4_photos/04%20A%20METTRE%20EN%20LIGNE%20(envoy%E9)/5_Provence/A%2050/A50-011-Avant_Ech8-Cassis-B-2004822.JPG
http://autorout.free.fr/4_photos/04%20A%20METTRE%20EN%20LIGNE%20(envoy%E9)/5_Provence/A%2050/A50-006-EchA52-Aubagne-B-2004822.JPG
http://autorout.free.fr/4_photos/04%20A%20METTRE%20EN%20LIGNE%20(envoy%E9)/5_Provence/A%2050/A50-008-Ech7-Roquefort_la_B%e9doule-B-2004822.JPG
http://autorout.free.fr/4_photos/04%20A%20METTRE%20EN%20LIGNE%20(envoy%E9)/5_Provence/A%2050/A50-009-Avant_Ech7-Avant_le_Pas_d'Ouiller-B-2004822.JPG

Tamarindo Cobra

April 23rd, 2006, 06:20 AM

People, please! I think that there´s a litlle difference between roads, to highways with two lines and a rescue one separated by some green! Brasil has too few of that second one, all the rest is just a degradeted single line road!

It´s not the third one never! That´s it!

Bertez

April 23rd, 2006, 07:40 AM

Great pics

April 24th, 2006, 12:28 AM

diz

April 24th, 2006, 04:24 AM

yeah.. i didnt get it neither..

Nicolás

April 25th, 2006, 09:24 PM

The first list in this thread is just rubbish...
www.welt-in-zahlen.de says:

Kilometers of fixed roads:

1 United States 4.180.053
2 India 1.448.655
3 Japan 903.340
4 France 894.000
5 Spain 658.203
6 Germany 648.400
7 Canada 497.306
8 Italy 479.688
9 China 395.410
10 UK 392.931
11 Russia 362.133
12 Australia 314.090
13 Poland 249.060
14 Austria 200.000
15 Sweden 167.604
16 Ukraine 164.249
17 Indonesia 158.670
18 Pakistan 152.033
19 Turkey 147.404
20 Czech Rep. 127.204

... http://www.welt-in-zahlen.de/laendervergleich.phtml?indicator=130

Nicolás

April 25th, 2006, 09:30 PM

Poland and UK it's funny :lol:
but Russia and Turkey maybe it's right because there are bigger than Germany.

Nope,
the length of a highway system does not depend on the country's size. It depends on the density of population, cities, towns; even in Canada are less highways than in Germany!

dhuwman

April 25th, 2006, 09:32 PM

Ahh i ain't talking about countries, because when that happens what matters the most is the area of the country.

I bet LA Metro Area has the most extensive and the best highway system among the cities.

LEAFS FANATIC

April 25th, 2006, 09:59 PM

Attiki Odos, Athens, Greece:

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_2b_Skepasto_Irakleiou.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_2c_K_L_Kimis.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_2d_K_L_Kifisias.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_2e_K_L_Pentelis.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_2f_K_L_DoukisisPlakentias.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_2g_K_L_Marathonos.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_2a_K_Athinon_Lamias.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_1a_K_Mandras.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_1f_Siraga_Mauris_Oras.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_1i_K_L_Dimokratias.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_3a_K_Leontariou.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_3c_SEA_Pallinis.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_3b_K_Kantzas.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_3h_K_N_Pilis_Aerodromiou.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_4a_K_Katexaki.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_4b_Diodia_Katexaki.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_4c_K_Papagou.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_4e_K_Agias_Paraskevis.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_4d_Perifereiaki_Imitou.jpg

http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_4f_K_Glikon_Neron.jpg

Onur

April 25th, 2006, 10:42 PM

sbarn

April 25th, 2006, 10:45 PM

American Westcoast Highways

I-5 and I-90 Seattle, WA
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/I-90_and_I-5_cloverleaf_seattle_washington.jpg/428px-I-90_and_I-5_cloverleaf_seattle_washington.jpg

You are correct, this is the I-90/ I-5 interchange in Seattle.

I-80 view of Columbia River Gorge and Washington State, Oregon
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/50/I-84_ColumbiaR.jpg

This is actually I-84, not I-80 which crosses California to the south.

I-84 Portland, OR seven Bridges
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fa/DTPortlandORaerial.jpg/800px-DTPortlandORaerial.jpg

This is actually a number of interstates, including I-5 which crosses on the bridge to the right of the picture and travels on the opposite side of the river from the CBD, and I-405 which crosses the river on the left side of the picture. The other bridges are not highways, they are just surface streets.

I-80 Sacramento, CA
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3e/I-80_Eastshore_Fwy.jpg/800px-I-80_Eastshore_Fwy.jpg

This is actually I-80 travelling through Berkeley and Oakland, not Sacramento.

LEAFS FANATIC

April 25th, 2006, 10:58 PM

Highway under park, Wow, they're very nice.
http://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_2b_Skepasto_Irakleiou.jpghttp://www.e-go.gr/filesystem/images/20040524/medium/pegasus_m_2e_K_L_Pentelis.jpg

Thanks mate!

My uncle lives in this area of Athens. It is called Halandri and it is a magnificent suburb. It has many small parks and early in the mroning when it is cool you can smell the pines trees from the nearby mountains.

diz

April 26th, 2006, 07:36 AM

This is actually I-84, not I-80 which crosses California to the south.

This is actually a number of interstates, including I-5 which crosses on the bridge to the right of the picture and travels on the opposite side of the river from the CBD, and I-405 which crosses the river on the left side of the picture. The other bridges are not highways, they are just surface streets.

This is actually I-80 travelling through Berkeley and Oakland, not Sacramento.

no that's on the north. ive actually been there and the river gorge looks exactly like that in the pic

"This is actually I-80 travelling through Berkeley and Oakland, not Sacramento"
the freeway I-80 is in the bay.. i shud have known from that building on the left. :D

thnx for the corrections. :)

Handsome

April 26th, 2006, 09:59 AM

diz

April 27th, 2006, 06:45 AM

The people that live under the expressways...

yeah, just here though. :D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Northluzonexpressway.jpg

MirageBistro

April 27th, 2006, 11:45 AM

Nice work everyone
Keep it up

MirageBistro

May 11th, 2006, 03:11 AM

this must be outdated.
hehehe, that is true

Bertez

May 11th, 2006, 04:03 AM

I love that highway from Athens

Alejandro_MEX

May 17th, 2006, 05:12 AM

These are some pictures of the recent opened second level in the Periferico Freeway. Now it's a two-floored freeway.

http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/3548/peeri42mi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/1466/peri29hd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/4898/peri18rl.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9881/peri32jb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/4669/peri51gz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

brisavoine

May 18th, 2006, 06:17 PM

The figure above for French roads is inaccurate. As of official figures from January 1, 2004 (source (http://www.route.equipement.gouv.fr/RoutesEnFrance/route/p1/1point2.htm)), there were 1,000,960 km (622,100 miles) of paved roads in France. Add to that the 500 km or so of motorways/freeways that have been opened since 2004, then the total in 2006 should be around 1,001,500 km (622,400 miles). This figure doesn't include roads in the French overseas départements and territories.

France is usually said to be the country with the 2nd longest mileage of paved roads in the world after the US. This is due to almost 3 centuries of modern road building starting from the reign of Louis XV in the 18th century when the first modern corps of roads and bridges engineers in the world was created by the French royal government. The figures above suggest that India has more paved roads than France, but this would have to be double-checked.

GNU

May 18th, 2006, 06:37 PM

The US ranks first and Germany is third respectively.
Second is China.

From Wikipedia:

"Today, Germany's autobahn network has a total length of about 11,980 km (as of January 1, 2003), third after the United States' Interstate Highway System and the National Trunk Highway System (NTHS) of the People's Republic of China."

GNU

May 18th, 2006, 06:50 PM

http://www.systempack.de/furth-autobahnnetz.jpg

:cheers:

Minato ku

May 18th, 2006, 07:11 PM

diz

May 19th, 2006, 08:37 AM

Mexico DF's Highways are impressive.

MirageBistro

May 22nd, 2006, 04:28 PM

Mexico DF's Highways are impressive.
Impressive indeed

St. Anger

May 22nd, 2006, 07:08 PM

This is a pic I took of the highway on the way to Guangzhou, China.
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/7793/dsc044678wg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
This is a photo i took of the highway going right through Guangzhou's CBD,
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/9358/dsc029825ra.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
And this pic is one i took of the many highway intersections near Guangzhou.
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/5885/dsc044709gt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

GENIUS LOCI

November 3rd, 2006, 07:19 PM

There is a project to upgrade A1 highway in Italy from Milano to Bologna from 3 lanes (plus 1 emergency lane) to 4 lanes (plus 1 emergency lane)
They are about 200 km of lenght and I was wondering if there are longer 4 or plus lanes highway branches (existing or planned) in the world

And in any case I'm courious to know what are the longest branches with 4 lanes

Post data and possiblly pics :cheers:

ChrisZwolle

November 3rd, 2006, 10:02 PM

You mean the longest stretch of road with at least 4 lanes in each direction?

Well, the longest part i know is the Moscow beltway, which is named MKAD, Московская Кольцевая Автомобильная Дорога (translated as far is i know: Moskovskaja Kol'cevaja Avtomobilnaja Doroga), which is 109kms long, and has 2x5 lanes (so 10 in total). As far is i know, this is the longest 2x4+ wide road in Europe.

ChrisZwolle

November 3rd, 2006, 10:12 PM

Some pics:

http://www.veefore.ru/pics/mkad20050919.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/4/48/MKAD.JPG/800px-MKAD.JPG

http://www.compromat.ru/main/luzhkov/image/mkad3.jpg

http://www.techelectro.ru/images/mkad10.jpg

sbarn

November 4th, 2006, 12:26 PM

sequoias

November 4th, 2006, 05:39 PM

Perhaps, it's not the longest in the world. Seattle to Tacoma is around 30 or so miles long with 10 lanes (5 lanes each direction)

ChrisZwolle

November 4th, 2006, 06:14 PM

The moscow beltway is almost 70 miles 10 lanes.

GENIUS LOCI

November 5th, 2006, 05:18 PM

AltinD

November 5th, 2006, 05:45 PM

Sheikh Zayed Road that connects Dubai with Abu Dhabi is some 140 km long and has between 4 - 8 lanes in each direction (most of it is with 4 though)

elfabyanos

November 12th, 2006, 02:21 AM

For Istance I know many branches of London motorway ring have 4 lanes

Is there a project to upgrade all the ring at 4 lanes?
How may km is the ring long?

http://www.giftservice.co.uk/images/maps/m25map.jpg

The 4 lane-in-each-direction bit goes from the M4 in the west to the m23, and a bit further, in the south. There are a few other bits and pieces. About half the 4 lane bit has been widened to 6 lanes recently.

ChrisZwolle

November 12th, 2006, 01:06 PM

Isn't Londons traffic a hell? I mean there isn't even a ringroad near the city center, like Berlin.

sweek

November 12th, 2006, 02:04 PM

Isn't Londons traffic a hell? I mean there isn't even a ringroad near the city center, like Berlin.
There actually are 3 ringroads, although the centre two consist out of multiple roads forming a ring together.
The North Circular and South Circular are a second ring, and the Inner Ring Road is a third.
http://www.pberry.plus.com/ukroads/ring_roads/london.html

sravan2569

November 13th, 2006, 01:51 AM

Um, many places in the U.S. I could think of SF to Sacramento and LA to San Diego to name a few with similar lane counts.

SF - NY I-80 :P

elfabyanos

November 13th, 2006, 12:03 PM

but only the north circular counts as a motorway type ring. The others are just non-purpose built pre-existing roads renamed. Ther south circular is almost pointless.

sweek

November 13th, 2006, 12:15 PM

Yörch

November 13th, 2006, 12:22 PM

Mexico City ring road...
No space for a fourth or fifth lane so they decided to build a second and third decks.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k239/canellemx/periferico.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k239/canellemx/periferico1.jpg

Küsel

November 13th, 2006, 12:31 PM

The Marginais in Sao Paulo are quite wide as well - and both together (Tiete and Pinheiros) probably about 80km. Count the lanes ;)
http://www.socio.ch/maro/images/marginal.jpg

earthJoker

November 13th, 2006, 12:52 PM

http://www.giftservice.co.uk/images/maps/m25map.jpg
I didn't knew that central London was part of Switzerland :runaway:

Küsel

November 13th, 2006, 01:06 PM

There is "Swiss Cottage" but that's northwest of the center. This one looks more like Battersea ;)

elfabyanos

November 13th, 2006, 03:00 PM

Nah it's nowhere near perfect, I know that. But it's still a ringway. I wouldn't have liked to have seen four big motorways splitting up the city either though, but some improvements to the 'inner rings' would be nice.

Agree. There's that funny bit on the north circular near the BP garage and SEAT garage that goes down to one lane doesn't it? Mental. It needs touching up, but I agree, I do not want to see motorways built through London (though I'd prefer that than beautiful countryside) - for example I'm glad the rest of the M23 was never finished.

ale26

January 7th, 2007, 06:25 AM

Im pretty sure the highway isnt 4 lanes the whole way through, but the Trans- Canada Highway is the longest highwat in the world...Stretchin from cost to cost. BEAT THAT:D

LordMandeep

January 7th, 2007, 06:36 AM

its a crappy single land road that doesn't even came near Toronto and the other area where like 8 million people live.

invincible

January 7th, 2007, 11:43 AM

Im pretty sure the highway isnt 4 lanes the whole way through, but the Trans- Canada Highway is the longest highwat in the world...Stretchin from cost to cost. BEAT THAT:D

Highway 1, also known as M1, A1 or B1 depending on the state you're in (and road quality), not only stretches from coast to coast but roughly follows the coast along the entire country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_1_(Australia) :D

GENIUS LOCI

January 8th, 2007, 11:44 AM

Im pretty sure the highway isnt 4 lanes the whole way through, but the Trans- Canada Highway is the longest highwat in the world...Stretchin from cost to cost. BEAT THAT:D

Surely it's not a fully 4 lanes (I ran on it from Montreal to Toronto and out of the two cities the highway has three or two lanes for the whole run), but I knew that in 'the middle' of Canada, where pratically the traffic doesn't exist, the 'highway' becomes a simple road with one lane per direction

Macca-GC

January 9th, 2007, 01:04 PM

The longest stretch of 2x4 lane highway in Australia would have to be the M1 between Gaven and Logan. It's about 45Km.

gladisimo

January 9th, 2007, 07:32 PM

Since you are looking for the lnogest 4 lane highway branch, I would say probably the BosWash area has the most.

and at ale26,

That's not that big of a deal! the Trans-Canada Highway is a Highway SYSTEM, not one highway. And anyway, check out I-80, stretches from New York to San Francisco. And I-90, from Seattle to Boston!

Nephasto

January 10th, 2007, 04:14 AM

Well... I must say that untill now, no one has given a clear example of an 8 lane (4 in each directian) freeway longer than that one which is going to be build (enlarged) in between Milan and Bologna (~200Km).

People are just saying thing like: "This area is very crowded with freeways.... there are probably some very long ones"

I've just checked the BosWash area and I'm quite sure there isn't any 200 km long 8 lane freeway in that area.

torke

January 10th, 2007, 06:26 PM

COMUNIDAD DE MADRID

In the area of Madrid the longest 4 lanes sector in a highway is A-6/AP-6 from Madrid (km0) to San Rafael (km60). It has normally some more extra lanes, for the local traffic and between Madrid and Las Rozas (km20) it has a central express ones.

http://www.dgt.es/camaras/camara-2700001-105.jpghttp://www.dgt.es/camaras/camara-2700001-106.jpghttp://www.dgt.es/camaras/camara-2700001-111.jpghttp://www.dgt.es/camaras/camara-2700001-113.jpg

http://www.dgt.es/camaras/camara-2700001-147.jpghttp://www.dgt.es/camaras/camara-2700001-147.jpghttp://www.dgt.es/camaras/camara-2700001-148.jpghttp://www.dgt.es/camaras/camara-2700001-149.jpg

http://www.dgt.es/camaras/camara-2700001-151.jpghttp://www.dgt.es/camaras/camara-2700001-152.jpghttp://www.dgt.es/camaras/camara-2700001-154.jpghttp://www.dgt.es/camaras/camara-2700001-157.jpg

http://www.dgt.es/camaras/camara-2700001-188.jpghttp://www.dgt.es/camaras/camara-2700001-189.jpg

newyorkrunaway1

January 12th, 2007, 07:58 AM

in Nashvile TN USA we have many stretches of 4 lanes or greater. the largest, which may not compare to all these others, but has 8 lanes each directions at some points. its I65 on the north side.

cartez

January 13th, 2007, 03:03 AM

longest 4+4 lane stretch of freeway in AUstralia will be in Melbourne which will stretch 75km when completed in 2010. It'll also have sections of 6+6 and 5+5 lanes.

aussiescraperman

January 13th, 2007, 02:32 PM

^^princes freeway west - tunnels - princes freeway east?? the tunnels go down to 3 lanes each though.

also what about pacific motorway in brisbane..that is 4 + 4 for quite a way

ChrisZwolle

January 13th, 2007, 03:56 PM

Well... I must say that untill now, no one has given a clear example of an 8 lane (4 in each directian) freeway longer than that one which is going to be build (enlarged) in between Milan and Bologna (~200Km).

I heard that there are plans, to widen the French A7 from Lyon to Orange to 2x5 lanes. That is some 200 km too.

Nephasto

January 13th, 2007, 07:08 PM

^^2x5?! That would be amazing!

GENIUS LOCI

January 13th, 2007, 10:11 PM

I heard that there are plans, to widen the French A7 from Lyon to Orange to 2x5 lanes. That is some 200 km too.wow... Europe rules :D

ChrisZwolle

January 13th, 2007, 11:42 PM

^^2x5?! That would be amazing!

Well, the traffic jams on the A7 in the summer are extremely notorious in Europe. Sometimes there is a traffic jam from Lyon to the Spanish border. You really do not want to be on the Southern France roads on saturdays in July.

But the A7 is one of the busiest transitroutes in France, considering the A75 and A20 to the north are much more hillier with steep gradients. The A7 is mostly on flat terrain in the Rhône river valley, so much freight and tourism traffic uses the A7 instead of the (toll free) A75.

eusebius

January 14th, 2007, 12:11 AM

One thing that becomes noteworthy: highways/motorways in France are run privately! In other threads you'll find mentions of how France is state run, as a matter of fact though the autobahnen aren't run by the state.

cartez

January 14th, 2007, 12:19 AM

^^princes freeway west - tunnels - princes freeway east?? the tunnels go down to 3 lanes each though.

also what about pacific motorway in brisbane..that is 4 + 4 for quite a way

the melbourne one will be longer

Nephasto

January 14th, 2007, 01:02 AM

Well, the traffic jams on the A7 in the summer are extremely notorious in Europe. Sometimes there is a traffic jam from Lyon to the Spanish border. You really do not want to be on the Southern France roads on saturdays in July.

Believe me, I know very well what are the french roads in teh summer. ;)

But still, a jam till the border of Spain is a bit exagerated! ;)
Still, it's true that monster traffic jams occur, especially from between Orange and Paris.

ChrisZwolle

January 14th, 2007, 01:05 AM

But still, a jam till the border of Spain is a bit exagerated! ;)

Well, i've checked www.asf.fr in the summer, and the graphic showed the entire route from Lyon to the border in orange or red. And the part between Perpignan and the border is only 2+2 lanes. And so is the part from Nîmes to Orange. That strech can get pretty windy too, by the way. (mistral).

Nephasto

January 14th, 2007, 03:54 AM

^The traffic can be very congested, but a complete stop from the border until orange would be too much.

And yes, the 3 lanes end a bit after Perpignan, and it is indeed a very windy area, but there's much less trafic than in that streach of the A9 than on those streaches from Montpelier onwards, so it's usually not to much of a problem. Most of the freeways in france(as the majority of the "long haul" freways in Europe) are 2 lane in each direction, so, it's nothing special.

invincible

January 14th, 2007, 11:30 AM

the melbourne one will be longer

But the tunnels in the middle are only 3 lanes wide so you could only count the Monash Freeway from Burnley St to Heatherton Rd or the West Gate Freeway from the Kings Way exit to wherever the 4 laned section ends.

cartez

January 14th, 2007, 12:14 PM

true but its a tiny portion of the freeway.

if you add up all the 8 lane freeways in each Australasian city, Melbourne would still come out on top

aussiescraperman

January 14th, 2007, 12:35 PM

yeah

cartez

January 14th, 2007, 12:44 PM

yeah

aussiescraperman

January 14th, 2007, 01:08 PM

yep

Martuh

January 14th, 2007, 10:38 PM

Don't know its length, but LA has a couple of 8+8 and 9+9 highways.

ChrisZwolle

January 14th, 2007, 11:15 PM

9+9 lanes? I haven't seen one direction wider than 6 or 7 lanes in width. Maybe it has some more lanes, but that must be with parallel lanes.

sun&sun

January 14th, 2007, 11:41 PM

I think in Turkey it's the ring road around Ankara which is about 115 km.

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1456/ringroadankarajx3.jpg

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/9870/otonanankdv6.jpg

LosAngelesSportsFan

January 15th, 2007, 12:48 AM

there are a few in LA that have at least 4 X 4, and i think the 210 from San Bernardino to Sun Valley would be at least 4 X 4 the whole way for a distance of roughly 60 miles. The 5 freeway has portions in LA that are only 3 X 3, same with the 110. Maybe the 405 or the 101 would have longer distances than the 210 and possibly the 10.

Nephasto

January 15th, 2007, 02:48 AM

That Ankara ring with 4x4 in all it's length is impressive!

Nephasto

January 15th, 2007, 02:56 AM

Macca-GC

January 15th, 2007, 03:10 AM

true but its a tiny portion of the freeway.

if you add up all the 8 lane freeways in each Australasian city, Melbourne would still come out on top

AFTER this new upgrade you're talking about, Melbourne would have the most, but also keep in mind that the 8 lane section of the M1 in Brisbane is being extended from Logan to Eight Mile Plains, along with the expansion of the Gateway Motorway to up to 12 lanes at the Gateway Bridge.

But all this doesn't really matter as this thread is talking about CONTINUOUS stretches of 4+4 highway in which case, the 3 lane tunnels split Melbournes 4+4 freeways into two.

cartez

January 15th, 2007, 05:34 AM

the section of westgate between the bridge and bolte is getting expanded to 12 lanes and the remainder to the tunnel to 10 lanes.

Coneslammer

January 15th, 2007, 09:33 AM

the section of westgate between the bridge and bolte is getting expanded to 12 lanes and the remainder to the tunnel to 10 lanes.

but still, those tunnels are going to remain a serious bottleneck then.

Dominican2dacore

January 20th, 2007, 05:24 PM

The Garden State Parkway is approximately 281.31km and runs at 5+5lanes. The 2 inner lanes are for ezpass users and the two outer lanes are regular. Heres a picture of my exit on the parkway.(Exit 137)

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3607/gsp19mo.jpg

Nephasto

January 20th, 2007, 05:35 PM

The Garden State Parkway is approximately 281.31km and runs at 5+5lanes. The 2 inner lanes are for ezpass users and the two outer lanes are regular.

Hum... 2 inner + 2 outer = 4!

Anyway, I doubt that all the 281.31 km's are 5+5 lanes...

Nephasto

January 21st, 2007, 03:23 AM

The Garden State Parkway is approximately 281.31km and runs at 5+5lanes. The 2 inner lanes are for ezpass users and the two outer lanes are regular.

I was checking on google earth and only about 90 km of it have in fact more than 3 lanes in each direction.

Still, it's an impressive freeway, with some streatches with 5+5, and other with 3+3+3+3. Impressive, no doubt! :cheers:

GENIUS LOCI

January 21st, 2007, 11:02 PM

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3607/gsp19mo.jpgHowever in that pics lanes seem to be too small: just a little wider than a car

Dominican2dacore

January 22nd, 2007, 12:04 AM

However in that pics lanes seem to be too small: just a little wider than a car

That pic only shows a bridge over the state route 28 so its more narrow then the road actually is. In top of that, the GSP is a car only highway, no trucks allowed.

Nephasto

January 22nd, 2007, 01:59 AM

That pic only shows a bridge over the state route 28 so its more narrow then the road actually is. In top of that, the GSP is a car only highway, no trucks allowed.

Seriously?!?
I didn't even know that could happen! A freeway(I call ir a freeway, because although it's called parkway, it seems to have freeway standards) for cars only.

wafu21m

January 23rd, 2007, 02:33 AM

skyway in the philippines

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/5161/skyway3ag4.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6247/skyway9mg5.jpg
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/959/skyway10dr7.jpg
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1134/skyway11do1.jpg
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8308/skyway5vp7.jpg
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/74/skyway6tl5.jpg
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/7618/skywayjf0.jpg

@ globocentric if you think that most part of the philippines is poor, you might be wrong

filipinos can even afford a porsche or a ferrari. just look at the video below:

JrLiSpIlOfI

And here is our metro manila skyline

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8725/img0181s1evug5.jpg

Occit

January 23rd, 2007, 08:31 AM

CARACAS, VENEZUELA

CARACAS-LA GUAIRA HIGHWAY (BUILT IN 1950) LINK PORT, AIRPORT, BEACHES AND SUBURBAN AREAS WITH CARACAS[/B]

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8001/escanear0025largedd1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8438/escanear00252largexk7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8818/resize20of20ccas20panoramica20autopista20la20guaira01bo4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

AIRPORT INTERCOMUNAL HIGHWAY (24 DE NOVIEMBRE, LINK CARACAS-LA GUAIRA HIGHWAYS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT)

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1488/moby5ybwc8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

FRANCISCO FAJARDO DEL ESTE HIGHWAY(LINK A PART FROM CITY EASTERN WITH WESTERN, SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL SOUTH...YOU SEE PEOPLE WITH SINDROME OF CARS JIJIJ)

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/720/nonamewr7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8240/escanear0010largena9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4614/escanear0009largelp5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

DISTRIBUIDOR CIENPIES (LINK FRANCISCO FAJARDO DEL ESTE HIGHWAY WITH PRADOS DEL ESTE HIGWAY)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5507/escanear0008largepo9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/6014/escanear0011largegv5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

PRADOS DEL ESTE HIGWAY (LINK SOUTHEAST WITH THE REST)

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/6342/escanear0015largell2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9122/escanear0005largeza2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7044/escanear0006largefd3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

FRANCISCO FAJARDO WEST HIGHWAY (LINK SOUTHEAST, NORTHEAST AND CENTER WITH THE REST)

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4201/imagen004gdeur0.gif (http://imageshack.us)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6471/caracas2dparque20central2003fy5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/4553/escanear0019largerk3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/2104/copy20of20varios1361mq6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

DISTRIBUIDOR LA ARAÑA (LINK FRANCISCO FAJARDO HIGHWAY WITH LA ARAÑA HIGHWAY)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4889/araa3ruvs6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/7307/escanear0020largeip8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4239/escanear0022largetz3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

LA ARAÑA HIGHWAY (LINK CARACAS-LA GUAIRA HIGWAY WITH FRANCISCO FAJARDO WEST AND VALLE-COCHE HIGHWAYS, YOU CAN GO FROM CENTRAL SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST, NORTHWEST AND AIRPORT DIRECTLY)

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/7659/escanear0017largemr8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/4033/escanear0024largeon1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

BOYACÁ HIGHWAY (COTA 1000, LINK NORTH FROM EAST TO WEST)

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/5953/escanear0012largeed4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9230/escanear0014largezx0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

DISTRIBUIDO EL PULPO (LINK FRANCISCO FAJARDO HIGHWAY EAST WITH ff WEST AND VALLE-COCHE HIGHWAY, IT IS THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER OF CARACAS)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5817/escanear0016largeam4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

ORIENTAL HIGHWAY (LINK CARACAS WITH SEVERAL SATELLITAL CITIES: CAUCAGUITA, MAMPOTE, GUARENAS-GUATIRE, CAUCAGUA)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2630/escanear0018largedr9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7784/escanear0004largenv0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6154/escanear0003largenh8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

LIBERTADOR HIGHWAYS (UNDER LIBERTADOR AVENUE, PERMIT TO LOW TRAFFIC JAM FROM THIS AVENUE TO FRANCISCO FAJARDO EAST HIGHWAY)

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2714/avelibertador1xg9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9906/libbbqn2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

VALLE COCHE HIGHWAY (LINK CENTRO-SUR HIGHWAY WITH THE REST, BESIDES CONNECT WITH REGIONAL DEL CENTRO INTERSTATE HIGHWAY FROM WESTERN COUNTRY AND SEVERAL SATELLITE CITIES)

http://k43.pbase.com/v3/77/499977/2/45248552.IMG_2822Large.jpg

http://www.eluniversal.com/2006/05/16/16403a1.jpg

http://www.fmcenter.com.ve/fmcenter/imagenes/traffic/wallpaper/4.JPG

NOTE: VENEZUELA HAS 3.110 KMS OF EXPRESS HIGHWAYS :)

aussiescraperman

January 23rd, 2007, 01:16 PM

for goodness sake...i hate how msot of the world calls freeways/motorways, highways. for the people that do call autobahns and interstates and freeways, highways!, then what do u call the other roads?

australia might have 1000km of freeway max!

sravan2569

January 23rd, 2007, 07:22 PM

India

Indian road network of 33 lakh Km.is second largest in the world and consists of :
Length(In Km)
Expressways 200
National Highways 66,590
State Highways 1,31,899
Major District Roads 4,67,763
Rural and Other Roads 26,50,000
Total Length 33 Lakhs Kms(Approx) 3.3 million as of 2004

* About 65% of freight and 80% passenger traffic is carried by the roads.
* National Highways constitute only about 2% of the road network but carry about 40% of the total road traffic .
* Number of vehicles has been growing at an average pace of 10.16% per annum over the last five years.

Status of National Highways as on 31st December, 2006
Single Lane/Intermediate Lane 35%
Double Lane 55%
Four or more Lanes 10%

How many states does France have? India has 28 with 5 Union territories. Of course India has more roads / highways, it's a much bigger country and more densely populated than France, lol.

http://www.bugbog.com/images/maps/india_map.jpg

Here are the cities in just the southern tip. All interlinked with roads and Highways.

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/images/S_India1893.jpg

Road network around Mumbai (Bombay)

http://www.mapshop.com/Travel_Maps/Ind&SouthEast_Asia/India/indian-subcontinent-closeup.gif

spoonman11

February 2nd, 2007, 04:06 AM

The I-5 between San Ysidro (San Diego) and Buena Park (Los Angeles) is 4+ lanes for 114 miles / 185 kilometers. (After Buena Park it's 3+ lanes each way)
News >> Rush-hour traffic lumbers along the I-5 Freeway in San Diego, California
http://pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=352&ptp_photo_id=ptl:afp:xt-mt-320-291103&size=320x320_mb

huaxia-zhonghua

February 2nd, 2007, 08:01 AM

obviously,some people are mistaken on the difference between expressway and highway.expressway mean at least two lanes and no traffic lights on it.in US,it's called interstate highway.then if we are talking about the expressway,I think one ranking in this thread is correct ,that is,US is #1 with more then 90k km,China is the #2 with around 40k km and canada is #3 with around 17k km.

oliver999

February 2nd, 2007, 10:46 AM

india has the 2nd longest highway? doubtly.

Nephasto

February 2nd, 2007, 05:04 PM

^^Seems like we have a winner then. :D
Although not as long as the italian A1 4 lan streach will be, for a bit.

Amit

February 2nd, 2007, 05:57 PM

As quite a few forumers maynot know, India launched a major highway development program in 2000. The goal was to build 14,000 kms of 4-6 lane highways by 2010 at the cost of $14 bn. By 2006, 6,000 kms have been constructed. These are highways with signals in cities; only about 600 kms of this length are expressways (without signals).

The original plan has been considerably expanded recently. Future plans involve building another 10,000 kms of 4 lane highways, extending 6,500 kms of 4 lane highways to 6 lanes, and building another 1,000 kms of expressways. The entire project will now be completed by 2015 and cost about $45 bn.

google_abcd

February 2nd, 2007, 06:03 PM

In terms of length, U.S ranks 1st
In terms of quality, Germany ranks 1st
In terms of length AND quality, China ranks 1st
In terms of length per capital, Canada ranks 1st.

elmwood

February 2nd, 2007, 06:03 PM

Aren't most of the superhighways in North Korea 10 lanes or more? They don't have medians and the geometry is terrible, but still ...

ChrisZwolle

February 2nd, 2007, 11:24 PM

Aren't most of the superhighways in North Korea 10 lanes or more? They don't have medians and the geometry is terrible, but still ...

Yes, they are very wide, but not for long distances, i heard.

Minato ku

February 3rd, 2007, 01:30 AM

Yes and no
German autobahn are not tolled and Germany has some problem to maintain its motorways.

Minato ku

February 3rd, 2007, 01:31 AM

Double post

Nephasto

February 3rd, 2007, 02:45 AM

The quallity of German autobahns is more a myth than a reality.
Not that they are bad, it's just that the autobahn's are nothing special either,

I still think France has the best motorways in Europe.
The worst part is that they are probably the most expensive too. ;)

lpioe

February 3rd, 2007, 03:57 PM

Has Canada really 16-17k km's of expressways?
Seems like a lot for such a sparsely populated country.
Is there a continuous east-west expressway?
Anyone has a map of the system?

ChrisZwolle

February 3rd, 2007, 08:31 PM

in length:

1) United States 75.009km
2) China 34.288km (growing over 4500km each year)
3) Canada 17.000km (seems kind of unlikely to me)
4) Spain 13.156km
5) Germany 12.200km
6) Brazil 11.000km
7) France 11.000km
8) Japan 6.946km
9) Italy 6.621km
10) Mexico 6.144km (growing fast)
11) India 4885km (seems unlikely to me)
12) Saudi Arabia 3348km
13) Thailand 2885km (are those all expressways?)
14) Chile 2653km
15) Netherlands 2360km
16) Iraq 2227km (i don't think they are all motorways)
17) Pakistan 2225km
18) Portugal 2002km
19) South Korea 1996km
20) South Africa 1927km
21) Ukraine 1770km (most of them are grade-expressways i guess)
22) Belgium 1729km
23) Turkey 1726km
24) Australia 1700km
25) Austria 1677km
26) Switzerland 1638km
27) Sweden 1428km
28) United Arab Emirates 1392km
29) Venezuela 1256km
30) Nigeria 1194km
31) Malaysia 1192km
32) Croatia 1050km
33) Griekenland 1030km
34) Denmark 1010km
Egypt 988km ( i doubt of all these motorways are real motorways)
Syria 877km
Taiwan 872km
Hungary 860km
Russia 770km
Iran 751km
Belarus 750km
Argentina 734km
Poland 665km
Finland 653km
Algeria 640km
Cuba 638km
Morocco 581km
Serbia 560km
Oman 550km
Lithuania 523km
Czechia 498km
Slovenia 442km
Kuwait 420km
Jordan 401km
Indonesia 385km (i thought they had more)
Qatar 333km
Uzbekistan 332km
Bulgaria 328km
El Salvador 327km
Slovakia 316km
Cyprus 276km
Peru 276km
Romania 266km
Dominican Republic 263km
Libya 262km
Uruguay 252km
Tunisia 249km
Cameroon 240km
Macedonia 192km
Philippines 170km ( i thought they had more)
Cote d’Ivoire 162km
Kenya 153km
Singapore 150km
Lebanon 145km
New Zealand 144km
Latvia 132km
Norway 128km
Israel 126km
Luxembourg 114km
Myanmar 101km
Vietnam 100km (new motorways)
Estonia 75km
Zambia 50km
Ghana 35km
Jamaica 33km
Bahrain 30km
Gabon 30km
Guinea-Bissau 15km

GRAND TOTAL: 259.027km

You must notice, that a motorway in Cameroon or The Dominican Republic can completely differ from what we seen in Europe and the United States. Length shown here can be seen as highly controversial for some countries. Most data token from wikipedia or the CIA Factbook, and, in some rare cases, i figured it out with maps.

Sometimes, wikipedia doesn’t seems to be very accurate, for example they say Australia has about 16000kms of Expressway, which seems to me as highly unlikely.

Any comments or corrections are very welcome.

Before i starting to figure this out, i thought, there were some 270.000 kilometers of motorway/expressways on our globe, and, it seems to be i was quite close to that.

Minato ku

February 3rd, 2007, 09:02 PM

The french number is wrong

11,810 km of Motorway/expressway in France at the beginning of the year 2001
The number of Km surely increased.
about 13,000 km now.

poponoso

February 3rd, 2007, 10:35 PM

Argentina's figures are wrong. There are almost 2000 km of freeways and 4 laned highways, and it's growing fast...

ChrisZwolle

February 3rd, 2007, 11:29 PM

Argentina's figures are wrong. There are almost 2000 km of freeways and 4 laned highways, and it's growing fast...

i think you're right. I have a quite recent map of Argentina, and i calculated approximatly some 1920kms op motorway in Argentina.

But i'm not always sure on wikipedia, i have the feeling a lot of articles about highways are made by some enthousiast, who count every 4lane road to their motorways...

Xpressway

February 4th, 2007, 12:10 AM

ChrisZwolle

February 4th, 2007, 12:27 AM

The french number is wrong

11,810 km of Motorway/expressway in France at the beginning of the year 2001
The number of Km surely increased.
about 13,000 km now.

I counted all 1 and 2 digit motorways (Autoroutes) in France together, and i came at 10.241 kilometers. When you count the 3-digit motorways, you maybe can add a few hundred kilometers to them.

You can only reach 13.000 if you count all the Voie Expresses with the Autoroutes. And why not? A Voie Expresse definatly looks more like a motorway, than some Nigerian expressway. :)

Nephasto

February 4th, 2007, 12:57 AM

1) United States 75.009km

I believe this only accounts for the interstate system, but there are many freeways in the US that aren't interstates.
I think the total figure would be around 90.000km.

Nephasto

February 4th, 2007, 01:02 AM

absolutely wrong
Expressway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressway

Well, by the wikipedia definition we're talking about freeways here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway

You can only reach 13.000 if you count all the Voie Expresses with the Autoroutes. And why not? A Voie Expresse definatly looks more like a motorway, than some Nigerian expressway. :)

The French voie expresse although not qualified as "autoroutes" certainly do qualify as freeway's for this numbers, as long as they have grade separeted intersections (which most, if not all, do have).

Minato ku

February 4th, 2007, 01:22 AM

Yes all.
A big part of them has the same standar as an "autoroute".
In fact some free "autoroutes" became Voie express.

Some pics of french expressway ("Voie express" not "Autoroutes"
http://autorout.free.fr/4_photos/2_Pipe/6_Sud_Ouest/N%2010%20AL/Photo%20149.jpg
http://autorout.free.fr/4_photos/2_Pipe/6_Sud_Ouest/N%2010%20Alex/N10-058-Ruffigny-B-2005-ALT.jpg
http://autorout.free.fr/4_photos/2_Pipe/4_Alpes/N_87/N87-007-Ech7-Echirolles-A-20040229.JPG

Note: Paris's Peripherique is not an "autoroute"

Marek.kvackaj

February 4th, 2007, 04:54 AM

Update for January 2007

Czech republic 2006

627 kms of highways26,5 metres wide (in case of steep terrain 24,5 m), with 2 lanes in each direction
416 kms of motorroads bit narrower (24,5 m or 22,5 m), curves can be bit sharper,with 2 lanes in each direction

map
http://www.rsd.cz/rsd/rsd.nsf/9d9f5aa44bc00913c1256dbe003f7ad5/002510da17d5d9e9c1256dbf002ccf57/Body/0.8A?OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif

Slovakia

385km of highways26,5 metres wide (in case of steep terrain 24,5 m), with 2 lanes in each direction
172km of motorroadsbit narrower (24,5 m or 22,5 m), curves can be bit sharper,with 2 lanes in each direction

map
http://www.highways.sk/highways/img/highways_map.gif

aussiescraperman

February 4th, 2007, 06:13 AM

yeah 1700km of freeway for australia is about right. pretty sad, but it costs so much for our small population. so we are managing quite well i'd say.

and about india building all that freeway for $14bn...dam!!! that would be so nice if it was that cheap in australia. just a 40km freeway in melbourne getting built (eastlink) is costing $2.5bn :crazy:
it's not fair...we should import cheap labour from india or dubai to build us our stuff....nah just kidding, australia doesn't do thigns that way, and we benefit from it in ways other countires don't know.

however...we need more freeways still...10000km by 2020!

khoojyh

February 4th, 2007, 10:48 AM

Aren't most of the superhighways in North Korea 10 lanes or more? They don't have medians and the geometry is terrible, but still ...

10 lanes in N.Korea??? its really crazy !!! whats for??? N.Korea traffic aint busy as in others country like S.Korea,US,UK, China and etc...

they need the 10 lanes superhighway to carry nuclear missle ...hahah!!!:banana: :banana: :nuts:

Amit

February 4th, 2007, 02:19 PM

Yeah, I was equally blown away when I learnt how expensive infrastructure projects, such as highways or subways/metros, are in the western world. It seems to be about 10 times more expensive than India.

The $14 bn cost of building 14,000 kms of mostly 4 lane highways in India was applicable only for the earlier plan.

As per the new plan, 24,000 kms of 4-6 lane highways (6,500 kms of this length will be 6 lane) will cost about $45 bn by 2015. It is big money for India, especially the government. If India's economy grows to about 3 times today's size by 2015, it maynot be big money then. But today, it certainly is.

India seems to be building more highways than expressways/freeways. By 2006, there were only about 600 km of expressways (out of 6,000 kms of highways). Acoording to some Indian forumers more knowledgable than me, about 3,000-3,500 kms expressways will be built by 2016.

lpioe

February 4th, 2007, 03:07 PM

ChrisZwolle

February 4th, 2007, 04:47 PM

India seems to be building more highways than expressways/freeways. By 2006, there were only about 600 km of expressways (out of 6,000 kms of highways). Acoording to some Indian forumers more knowledgable than me, about 3,000-3,500 kms expressways will be built by 2016.

I guess there is no need for them between cities, as most people travel by train, most Indians can't afford a car.

ChrisZwolle

February 4th, 2007, 04:48 PM

So what's the difference between voie express and autoroute in France?
I drove from Nimes to Marseille last year and about 10-20 km of the way was voie express, the rest was autoroute. I did not see any difference except the signage.
The same thing near St. Etienne.

A Voie Express has mostly some narrower shoulders, and a lower speed limit; generally 110km/h, but Autoroute has 130km/h. And Voie Expresses have more exits than Autoroutes.

The same thing is happening in Spain, which has the most kilometers of motorway in Europe.

Nephasto

February 5th, 2007, 01:48 AM

Yes, but the only diference between a modern autovia and an autopista is that the autovia doesn't have toll and has more exits.
As for the rest, it's all the same.
But the old autovias(like the Madrid's radials) generally have a worst geometry than autopistas, and some(Madrid's radials) will be completelly revamped/rebuilt to meet modern motorway standards in the next few years.

normandb

February 5th, 2007, 02:16 AM

-dp-

normandb

February 5th, 2007, 02:36 AM

in length:

1) United States 75.009km
2) China 34.288km (growing over 4500km each year)
3) Canada 17.000km (seems kind of unlikely to me)
4) Spain 13.156km
5) Germany 12.200km
6) Brazil 11.000km
7) France 11.000km
8) Japan 6.946km
9) Italy 6.621km
10) Mexico 6.144km (growing fast)
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Philippines 170km ( i thought they had more)
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Guinea-Bissau 15km

GRAND TOTAL: 259.027km

You must notice, that a motorway in Cameroon or The Dominican Republic can completely differ from what we seen in Europe and the United States. Length shown here can be seen as highly controversial for some countries. Most data token from wikipedia or the CIA Factbook, and, in some rare cases, i figured it out with maps.

Sometimes, wikipedia doesn’t seems to be very accurate, for example they say Australia has about 16000kms of Expressway, which seems to me as highly unlikely.

Any comments or corrections are very welcome.

Before i starting to figure this out, i thought, there were some 270.000 kilometers of motorway/expressways on our globe, and, it seems to be i was quite close to that.

The Pan-Philippine Highway (also known as the Maharlika Highway) is a 2500 km network of roads, bridges, and ferry services that connect the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao in the Philippines, serving as the country's principal transport backbone.

The northern terminus of the highway is at Laoag City, and the southern terminus is Zamboanga City.

Maharlika Highway
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/5184/maharlikahighwaypt9.png

South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) is 77Km
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fighter24/slex2_makati.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/national%20roads/slex/IMG_0554.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/national%20roads/slex/IMG_0583.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/national%20roads/slex/IMG_0587.jpg

North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) is 88 km (being extended by 44 km)
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6255/northluzonexpresswayie8.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/93NLEX4.jpg

ChrisZwolle

February 5th, 2007, 02:47 PM

Yes, but you're talking here about a highway, i was talking about a motorway. I don't think that highway on the Philippines is a complete motorway/expressway right?

Vtroy

February 6th, 2007, 07:47 AM

in length:

You must notice, that a motorway in Cameroon or The Dominican Republic can completely differ from what we seen in Europe and the United States. Length shown here can be seen as highly controversial for some countries. Most data token from wikipedia or the CIA Factbook, and, in some rare cases, i figured it out with maps.

Sometimes, wikipedia doesn’t seems to be very accurate, for example they say Australia has about 16000kms of Expressway, which seems to me as highly unlikely.

Any comments or corrections are very welcome.

Before i starting to figure this out, i thought, there were some 270.000 kilometers of motorway/expressways on our globe, and, it seems to be i was quite close to that.

I don't know if this is a correction, but just in case, let me post a couple of pictures of higways in the Dominican Republic, no, I don't think they are top of the line or that they could be compared to those in the US, but just in case some of you think a highway in the DR is a dirt road with a donkey trailing a banana cart;

http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/754/santodomingodrferia3to5sk.jpg
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/8320/autoviadeleste3rd6.jpg

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1488/screenhunter02jan122040oh5.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8286/500497845axtvpwphlarge9sv.jpg

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/8074/aerialtour215rj.jpg

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/1042/dominicana040054dy.jpg

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/3948/ifca008z1ba.jpg

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6438/ifca00927cj.jpg

Amit

February 6th, 2007, 10:48 AM

I guess there is no need for them between cities, as most people travel by train, most Indians can't afford a car.

Highways are needed not only for people to move between cities, but also to move goods efficiently from source of production to the consumers or for export. So they are vital to sustaining rapid economic growth. So much so that the railways in India is feeling competition from the expanding highway network, and they are planning big investments to setup dedicated corridors for carrying freight between major cities.

As far as affording cars go, India is the 10th largest car market in the world and the 10th largest manufacturer as well. Based on the current growth rates, India will among the top 5 automobile producers and consumers by 2015.

Amit

February 6th, 2007, 11:03 AM

Wonderful pictures of the expressway in Phillipines, I was specially impressed by the first one with skyscrapers in the background. Is it Makati City in Manila?

The Dominican Republic highway pictures are nice too.

ChrisZwolle

February 6th, 2007, 08:30 PM

Dominican Republic motorways are better than i expected! Never seen pictures from this country before. And believe me, i've seen a lot ;)

PuertoPlata

February 6th, 2007, 09:21 PM

if dominican republic. have good motorway.

Jaru123

February 7th, 2007, 01:10 AM

good pictures vtroy!
highways of Dominican republic
http://seopc.gov.do/wallpaper/1/1.html

Jaru123

February 7th, 2007, 01:14 AM

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5513/fondoelevadolosalcarrizyz2.jpg
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/7934/fondolosalcarrizoswa0.jpg

Verso

February 7th, 2007, 03:04 PM

23) Turkey 1726kmOn 1.1.2005 Turkey had 1,881 km of motorways, but also 8,459 km of (at least) 4-lane expressways, so as much as 10,340 km of express ways! Here's a map:The Highway map of Turkey (Click to Enlarge);
http://www.kgm.gov.tr/asps/bolunmus/bol1_files/image004.jpg (http://www.kgm.gov.tr/asps/bolunmus/bol_files/buyuk3.jpg)
Red - Motorways
Green - u/c Motorways
Blue - Divided roads
Light Blue - Normal Roads(2 or 3 lane)

m@rco

February 7th, 2007, 03:45 PM

http://autorout.free.fr/4_photos/2_Pipe/4_Alpes/N_87/N87-007-Ech7-Echirolles-A-20040229.JPG

Oh, the Expressway of Grenoble, the N87 ! :)

So what's the difference between voie express and autoroute in France?
I drove from Nimes to Marseille last year and about 10-20 km of the way was voie express, the rest was autoroute. I did not see any difference except the signage.
The specifications between an Expressway and an Autoroute are not identical...

The same thing near St. Etienne.
The Expressway was the N88:
http://www.hyrondelle.net/IMG/gif/StEtienne1-2.gif

Espressway (toll free) in blue and Autoroute (toll free or not) in red/yellow:
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/cartes/fr400x400auto-ve.gif

Toll free Autoroute/Expressway in blue and toll Motorway in green:
http://franceautoroutes.free.fr/cartes/fr400x400peage-gratuit.gif

Verso

February 7th, 2007, 05:37 PM

^ AFAIK "freeway" doesn't mean that it's free of charge (as in your case), but that there's free flow of traffic on it, so a high-speed road, like motorway.

Nephasto

February 7th, 2007, 05:55 PM

Yes... it doesn't have to do with the fact that it has a toll or not. So both of those are freeways, although you have to pay to ride in the autoroutes.

gronier

February 7th, 2007, 06:09 PM

The highways of France are one of the best in the world!

ChrisZwolle

February 7th, 2007, 06:22 PM

The highways of France are one of the best in the world!

Well some French Autoroutes don't need repairs, they need restauration!

A2 near Valenciennes
A25 near Lille - Dunkerque
A35 German Border - Basel

those have a really bad surface, and they're tollfree, so i think that has something to do with it.

Nephasto

February 8th, 2007, 12:56 AM

^^It certainly does! ;)

The French toll motorways are the best freeways I've ever seen... And I've seen alot in Europe.
I would say that France has the best motorways in Europe(the tolled autoroutes).

Alex Von Königsberg

February 8th, 2007, 05:51 AM

As far as the pavement quality is concerned, I think that the best motorways are in Italy. City streets and extra-urban highways, on the other hand, need some improvement. But then the motorways are not cheap either.

I always remember fine Italian autostradas when traveling on the I-80 between Truckee and Nevada border. It feels like the freeway has been under heavy bombardment, and this situation has not improved since 2001 when I first moved to California. I would even agree to pay $5 every time I drive there if they agree to repair those miserable 31 kilometres :bash:

m@rco

February 8th, 2007, 11:06 AM

^ AFAIK "freeway" doesn't mean that it's free of charge (as in your case), but that there's free flow of traffic on it, so a high-speed road, like motorway.
Thank you, it has been corrected... ;)

It's hard to translate correctly words that seems to be equivalent like Highway, Motorway, Freeway, Expressway. Where can I find the definition of these words ?
In France what we call "Autoroute" (free or toll) is always a separated road... and a "Voie Express" looks like a "Autoroute" but it's always free.

gladisimo

February 8th, 2007, 11:31 AM

At least you have some uniformity in your country. In the US Highways and Freeways are used interchangeably, though both can mean a toll road.

Anyway, it's difficult to judge and measure the amount of motorways in a country. The US definitely has the biggest one (just because it's industrialzied and is huge)

Verso

February 9th, 2007, 12:24 AM

Thank you, it has been corrected... ;)

It's hard to translate correctly words that seems to be equivalent like Highway, Motorway, Freeway, Expressway. Where can I find the definition of these words ?
In France what we call "Autoroute" (free or toll) is always a separated road... and a "Voie Express" looks like a "Autoroute" but it's always free.

True, although the words "Voie Express" don't actually MEAN "free of charge", it's like that in France just coincidentally. Many countries charge expressways (voie express) beside motorways/freeways.

Minato ku

February 9th, 2007, 12:42 AM

As you said :yes:
Voie express is the french world for Expressway

13,000 km in Spain is the number for Motorway and Expressway

ChrisZwolle

February 9th, 2007, 12:53 AM

As you said :yes:
Voie express is the french world for Expressway

13,000 km in Spain is the number for Motorway and Expressway

I have a Portugal/Spain map of 1998, and they've really improved their motorway system since.

Especially Portugal, in '98 they had only a motorway from Lisboa to Braga (A1/A3), and some short ends around Lisboa and Porto.

Verso

February 9th, 2007, 01:11 AM

^^ Yes, Portugal's been pretty crazy. :laugh:

Nephasto

February 9th, 2007, 01:39 AM

^^You bet!
It has improved really alot!! :D
And in Spain too.

For updates maps(as you probably know), just check: www.viamichelin.com

Minato ku

February 9th, 2007, 01:56 AM

I have a Portugal/Spain map of 1998, and they've really improved their motorway system since.

Especially Portugal, in '98 they had only a motorway from Lisboa to Braga (A1/A3), and some short ends around Lisboa and Porto.

It is more impressive for China. :)

Verso

February 9th, 2007, 01:56 AM

^^You bet!
It has improved really alot!! :D
And in Spain too.

For updates maps(as you probably know), just check: www.viamichelin.comHehe, yeah; do you remember when I once recomended you www.map24.com? That site was really good, although not well updated (this wasn't such a problem for Western Europe), but now it's completely fucked up! The "Eastern Europe" is like a black box now, I have no idea why they just erased it. I hope they are renovating the site, although it's taking too long already; I have no idea what their intentions are.

DiggerD21

February 9th, 2007, 02:11 AM

In Germany you also have the Schnellstraße. Many roads of this type have most, if not all the characteristics of an Autobahn.

Examples:
Messeschnellweg in Hannover: 2 or 3 lanes and an emergency lane on large stretches, no intersections or traffic lights.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/9/96/Messeschnellweg_Eilenriede.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Messeschnellweg_Hannover.jpg/798px-Messeschnellweg_Hannover.jpg

Wilhelmsburger Reichstraße in Hamburg: part of it are actually short Autobahnen, the rest is like an Autobahn.

Nephasto

February 9th, 2007, 02:32 AM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/9/96/Messeschnellweg_Eilenriede.jpg

The big(and important) diference I see to an autobahn is the lack of emergency lane. So I wouldn't cassify as a freeway because of that.

Although this may be controversial, since there are still some old autobahn stretches in germany which don't have emergency lane.

Example (A8):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/Nephasto/DSCN2244.jpg

But this doesn't have modern motorway standards either, although being an autobahn. Anyway, I think most of these are disapearing. When I passed in Germany this summer I saw lot's of works on autobahn's, completelly redoing this old stretches.

Nephasto

February 9th, 2007, 02:36 AM

Hehe, yeah; do you remember when I once recomended you www.map24.com?

That's not bad, and is updated, which is very good. ;)
But it has some stupid things, like considering some spanish autovias motorways and others just normal roads(and I only saw the ones that radiate from Madrid).

It's a cool map, but as a road map it doesn't even come close to www.viamichelin.com. ;)

Dudly

February 9th, 2007, 06:22 AM

Nobody beats the US when it comes to highways. It's just amazing how well connected a country of this size is. Unbeliveable.

Alex Von Königsberg

February 9th, 2007, 08:55 AM

Nobody beats the US when it comes to highways. It's just amazing how well connected a country of this size is. Unbeliveable.
Yep. You can get from one major city anywhere in the country to another major city via motorways. And you don't need to get off the motorway even once (except for food/restroom/motel breaks).

What I don't like about American motorways is that they often run through the city centre. It makes them more congested during rush hours.

m@rco

February 9th, 2007, 11:03 AM

As you said :yes:
Voie express is the french world for Expressway

The roadsign for "Autoroute" (max speed: 130km/h):
http://www1.securiteroutiere.gouv.fr/signaux/images/petitgif/C207.gif

The roadsign for "Voie Express", actually the real french word is "voie pour automobiles" ("lane for motor cars") (max speed: 110km/h):
http://www1.securiteroutiere.gouv.fr/signaux/images/petitgif/C107.gif

Verso

February 9th, 2007, 02:52 PM

That's not bad, and is updated, which is very good. ;)

The "Western Europe" is ok, but look what happened to the "Eastern Europe". Catastrophy!

ChrisZwolle

February 9th, 2007, 04:22 PM

It is more impressive for China. :)

Maybe not per capita ;)

There are only 10 million inhabitants in Portugal, and 1,3 billion in China. :)

ChrisZwolle

February 9th, 2007, 04:24 PM

Nobody beats the US when it comes to highways. It's just amazing how well connected a country of this size is. Unbeliveable.

Yeah but the speed limits are really crappy outside urban areas, especially in the Eastern States. :ohno:

And i think US Freeways can be overwhelming, when you are used to 2x2 or 2x3 motorways! :lol:

Minato ku

February 10th, 2007, 01:31 AM

The roadsign for "Autoroute" (max speed: 130km/h):
http://www1.securiteroutiere.gouv.fr/signaux/images/petitgif/C207.gif

The roadsign for "Voie Express", actually the real french word is "voie pour automobiles" ("lane for motor cars") (max speed: 110km/h):
http://www1.securiteroutiere.gouv.fr/signaux/images/petitgif/C107.gif

This road sign in green is also used.
http://www1.securiteroutiere.gouv.fr/signaux/images/petitgif/C207.gif

Bartolo

February 10th, 2007, 05:45 PM

That site is pretty good, it even has the county road numbers when in Southern Ontario at least, never looked outside of that area

sl64

March 13th, 2007, 03:10 AM

Has Canada really 16-17k km's of expressways?
Seems like a lot for such a sparsely populated country.
Is there a continuous east-west expressway?
Anyone has a map of the system?

Canada has so many expressways precisely because of how sparsely-populated it is. To answer your question, yes, there is a continuous east-west network, called the Trans-Canada Highway, although the segments of it are under provincial control and so it isn't really one system like the US highway system. It accounts for almost 11,000km although it varies greatly in size throughout its length.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Canada_Highway

The Trans-Canada highway doesn't really service the most densely populated area (Windsor-Quebec City Corridor) which is served by expansive provincial networks - mostly the 400-series of highways in Ontario and the Autoroutes in Quebec. In Ontario at least, the entire length of the 400-series is 4+ lanes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/400-Series_Highways
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoroute_%28Quebec%29

In summary, yeah, 17-18k seems very realistic for Canada.

DanielFigFoz

March 15th, 2007, 12:19 AM

Yes Portugal has improved alot:

1996- 250km motorways
2007-2002km motorways

Oh yes Portugal has got 10 milion

Nephasto

March 15th, 2007, 02:03 AM

^^250km's in 96?! How could that be, if A1 alone is roughly 300km's?!

Still, it was definatly below 1000 km's in 96, and now we have over 2000 km's.
A great improvement indeed. :)

DanielFigFoz

March 15th, 2007, 10:11 PM

^^250km's in 96?! How could that be, if A1 alone is roughly 300km's?!

Still, it was definatly below 1000 km's in 96, and now we have over 2000 km's.
A great improvement indeed. :)

In 96 the A1 had a big gap between Aveiro and Santarém (that's why between Coimbra North and South it's the A thirty something becuse the built a litte island in the gap.

Nephasto

March 16th, 2007, 01:48 AM

^^What are you talking about?!
The A-1 was completelly finished in 1991.
There's no small stretch of motorway or whatever in Coimbra named A-30 something.... it's A-1 all the way from Porto to Lisbon.

Besides, there were other sections of motorway opened in 96 besides the A1, that would make the total number of km's considerably bigger than 300 km's.

m@rco

March 16th, 2007, 04:14 PM

This road sign in green is also used.
http://www1.securiteroutiere.gouv.fr/signaux/images/petitgif/C207.gif
Sorry !? :sly:

Sponsor

March 17th, 2007, 12:48 PM

For example in Romania :)

TohrAlkimista

March 17th, 2007, 01:26 PM

Italy has a really impressive motorways system...but it needs more and more km...especially in some areas...

Lancer17

March 17th, 2007, 10:58 PM

ChrisZwolle

March 18th, 2007, 07:26 PM

I figured out the number of 75.000km of motorway in the USA is incorrect. There are 94.093 km of roads in the USA that deserves motorway classification.
There are a lot of US Highways that have partially a motorway-like stretch of road, and a large number of State Highways and even County Roads that have motorway standards.

Alex Von Königsberg

March 18th, 2007, 07:51 PM

In my area I know of 3-4 state highways that become 2x2 motorways for 5-10 kms and then go back to a 2-lane undivided road.

ChrisZwolle

March 18th, 2007, 08:31 PM

In my area I know of 3-4 state highways that become 2x2 motorways for 5-10 kms and then go back to a 2-lane undivided road.

Yeah, short bypasses around mostly small cities. You see that very much along the Eastern seaboard and the Midwest.

But in like Wisconsin and Michigan, there are US highways having motorway standards for hundreds of miles.

And around large cities there are dozens of state highways with motorway standards, like around Dallas, New York, Los Angeles and many many more.