Highways in Finland
Highways in Finland, or Main roads, comprise the highest categories of roads in Finland:
Main roads Class I – Finnish: valtatiet; Swedish: riksvägar – numbered 1–39, between major cities
Main roads Class II – Finnish: kantatiet; Swedish: stamvägar – numbered 40–99, between regional centers
Network map
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Interactive map of highways of Finland
Overview
[edit]Highways numbered from 1 to 7 radiate from the capital Helsinki (Highways 2, 5 and 6 diverge from 1, 4 and 7, respectively), while highways 8 to 10 radiate from Turku on the south-western coast of Finland. Highways 11 and 12 originate in Tampere. The rest of the highways start from other major cities.
Sections of highways between major cities have often been upgraded to motorways, for example between Helsinki and Tampere. Since Finland is a large and sparsely populated country, there is no reason to upgrade all highways to motorways.
The motorway network totals 926 kilometres (575 mi). In addition to that, there are 124 kilometres (77 mi) of motortrafficways, which are reserved only for motor traffic.[1]
List of current highways
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- Valtatie 1 Helsinki − Nummela − Salo − Turku
Helsinki − Turku
- Valtatie 2 Palojärvi (Vihti) − Forssa − Huittinen − Pori
- Valtatie 3 Helsinki − Hämeenlinna − Tampere − Parkano − Jalasjärvi − Vaasa
- Valtatie 6 Koskenkylä (Loviisa) − Kouvola − Lappeenranta − Joensuu − Kajaani
- Valtatie 9 Turku − Loimaa − Tampere − Jyväskylä − Kuopio − Joensuu − Tohmajärvi
- Valtatie 10 Turku − Forssa − Hämeenlinna − Tuulos
- Valtatie 11 Nokia − Pori
- Valtatie 12 Rauma − Huittinen − Tampere − Lahti − Kouvola
- Valtatie 13 Nuijamaa − Lappeenranta − Mikkeli − Jyväskylä − Kyyjärvi − Kokkola
- Valtatie 14 Juva − Savonlinna − Punkaharju − Parikkala
- Valtatie 15 Kotka − Kouvola − Mikkeli
- Valtatie 16 Ylistaro − Lapua − Kyyjärvi
- Valtatie 17 (discontinued) Kuopio − Outokumpu − Joensuu (2010)[3]
- Valtatie 18 Jyväskylä − Petäjävesi − Ähtäri − Alavus − Seinäjoki − Ylistaro − Laihia − Vaasa
- Valtatie 19 Jalasjärvi − Seinäjoki − Nykarleby
- Valtatie 20 Oulu − Pudasjärvi − Taivalkoski − Kuusamo
- Valtatie 21 Tornio − Pello − Muonio − Kilpisjärvi
- Valtatie 22 Oulu − Utajärvi − Kontiomäki
- Valtatie 23 Pori − Kankaanpää − Jyväskylä − Varkaus − Joensuu
- Valtatie 24 Lahti − Padasjoki − Jämsä
- Valtatie 25 Hanko − Lohja − Hyvinkää − Mäntsälä
- Valtatie 26 Hamina − Luumäki
- Valtatie 27 Kalajoki − Ylivieska − Haapajärvi − Iisalmi
- Valtatie 28 Kokkola − Nivala − Mainua
- Valtatie 29 Tornio − Keminmaa
Former highway alignments
[edit]The former routes of the following highways differ significantly from the current ones, or have been completely abolished.
- Valtatie 2 Nummi − Somero − Loimaa − Huittinen
- Valtatie 3[a] Klaukkala − Loppi − Janakkala − Hämeenlinna − Pälkäne − Tampere
- Valtatie 4 Helsinki − Hyvinkää − Lahti − Padasjoki − Jyväskylä − Ivalo − Kaamanen − Karigasniemi
- Valtatie 6 Imatra − Sortavala
- Valtatie 7 Vaalimaa − Viipuri
- Valtatie 9 Aura − Huittinen − Tampere − Kangasala − Orivesi
- Valtatie 13 Lappee − Viipuri
- Valtatie 14 Parikkala − Viipuri
- Valtatie 15 Viipuri − Rajajoki
- Valtatie 17 Kuopio − Joensuu
- Valtatie 18 Sortavala − Kajaani
- Valtatie 19 Iisalmi − Pulkkila
Rings
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Highways in Åland
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The current road section between Klaukkala and Loppi is now known as regional road 132.
References
[edit]- ^ Finnish Road Statistics 2010. Statistics from the Finnish Transport Agency 6/2011 (ISSN-L 1798-811X). Helsinki: Finnish Transport Agency (FTA). 2011. pp. 23, 49. ISBN 978-952-255-699-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ "Suomen pisin moottoritie on vihdoin valmis – rakentaminen kesti 62 vuotta".
- ^ "Liikenne- ja viestintäministeriö - Valtatie 9 ulottuu jatkossa läpi Suomen". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Highways in Finland.
- Finnish Transport Agency
- Finnish Road Administration Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Finnish Road Association[permanent dead link]
- Introduction to Roads in Finland by Matti Grönroos
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