Norwegian national roads (Norwegian: Riksvei/Riksveg abbr. Rv; literally: road of the
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/realm), are roads thus categorized by the
Norwegian Public Roads Administration
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(Statens vegvesen) which also maintains them. In 2007 there were of this class of Norwegian roads, which constituted 29.4% of public roads in
Norway
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.
[Statistisk sentralbyrå: Table 416: Offentlige veier etter fylke 1. januar 2007]
(public roads by county as of January 1, 2007) from Statistisk sentralbyrå
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Note: The numbers encompass city streets. For municipal roads not all municipalities are up to date.
From 2010, after an administrative reform, most of the national roads were transferred to the counties. They are now called
county roads
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along with the already existing county roads. of national roads were transferred along with an annual compensation of 6.9 billion NOK for maintenance. As of January 1, 2010 there were of national roads left.
National roads are selected by the criteria of being important for long-distance travel. Some roads connecting to primary airports are also included.
National roads are divided into two categories:
European routes
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and other national roads. The
route signs for the European routes have an "E" preceding the national road number and the sign is green with white script. Other national roads are also designated using green signs.
Former national roads
All pre-2010 national roads have an
asphalt concrete
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cover. Exceptions are some roads that have been given special status or protection. The "gravel roads package" was a governmental plan which ensured that all national roads without special importance in the
(''Nasjonal verneplan for veger, bruer og vegrelaterte kulturminner'') received asphalt covering.
Norwegian National Road 716
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between Bergli and Valen in
Frøya,
Sør-Trøndelag
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was the last regular stretch of national road with a gravel coating. The last two remaining kilometers were asphalted on December 17, 2003 with participation by
Minister of Transport and Communications Torild Skogsholm, among others.
Norwegian former national roads that are maintained as gravel roads according to the protection plan are
Road 252 (
Tyin
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–
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A memorial was raised ...
),
Road 258 (Grotli-Ospeli bru) and
Road 886 (Bjørnstad–Jacobselv). All these roads have been converted to
county roads
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after the reform.
The organization of national, county and village roads (later municipal roads) was introduced in 1931. Starting in 1912 the roads were divided into main roads ("hovedveier") and village roads ("bygdeveier"). In 1931 signposted numbers for national roads were introduced. The main roads were two digits ending with zero, for example Road 50 Oslo–Kirkenes. The main roads in Østfold were numbered 1–9 based on an older local system. In 1965 a new system which included E-roads was introduced, and most of it is still used today (2019).
Records of Norwegian national roads
See also
*
Swedish national road
National roads ( sv, riksväg; literally: ''road of the rike/realm'') in Sweden have Route number, road numbers from 1 through 99. The national roads are usually of high quality and sometimes pass through several counties of Sweden, counties. Roa ...
*
Motorvei
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