Swedish county roads () are
road
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There are many types of ...
s with
road numbers from 100 and upwards in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
. The Swedish county roads are
public road
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s maintained by the
Swedish Transport Administration
The Swedish Transport Administration ( sv, Trafikverket) is a government agency in Sweden, government agency in Sweden, controlled by the Riksdag and the Government of Sweden. It is responsible for long-term infrastructure planning for transport: ...
( sv, Trafikverket). There is a total of 82,873 km (51,495 mi) of county roads in Sweden.
The roads are divided into three categories:
; Primary county road (): Common number series in the range 100–499 throughout Sweden, and can stretch over
county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
borders despite the name.
; Secondary county road (): Each county has its own number series in the range of 500–2999.
; Tertiary county road (): Each county has its own number series in the range of 3000–9999.
The primary county road number signs are rectangular with a blue background, white numbers, and a white border. The secondary and tertiary county roads are not signed along the roads, and they are prefixed with the
county code of the county they are in.
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 ...
()
External links
Trafikverket — Swedish Transport Administration
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