Iran route numbering system

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Iran route numbering system is a network of highways and roads in Iran that is managed by Iran Road Maintenance & Transportation Organization. The network comprises main highways and several major and minor country roads.

Route signs

blue on motorways, green on other roads. 3-digit numbers appear in black on a white rectangle

Routes

Asian Highways

Motorway (Freeway)

Numbers roughly increase from west to east .

National highway

Odd numbers (11-99) generally denote north-south routes, while even numbers (12-98) denote east-west routes. Numbers increase in eastbound and southbound direction respectively. There are some A roads without a national number. Motorways do not have national numbers. 3-digit numbers are derived from 2-digit numbers by adding a digit at the end.

  • Road 71 (Tehran-Qom Highway)
  • Road 65 (Tehran-Saveh Highway)
  • Road 22 (Coastal Road of Caspian Sea)
  • Road 79 (Sevad Kooh RD) (Sari-Tehran) Some parts of it under construction
  • Road 77 (Haraz Road)
  • Road 62 (Esfahan-KhorramAbad Esfahan-Yazd)
  • Road 65 (Tehran-Isfahan Highway)
  • Road 86 (Shiraz-Kerman Shiraz-Ahvaz)
  • Road 22 Turkmenistan-Mashhad-Mazandaran
  • Road 36 Bardaskan-Taybad
  • Road 44 (Tehran Highway) Tehran-Mashhad
  • Road 16 (Azerbaijan lake Bridge)

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