In Spain, it is usually common to observe the different roads of our country numerous symbols and signs whose main objectives are to achieve greater security and, above all, to help the user to orient themselves correctly.
From symbols that indicate the speed limits or warn of dangerous areas up to certain informative posters that exactly mark the tourist area where we are heading, among others, are some of the elements that play a crucial role in driving and that you can find on the roads.
Likewise, each road in the Iberian territory has a certain name, that is, It is part of a European code. Under normal conditions, roadways contain one or two identifying letters. For example, highways and the highways They begin with A (or AP if they are tolls), conventional roads with N and regional roads with C, in addition to containing a figure depending on their location.
What does the letter ‘E’ mean?
On the other hand, another of the most significant symbols It’s the letter Eaccompanied by a number framed in a green rectangle. This certain characteristic explains to us that the road on which you are traveling belongs to the European road network.
What is the function of this symbology?
This highway network European roads is made up of the set of roads that run through the different countries of the old continentthat is, the roads in the Iberian territory that contain an ‘E’ also run through Portugal, France, Italy or Belgium, among others.
The objective is that citizens can identify European roads under the same system and name. Class A roads, on the one hand, belong to the main communication axes and will have two digits between 01 and 99, while Class B roads contain three digits and are secondary roads that connect with type A roads.
How many roads in Spain are part of the European network?
1.- AP-8 between Irun and Eibar; the AP-1 between Éibar and Vitoria; the A-1 between Vitoria and Burgos and Burgos and Madrid; the BU-30 around the city of Burgos; the M-40 in the section of the A-1 and A-4; the AP-4 between Seville and Cádiz and the A-48 between Cádiz and Algeciras.
2.- The AP-7 between La Junquera and Alicante and the A-7 between Algeciras and Alicante.
3.- The AP-9 between La Coruña and Guísamo; the A-6 between Baamonde and Guísamo; the A-8 between Baamonde and Bilbao; and finally, the AP-8 between Irun and Bilbao.
4.- The A-62 between Fuentes de Oñoro and Burgos; the BU-30 around the city of Burgos; the AP-1 between Burgos and Miranda de Ebro; the A-1 between Miranda de Ebro and Vitoria.
5.- The A-5 between Badajoz and Madrid; and the A-2 between Madrid and Barcelona.
6.- The intermediate road E-01 throughout the A-9 between Ferrol and Tuy, and the A-49 between Seville and Ayamonte (Huelva).
7.- The A-23between Somport and Zaragoza.
8.- The C-16 between Puigcerdá and Barcelona.
9.- The N-122 between Zamora and the border of Portugal; the A-11 between Tordesillas and Zamora.
10.- The N-532 between the border of Portugal and Verín.
11.- The A-66 between Salamanca and Seville.
12.- The AP-68 between Zaragoza and Bilbao.
13.- The A-3 between Valencia and Madrid.
14.- The A-44 between Bailén and Motril.
15.- The N-430 between Ciudad Real and Torrefresneda; the A-43 between Ciudad Real and Atalaya del Cañavete; and the A-31 between Atalaya del Cañavete and Alicante.
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