Roads In Romania
Public roads in Romania are ranked according to importance and traffic as follows:
- motorways (autostradă - pl. autostrăzi) - colour: green; designation: A followed by one digit
- expressways (drum rapid or drum expres) - colour: red; designation: DX followed by one or two digits and an optional letter
- national road (drum naţional - pl. drumuri naţionale) - colour: red; designation: DN followed by one or two digits and an optional letter
- county road (drum judeţean - pl. drumuri judeţene) - colour: blue; designation: DJ followed by three digits and an optional letter; unique numbers per county
- local road (drum comunal - pl. drumuri comunale) - colour: yellow; designated DC followed by a number and an optional letter; unique numbers per county
Some of the national roads are part of the European route scheme. European routes passing through Romania: E58; E60; E70; E85; E79; E81; E68; E87 (Class A); E574; E576; E581; E583; E671; E77.
In 2009, a total of 81,713 km of roads existed in Romania, of which 46,362 km were paved and 35,351 km were gravel roads.
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