List of National Roads in Latvia

Latvian State Roads ( lett Latvijas valsts Celi ) is a company incorporated in Latvia on 26 October 2004 state corporation. It belongs 100% to the Ministry of Transport of Latvia. The Company is projecting approached from the Latvian Road Administration and now takes over its tasks. Just a few short stretches of state highways are constructed as a motorway.

Logo

The logo of the company represents two parallel north- south running streets leading away from each other and then at right angles, which are crossed north of a semicircular ring road.

History

Roads are already mentioned on the territory of Latvia in documents from the 13th century. As of the 1646 Swedish street has been introduced in parts of Latvia. In the Duchy of Courland ( Latvian: Kurzeme ), in the years 1752, adopted or adapted in 1786 and 1801 laws on the streets.

From the 1688 road maps exist from Livonia ( Latvian: Kurzeme ), and from 1702 there are street maps of Courland.

On 1 August 1919, the Public Roads Administration of Latvia was established. This office was then in charge of highways 703 km and 21,480 km country roads and side roads. The task of managing these roads has been divided into five magisterial districts: Riga, Cesis, Jelgava, Liepaja and Tukums.

In 1927, this classification has been refined. A total of 13 administrative districts were established: Riga, Jelgava, Cesis, Liepaja, Daugavpils, Rezekne, Smiltene, Ventspils, Valmiera, Madona, Bauska, Kuldīga and Balvi. These were responsible in 1940 for a total of 326 km blacktop and 1779 km of other highways and bridges 3000 and more land and secondary roads with a total length of 24,179 km.

With the affiliation of Latvia to the Soviet Union, the Road Administration was divided into the management of roads total Soviet significance, which was administered from Moscow and roads of regional ( Latvian ) meaning, which were administered by the Latvian Ministry of Transport. Only in the year 1956, this division was abolished and now all the streets of Latvia's 26 administrative districts were administered that were consistent with the former Administrative divisions of Latvia.

The duties of the office belonged road in the 1970s and 1980s and the housing and vacation care for about 10-12,000 employees of the Office.

For more information on the history of the streets of Latvia are offered in the street museum of Latvia in Šlokenbeka ( Schlockenbeck ) in the district Tukums.

Speeds

The maximum permitted speed is outside of towns 90 km / h within towns: 50 km / h Even on the day must be driven with the lights on.

State main roads

The main national roads are called " valsts galvenie autoceļi " ( German: State main roads ) and referred to the usual in Germany highways. The symbol comprises a consecutive number and preceded by a capital " A" ( for example, A 1, A 10 or A 13). The markings in the road is carried out in accordance with road traffic regulations by small red boards with the letter " A" and the number in white letters.

The location of these roads runs one hand radially from Riga along the country's borders (A 1 to A 10 with the exception of the A 4 and A 5) and the other as a bypass of larger cities (A 4, A 5, A 14 and A 15). Exceptions are the A 11 to A 13, which are present as cross-border roads in the west or east of Latvia.

The State 's main streets of Latvia are covered with asphalt highways, the one, one and a half or two lanes, rarely three lanes can be used with passable emergency lane in both directions.

The traffic flow can be interrupted by pedestrian crossings or traffic lights.

List of State main roads of Latvia

The State 's main streets are seen from Riga, mainly radially numbered clockwise. Exceptions are the bypasses and the A lying west 11 or the East Latvian running A 12 and A 13

State roads 1st order

In addition to the State 's main streets, the " state roads first order" ( lett valsts Pirmas Skiras autoceļi ) are the most important road links between and within national communities in Latvia. A total of 129 state roads first order with a total length of about 5300 km are looked after by the company " Latvian State Roads".

The short name consists of a sequential number and is preceded by the capital letter " P". The markings in the road is carried out in accordance with road traffic regulations by small, dark blue boards with the letter " P " and the number in white letters (eg, ).

80 % of the " state roads first order" are paved. The remaining " state roads first order" are designed as otherwise paved roads.

State roads 2nd order

The connecting roads between the " state roads first order" are the " state roads second order" ( lett valsts otras Skiras autoceļi ). A total of 1489 state secondary roads with a total length of about 13,200 km are maintained by the Company " Latvian State Roads".

The short name consists of a sequential number and is preceded by the capital letter " V". The identification of the road, if at all, by small, white boards with the letter " V " and the number written in black (eg V 1).

About 2500 km, ie 19%, of the " state roads 2nd order " are paved. The rest of the streets are paved with sand or gravel paths.