Highways in Finland#Highways in Åland

{{short description|Overview of highways in Finland}}

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Highways in Finland, or Main roads, comprise the highest categories of roads in Finland:

Network map

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Overview

Highways numbered from 1 to 7 radiate from the capital Helsinki (Highways 2, 5 and 6 diverge from 1, 4 and 7, respectively), while highways 8 to 10 radiate from Turku on the south-western coast of Finland. Highways 11 and 12 originate in Tampere. The rest of the highways start from other major cities.

Sections of highways between major cities have often been upgraded to motorways, for example between Helsinki and Tampere. Since Finland is a large and sparsely populated country, there is no reason to upgrade all highways to motorways.

The motorway network totals {{convert|926|km|mi}}. In addition to that, there are {{convert|124|km|mi}} of motortrafficways, which are reserved only for motor traffic.{{Cite book|title=Finnish Road Statistics 2010 |url=http://portal.liikennevirasto.fi/portal/page/portal/A8928F859FBE364EE040B40A1B0137C5 |format=PDF |accessdate=7 August 2011 |series=Statistics from the Finnish Transport Agency 6/2011 (ISSN-L 1798-811X) |year=2011 |publisher=Finnish Transport Agency (FTA) |location=Helsinki |isbn=978-952-255-699-8 |pages=23, 49 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009095820/http://portal.liikennevirasto.fi/portal/page/portal/A8928F859FBE364EE040B40A1B0137C5 |archivedate=9 October 2015 }}

List of current highways

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File:Valtatie 1.jpg]]

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:16px Helsinki − Turku

:16px Vihti (1 km)

:16px VantaaTampere - Ylöjärvi

:16px Helsingby (Korsholm) − Vaasa

:16px HelsinkiHeinola

:16px VaajakoskiJyväskylä − Vehniä (Laukaa)

:16px LiminkaOuluHaukipudas

:16px Marostenmäki (Simo) − KemiKeminmaa (20,9 km)

:16px Lusi, Heinola (3 km)

:16px Vehmasmäki − Kuopio

:16px Kuopio − Siilinjärvi

:16px Mansikkala − Kaukopää (Imatra)

:16px Reijola − Käpykangas (Joensuu) (10,8 km)

:16px HelsinkiKotkaVaalimaa{{Cite web | url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10097024 | title=Suomen pisin moottoritie on vihdoin valmis – rakentaminen kesti 62 vuotta}}

:16px TurkuNousiainen

:16px KorsholmVaasa (shared with valtatie 3)

:16px TurkuLieto

:16px ViialaTampere

:16px Kuopio − Siilinjärvi (part of Valtatie 5)

:16px Ylämylly (Liperi) − Reijola (Joensuu) (21 km)

:16px TampereNokia

:16px Lohjanharju − Lohja (part of Valtatie 1)

:16px TornioKeminmaa (World's northernmost motorway)

= Former highway alignments =

The former routes of the following highways differ significantly from the current ones, or have been completely abolished.

Rings

Highways in Åland

See also

Notes

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References

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