Highways in Finland


Highways in Finland, or Main roads, comprise the highest categories of roads in Finland:
  • Main roads Class I – ; – numbered 1–39, between major cities
  • Main roads Class II – ; – numbered 40–99, between regional centers

    Network map

Overview

Highways numbered from 1 to 7 radiate from the capital Helsinki, while highways Finnish [national road 8|8] to 10 radiate from Turku on the south-western coast of Finland. Highways Finnish national [road 11|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. In addition to that, there are of motortrafficways, which are reserved only for motor traffic.

List of current highways

Class I main roads

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

Class I roads