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149:'s important urban and inter-regional routes not covered by the National Highway or National Route systems are marked under the State Route system. They can be recognised by blue shield markers. They were practically adopted in all states by the end of the 1980s, and in some states, some less important National Routes were downgraded to State Routes. Each state has or had its own numbering scheme, but do not duplicate National Route numbers in the same state, or nearby routes in another state. 139: 396: 170: 799: 298: 569: 520: 451: 750: 45: 238: 250: 709: 201: 506:
State highways can be technically defined as main extra-urban roads (type B road) or as secondary extra-urban roads (type C road). State highways that cross towns with a population of at least 10,000 inhabitants are urban roads (type D and E) under the jurisdiction of the relevant municipalities. The
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As with the National Routes and National Highways, State Routes are being phased out in most states and territories in favour of alphanumeric routes. However, despite the fact that Victoria has fully adopted alphanumeric routes in regional areas, state route numbers are still used extensively within
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system, which is marked by distinct signs, but has no uniform numeric designation across the country. In the eastern provinces, for instance, an unnumbered (though sometimes with a named route branch) Trans-Canada route marker is co-signed with a numbered provincial sign, with the provincial route
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The highways in New Zealand are all state highways, and the network consists of SH 1 running the length of both main islands, SH 2–5 and 10–58 in the North Island, and SH 6–8 and 60–99 in the South Island. National and provincial highways are numbered approximately north to south.
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Guidance: State Route signs...should be rectangular and should be approximately the same size as the U.S. Route sign....The shape of the white area should be circular in the absence of any determination to the contrary by the individual State
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often continuing alone outside the Trans-Canada Highway section. However, in the western provinces, the two parallel Trans-Canada routes are consistently numbered with Trans-Canada route markers; as Highways 1 and 16 respectively.
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Roads maintained by a state or province include both nationally numbered highways and un-numbered state highways. Depending on the state, "state highway" may be used for one meaning and "state road" or "state route" for the other.
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is divided into provinces and territories, each of which maintains its own system of provincial or territorial highways, which form the majority of the country's highway network. There is also the national transcontinental
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is a system of urban and state routes constructed and maintained by each Mexican state. The main purpose of the state networks is to serve as a feeder system to the federal highway system. All states except the
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state highway that cross towns or villages with a population of less than 10,000 inhabitants are urban roads (type D and E) under the jurisdiction of the municipality, subject to authorization from
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law introduced the classification of roads between national, provincial and municipal (see Annex F, art.10) and the Royal Decree of 17 November 1865, n. 2633 listed the first 38 national roads.
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national network of state highways. The total length for the network is about 25.000 km (15.534 mi). The Italian state highway network are maintained by
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in 1861, the State took charge of the construction and maintenance of a primary network of roads for connections between the main cities; in 1865 the
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administers them. The speed limit for most state highways is 100 km/h, with reductions when one passes through a densely populated area.
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operate a road network. Each state marks these routes with a white shield containing the abbreviated name of the state plus the route number.
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Italian state highways are identified by a number and a name. In road signs and maps the number is preceded by the acronym SS, an acronym for
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This article is about state highways worldwide. For the specific highway in New Jersey referred to on some signs as the "State Highway", see
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or country. By this meaning a state highway is a road maintained and numbered by the national government rather than local authorities.
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to this rule) in the hierarchy (route numbers are used to aid navigation, and may or may not indicate ownership or maintenance).
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New Zealand state highways are national highways – the word "state" in this sense means "government" or "public" (as in
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is another country that is divided into states and has state highways. For example, the longest highway in the state of
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where the responsibility falls into the local government. The roads have a three-digit number designation, preceded by
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in New Hampshire). Each state has its own system for numbering and its own marker. The default marker is a
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A Canadian provincial highway double-signed with a numberless, but named, national Trans-Canada marker
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Highway owned by the state, either a reference to the national government or a specific state
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State highways are generally a mixture of primary and secondary roads, although some are
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Guide to the publication and policies of N.A.A.S.R.A. : current at December 1975
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New Zealand's state highway system is a nationwide network of roads covering the
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National Association of Australian State Road Authorities (1976),
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Guidelines for Direction Signs in the Perth Metropolitan Area
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Numbered highways in the United States § State highways
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Main Roads has chosen to retain the shield numbering system
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are numbered highways that are laid and maintained by
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in California, which links many of the cities of the
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List of longest state highways in the United States
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Moraglio (June 2004). 823:Interstate Highway System 699:metropolitan city centers 671: 537: 483:generally follows the SS 431:. 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State Highway
New Jersey Route 139
State Road, Delaware

Strada statale 163 Amalfitana
Italy
numbered
province
Canada
a notable exception
New Zealand
sovereign state
Route number § Australia

Australia
Metropolitan Route Numbering Scheme

adding to it

SP-270
São Paulo
Brazil
São Paulo
Rodovia Raposo Tavares
SP-270 and SP-295

Ontario

Numbered highways in Canada
Canada

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