Latvijas Valsts ceļi
Latvijas Valsts ceļi ("Latvian State Roads ") is a state-owned joint-stock company founded on October 26, 2004 in Latvia . It is 100% owned by the Latvian Ministry of Transport. The company emerged from the Latvian Road Construction Office and is now taking over its tasks. Only a few short sections of the state roads are designed as a motorway .
logo
The company's logo represents two streets running parallel from north to south and then at right angles away from each other, which are crossed by a semicircular bypass to the north.
history
Roads in Latvia are mentioned in documents dating back to the 13th century. From 1646, Swedish road law was introduced in parts of Latvia. In the Duchy of Courland (Latvian: Kurzeme ) laws were passed or amended in 1752, 1786 and 1801.
Road maps from Livonia (Vidzeme) exist from 1688 , and road maps from Courland from 1702.
On August 1, 1919, the Latvian Road Construction Office was established. This office was at that time for 703 km roads and 21,480 km land charge and secondary roads. The task of managing these streets was divided into five administrative districts: Riga , Cēsis , Jelgava , Liepāja and Tukums .
In 1927 this breakdown was refined. A total of 13 administrative districts were established: Rīga, Jelgava, Cēsis, Liepāja, Daugavpils , Rēzekne , Smiltene , Ventspils , Valmiera , Madona , Bauska , Kuldīga and Balvi . These were km in 1940 for a total of 326 blacktop - and 1779 km of other roads and 3,000 bridges and other agricultural and side roads km charge with a total length of 24,179.
When Latvia became part of the Soviet Union , the road administration was divided into the administration of roads of all-Soviet importance, which was administered from Moscow , and roads of regional (Latvian) importance, which were administered by the Latvian Ministry of Transport. It was not until 1956 that this dichotomy was abolished and now all roads in Latvia were administered by 26 administrative districts, which corresponded to the administrative structure of Latvia at that time.
The tasks of the Road Office also belonged in the 1970s and 1980s, residential and holiday care for about 10 to 12,000 employees of the Office.
For more information on the history of the streets of Latvia, visit the Latvian Street Museum in Šlokenbeka (Schlockenbeck) in the Tukums district .
Speeds
The maximum permissible speed outside built-up areas is 90 km / h and inside built-up areas: 50 km / h. Even during the day you have to drive with the lights on.
State main roads
The most important nationwide connecting roads are called "Valsts galvenie autoceļi" (German state main highways ) and correspond to the federal highways common in Germany . The abbreviation consists of a consecutive number and the preceding capital letter "A" (for example A 1 or A 13 ). The road traffic is marked in accordance with the road traffic regulations by means of small red boards with the letter "A" and the number in white letters.
The location of these roads runs radially from Riga towards the national borders (A 1 to A 10 with the exception of the A 4 and A 5) and as a bypass of larger cities (A 4, A 5, A 14 and A 15). Exceptions to this are the A 11 to A 13, which are cross-border connecting roads in the west and east of Latvia.
The main state roads of Latvia are asphalt-covered roads , which can be used in both directions with one, one and a half or two lanes, rarely also three lanes, with an accessible hard shoulder .
The flow of traffic can be interrupted by pedestrian crossings or traffic lights .
List of main state roads in Latvia
The main state roads, when viewed from Riga , are numbered mainly radially clockwise. Exceptions are the bypasses and the A 11 to the west and the A 12 and A 13 in the east of Latvia.
| No. | course | Length in km |
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from the Riga White Lake ( Baltezers ) north to the Estonian border at Ainaži | 101.2 |
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from Riga via Sigulda to the northeast to the Estonian border at Veclaicene | 195.6 |
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at Inčukalns from the "A2" branching off via Valmiera to the north-northeast to the Estonian border at Valka | 122.1 |
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eastern Riga bypass from Riga White Lake to Saulkalne | 20.4 |
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southwest Riga bypass from Salaspils to Babīte | 40.3 |
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from Riga in a south-east direction via Daugavpils and Krāslava to the border with Belarus at Paternieki | 307.0 |
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from Riga via Bauska south to the Lithuanian border at Grenctāle | 85.1 |
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from Riga via Jelgava to the southwest to the Lithuanian border at Meitene | 76.2 |
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from Riga via Skulte to the west to Liepāja | 198.4 |
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from Riga to the northwest to Ventspils | 188.6 |
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from Liepāja along the west coast south to the Lithuanian border at Rucava | 53.4 |
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from Jēkabpils via Rēzekne in an eastward direction to the Russian border at Terehova | 166.2 |
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from the Russian border in the east at Grebņeva via Rēzekne and Daugavpils to the Lithuanian border at Medumi in the southeast | 163.4 |
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western Daugavpils bypass from Tilti to Kalkūni | 15.8 |
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northern Rēzeken bypass | 7.1 |
| Total: | 1740.8 |
1st order state roads
In addition to the main state roads, the "1st order state roads" (Lat. Valsts P irmās šķiras autoceļi ) are the most important road connections between and within the municipalities in Latvia. A total of 129 first-order state roads with a total length of around 5,300 km are looked after by the company "Latvia's State Roads".
The abbreviation consists of a consecutive number and the preceding capital letter "P". The road traffic is marked in accordance with the road traffic regulations using small, dark blue boards with the letter "P" and the number in white letters (e.g. 
).
80% of the "1st order state roads" are asphalted . The remaining "1st order state roads" are constructed as otherwise paved roads.
2nd order state roads
The connecting roads between the "1st order state roads" are the "2nd order state roads" (Lat. V alsts otras šķiras autoceļi ). A total of 1489 state roads of the second order with a total length of around 13,200 km are maintained by the "Latvian State Roads" company.
The abbreviation consists of a consecutive number and the preceding capital letter "V". The marking in road traffic is done, if at all, by small, white boards with the letter "V" and the number in black letters (e.g. V 1 ).
Around 2500 km, i.e. 19%, of the "2nd order state roads" are asphalted. The rest of these roads are paved sand or gravel paths.
Web links
- Street Museum Schlockenbeck (English)
- Website of the company "Latvian State Roads " (Lat./Engl.)
- state road network of Latvia
