Riksvag
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A Riksväg (plural Riksvägar ) is a supra-regional, state road link in Sweden that is important for the country's infrastructure . Certain Riksvägar can be part of a European route .
The road network of the Swedish Riksvägar (literally Reichsstraßen , roughly equivalent to federal highways in Germany) has a length of almost 9000 km, not including the European roads. They have been maintained by Trafikverket , the Swedish road and rail network administration, since 2010 , into which the former Vägverket was merged.
Numbered Riksvägar already existed from 1945; but there were only 14 routes. The best-known was Riksväg 1 , also called Riksettan , which led from Helsingborg to Stockholm and today corresponds to sections of the European route 4 , which has been re-routed in many places . These Riksvägar were marked with black numbers on a yellow background:
- Riksväg 1 “Riksettan”: Helsingborg - Jönköping - Norrköping - Stockholm
- Riksväg 2 “Rikstvåan”: Trelleborg - Svinesundsbron
- Riksväg 3 "Rikstrean": Kropp - Hasslarp - Strövelstorp
- Riksväg 4 “Riksfyran”: Malmö - Kristianstad - Kalmar - Norrköping
- Riksväg 5 “Riksfemman”: Gothenburg - Jönköping
- Riksväg 6 “Rikssexan”: Gothenburg - Örebro - Södertälje
- Riksväg 7 "Rikssjuan": Gothenburg - Grums
- Riksväg 8 “Riksåttan”: Ödeshög - Hallsberg
- Riksväg 9 “Riksnian”: Årjäng - Örebro
- Riksväg 10 “Rikstian”: Örebro - Ludvika - Borlänge - Falun - Gävle
- Riksväg 11 “Rikselvan”: Arboga - Västerås - Enköping
- Riksväg 12 “Rikstolvan”: Stockholm - Enköping - Borlänge - Mora
- Riksväg 13 “Rikstretton”: Stockholm - Sundsvall - Haparanda
- Riksväg 14 “Riksfjorton”: Sundsvall - Storlien
In 1962, the basic features of the system that is still valid today, marked with white numbers on a blue background, were introduced. The numbers are basically increasing from south to north and from west to east and - with overlapping - distributed across the country as follows:
| 1–20: | Skåne up to Helsingborg - Kristianstad |
| 21–39: | Southern Götaland up to Varberg - Jönköping - Norrköping |
| 40-59: | Northern Götaland and Södermanland to Mälaren |
| 60-80: | Svealand from Mälaren to northern latitude Mora - Gävle |
| 81-99: | Norrland |
In 1962, the first European roads were also designated by prefixing the numbers of the most important Riksvägar for international traffic with an E (after the numbering at that time E3, E4, E6, E18 and E75; later E14, E66 and E79 were added). As a result, there were repeated changes by renumbering, merging or upgrading provincial roads ( Swedish : länsvägar ) to imperial roads , on a larger scale in 1985, and in 1992 in connection with the adaptation of European road numbering to the international system (although in Sweden only the E4 , E6 and E18 remained unchanged).
Since 1992 there have been several changes. Between 2001 and 2006 the route of Riksvägar 26, 27, 50 and 56 was changed, the numbers 45 and 81 ( upgraded to European route 45 ), 60 and 67 no longer exist. In 2007 there were significant changes in the course of the Riksvägar 23, 34, 37, 40 and 47, the Riksvägar 33 and 36 were incorporated into these. The last change so far (as of June 2016) came in 2012, when the former Riksvägar 71 and 80 were upgraded to European route 16 , the short Riksväg 16 was converted into a Länsväg and the Riksvägar 15 and 69 were re-designated.
The standard of the Riksvägar varies widely and can mean anything from a highway standard road (Swedish motorväg ) to a narrow country road with oncoming traffic. Newly created Riksvägar should be at least eight meters wide and paved.
Further facts:
- Öland and Gotland have no Riksvägar.
- Norrbotten County has a total of 1427 km of Riksvägar and thus the longest road network with Riksvägar in Sweden.
- The longest Riksväg has number 26 and connects Halmstad with Mora , length 560 km.
- The shortest Riksväg has number 75 and is the Södra-Länken Tunnel in Stockholm, length 9 km.
- The oldest trunk road from Stockholm to the south was the medieval Göta landsväg .