List of national roads in Spain

The Carreteras Nacionales de España or National Roads of Spain are roads of governmental property, managed by the Ministry of Development (Spain) and form the Red de Carreteras del Estado or State Roads Network. A road numbering scheme is used according to rules by the fourth General Road Plan (Plan General de Carreteras) of 1939-1941 (Plan Peña).[citation needed] Six radial roads which connect Madrid with its coasts and its borders divide the Spanish continental territory (except for the Canary Islands and Balearic Islands) into 6 radial sectors. These radial roads are enumerated in clockwise fashion as follows:[citation needed]

  • N-I from Madrid to France via Irún or Carretera de Burgos: Northbound
  • N-II from Madrid to France via La Jonquera or Carretera de Barcelona: North-eastbound
  • N-III from Madrid to Valencia or Carretera de Valencia: Eastbound
  • N-IV from Madrid to Cádiz or Carretera de Andalucía: Southbound
  • N-V from Madrid to the Portuguese border or Carretera de Extremadura: Westbound
  • N-VI from Madrid to A Coruña or Carretera de A Coruña: North-westbound.

The national roads were upgraded[when?] to Autovías, and changed their name to their geographical destination instead of the city they link to Madrid, and not varying their number (A-1, A-2,...).[citation needed]

The code for the national roads consists of 3 digits (e.g.: N-XXX, where X is a number) assigned as follows:[citation needed]

  • The first digit represents the number of the sector of origin: those roads starting between N-I and N-II are designated as N-1XX; those between N-II and N-III, N-2XX etc.
  • The second number represents the straight line distance in hundreds of kilometers starting at the Puerta del Sol, Madrid. Thus, if the road starts less than 100 km away the road is assigned the number 0; 1 if originating between 100 and 200 km away from Madrid, and so on.
  • The third digit reflects its direction: An odd number is assigned if the road is radial that is emanating from Madrid; if it is a transversal road not leading to Madrid, it is assigned an even number, including 0. For a radial road the origin is set as the closest end to Madrid; for a transversal road, the origin is set at the end which leads into a counterclockwise direction.

For example:

  • The road which links Cordoba and Tarragona via Cuenca is not a radial road. It starts in Córdoba so the direction is anti-clockwise (from the South to the North-East). Córdoba is between N-IV and N-V, and Córdoba is 295 km away from Madrid, so the first two numbers are N-42X. The third number is an even number, which in this case is 0. So the road from Córdoba to Tarragona via Cuenca is N-420.
  • The road which links Madrid and Ciudad Real via Toledo diverts from N-IV (N-4XX) in Madrid (N-X0X), and it is a radial road (odd number). Consequently, its code is N-401.

Some exceptions apply for roads within Basque Country or Navarra, where another numbering scheme applies (e.g.: N-102).[citation needed]

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Signal Itinerary
A-1 Madrid-Aranda de Duero-Burgos-Vitoria-San Sebastián-Irún-French border
N-110 Soria-San Esteban de Gormaz-Segovia-Ávila-Plasencia
N-111 Medinaceli-Soria-Logroño-Pamplona
N-113 Ágreda-Valtierra (Hostal Los Abetos)
N-120 Logroño-Burgos-León-Ourense-Vigo
N-121 Pamplona-Valtierra (Hostal Los Abetos)
N-121a Behobia-Pamplona
N-121b Dancharinea-Oronoz
N-121c Tudela-Tarazona
N-122 Gallur-Tarazona-Soria-Aranda de Duero-Valladolid-Zamora-Portugal
N-123 Benabarre-Barbastro
N-124 Ollauri-Miranda de Ebro
N-135 Pamplona-French border
N-138 Estéribar (Zubiri)-French border
N-141 Vic-La Riba-Manresa-Girona-French border
N-145 La Seu d'Urgell-Andorra
N-152 Ripoll-Vic-French border
A-2 Madrid-Zaragoza-Lleida-Barcelona-Girona-French border
N-204 Sacedón-Almadrones
N-211 Alcolea del Pinar-Monreal-Alcañiz-Caspe-Fraga
N-225 Teruel-Grao de Castellón (overlaps with the N-340 in sections)
N-230 Lleida-French border
N-232 Cabañas de Virtus-Pancorbo-Logroño-Zaragoza-Vinaròs
N-234 Sagunto-Teruel-Burgos
N-236 AP-2-Lleida
N-237 Sagunto-Puerto de Sagunto
N-238 AP-7-Vinaròs
N-240 Tarragona-Lleida-Huesca-Jaca-Pamplona-Altsasu
N-260 Portbou-Figueres-Puigcerdà-La Seu d'Urgell-Sort-La Pobla de Segur-Castejón de Sos-Campo-Aínsa-Broto-Biescas-Sabiñánigo
A-3 Madrid-Valencia
N-301 Ocaña-La Roda-Murcia-Cartagena
N-310 Manzanares-Villanueva de la Jara
N-320 La Gineta-Cuenca-Guadalajara-Venturada
N-322 Bailén-Albacete-Requena
N-323 Bailén-Jaén-Granada-Motril
N-325 Novelda-Crevillente
N-330 Alicante-Almansa-Requena-Utiel-Teruel-Zaragoza-Huesca-Jaca-French border
N-331 Córdoba-Málaga
N-332 Vera-Cartagena-Alicante-Valencia
N-335 V-30 - Puerto de Valencia
N-340 San Fernando-Algeciras-Málaga-Motril-Almería-Murcia-Elche-Alicante-Sant Joan d'Alacant-Castelló de la Plana-Tarragona-Barcelona
N-341 Venta del Pobre-Carboneras
N-343 Alumbres-Escombreras
N-344 Almería-Alcantarilla-Fuente Encarroz
N-345 La Unión-Portmán
N-350 N-340-Puerto de Algeciras (Sur)
N-351 San Roque-Gibraltar
N-357 A-7-Puerto de Algeciras (Norte)
A-4 Madrid-Córdoba-Sevilla-Cádiz
N-400 Toledo-Aranjuez-Ocaña-Tarancón-Cuenca
A-402 Madrid-Toledo-Ciudad Real. After km 78 of the A-42 it splits into two roads: N-401 and Autovía de los Viñedos.
N-403 Toledo-Maqueda-Ávila-Adanero
N-420 Montoro-Ciudad Real-Puerto Lápice-Alcázar de San Juan-Cuenca-Ademuz-Teruel-Montalbán-Valdealgorta-Reus-Tarragona
N-431 Sevilla-Huelva-Portugal
N-432 Badajoz-Zafra-Córdoba-Granada
N-433 Las Nieves-Portugal
N-435 La Albuera-Jerez de los Caballeros-Fregenal de la Sierra-San Juan del Puerto
N-441 Peguerillas-Huelva
N-442 Huelva-San José
N-443 Puerto Real-Cádiz
A-5 Madrid-Mérida-Badajoz-Portugal
N-501 Ávila-Peñaranda de Bracamonte-Salamanca
N-502 La Serrada (Ávila)-Talavera de la Reina-Alcaudete de la Jara-Herrera del Duque-Almadén-Espiel
N-521 Trujillo-Cáceres-Valencia de Alcántara-Portugal
N-525 Benavente-Ourense-Santiago de Compostela
N-532 Verín-Portugal
N-536 Ponferrada-A Rúa
N-540 Lugo-Ourense
N-541 Ourense-O Carballiño-Pontevedra
N-547 Guntín-Lavacolla
N-550 A Coruña-Santiago de Compostela-Pontevedra-Vigo-Tui
N-551 Tui-Portugal
N-552 Vigo- Port
N-553 AP-9-N-550
N-554 N-550-Redondela
N-557 A Coruña- Port
A-6 Madrid-Medina del Campo-Benavente-Ponferrada-Lugo-A Coruña
N-601 Adanero-Olmedo-Valladolid-Medina de Rioseco-León
N-603 Los Ángeles de San Rafael-Segovia
N-610 Palencia-Paradores de Castrogonzalo
N-611 Santander-Torrelavega-Palencia-Venta de Baños
N-620 Burgos-Venta de Baños-Valladolid-Tordesillas-Salamanca-Ciudad Rodrigo-Portugal
N-621 Unquera-León
N-623 Burgos-Santander
N-625 Mansilla de las Mulas-Cistierna-Riaño-Arriondas
N-627 Aguilar de Campoo-San Miguel de Ubierna
N-629 Colindres-San Miguel de Ubierna
N-630 Gijón-Oviedo-Mieres-Puerto de Pajares-León-Zamora-Salamanca-Plasencia-Cáceres-Mérida-Seville
N-631 Embalse de Ricobayo-Rionegro del Puente
N-632 Luarca-Avilés-Gijón-Ribadesella
N-634 Santiago de Compostela-Oviedo-Torrelavega-Bilbao-San Sebastián
N-635 Muriedas-Solares
N-636 S-10-Aeropuerto de Santander
N-640 O Hospital-Lalín-A Estrada-Vilagarcía de Arousa
N-641 Gijón-El Musel
N-642 Ferrol-Vegadeo
N-643 Folgueras-Aeropuerto de Asturias
N-651 Betanzos-Ferrol

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