Editing Route number (section)

=== Germany ===
''A'' stands for ''[[Autobahn]]'' (motorway), ''B'' for ''Bundesstraße'' (literally "federal road"). There are also ''L'' roads (''Landesstraße'' for [[Bundesland (Germany)|Bundes''land'']]; in [[Saxony]] ''S'' and [[Bavaria]] ''St'' for ''Staatsstraße''), ''K'' roads (''Kreisstraße'' for [[Districts in Germany|districts]], in some states of Germany ''K'' roads are classified as ''Landesstraßen 2. Ordnung'' and also carry an ''L'' number).

Formerly, ''B'' roads were also designated as ''F'' for ''Fernstraße'' (long-distance road) in [[East Germany]] until 1990 and as ''R'' for ''Reichsstraße'' (imperial road) in the [[Weimar republic]] and [[Nazi-Germany]] until the [[Second World War]].

''A'' roads use white numbers on blue shields, ''B'' and ''R'' roads black numbers on yellow shields and ''L'', ''K'' and ''St'' roads – if designated – black numbers on white shields. The respective letters are normally not included in the shield.

<gallery>
 Bundesautobahn 7 number.svg|Shield for [[Bundesautobahn 7]], short ''A&nbsp;7''
 Bundesstraße_14_number.svg|Shield for [[Bundesstraße 14]], ''B&nbsp;14''
 Reichsstraße 128 number.svg|Shield for former [[Reichsstraße 128]] in former [[East Prussia]], abbreviated as ''R&nbsp;128''
 L262 Saar.jpg|Road marker for Landesstraße 262 in the [[Saarland]], abbreviated as ''L&nbsp;262''
</gallery>

==== Autobahns ====
In [[Germany]], the normal route number for the [[German autobahns]] consists of the letter A and a number:
* 1-digit-numbers are the most important autobahns;
* 2- and 3-digit numbers are for connectors of 1-digit-number-autobahns; and
* north–south routes have odd numbers, and east–west routes have even numbers.

==== Bundesstraßen ====
Bundesstraßen are national [[highway]]s, their numbers consist of the letter B and a number:
* 1-digit numbers are more important than 2- or 3-digit numbers;
* the first ten roads span the entire country, the 2-digit roads were assigned sequentially in clusters connecting the major regions, and the 3-digit roads are usually shorter connector roads.
* short branches of Bundesstraßen are sometimes signed with the letter "a" (e.g. B 27a); and
* rerouted Bundesstraßen may be given numbers with an appended "n" (e.g. B 7n).

[[West Berlin]] once had its own Bundesstraßen with letters.

====State roads====
State roads are roads operated by the German federal states. They are called Landesstrasse or Staatsstrasse (in [[Saxony]] and [[Bavaria]]). They are labeled by an initial L or S and a one- to four-digit individual number (e.g. S2 or L240). The federal states sustain their own numbering systems with individual styles of number shields used.

==== Gallery ====
<gallery>
File:Bundesautobahn 1 number.svg|A 1
File:Bundesautobahn 66 number.svg|A 66
File:Bundesautobahn 100 number.svg|A 100
File:Bundesstraße_35_number.svg|B 35
File:Bundesstraße 28a number.svg|B 28a
File:Bundesstraße 71n number.svg|B 71n
File:Bundesstraße E number.svg|E from West Berlin
File:Bundesstraße R number.svg|R from West Berlin
File:Bundesstraße S number.svg|S from West Berlin
File:Bundesstraße Z number.svg|Z from West Berlin
</gallery>