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===Elsewhere=== Some countries, such as [[Brazil]], number their national highways by direction. (BR1xx = North/South highways, BR2xx = East/West, BR3xx = 'Diagonal' (i.e. NW/SE or NE/SW)). ====Cyprus A, B, E, F system==== A stands for motorway and B is for main roads. E and F are for smaller local roads. ====Estonian T system==== T is the prefix for all roads, however not represented on route shields. The prefix is mostly only used by the Estonian Road Administration and is not in common usage when referring to roads. ====French A, N, D system==== A stands for "autoroute" (motorway), N for "national road", D for "départementale" road and C for "communale". France still uses [[Route Nationale (France)|Route Nationale]] numbers from an 1824 revision of 1811 numbers made under [[Napoleon]]. ====Irish M, N, R, L system ==== {{main|Roads in Ireland}} '''M''' stands for [[Motorways in the Republic of Ireland|'''M'''otorway]], '''N''' for [[National primary road|'''N'''ational primary road]] or [[National secondary road|'''N'''ational secondary road]], '''R''' for [[Regional road (Ireland)|'''R'''egional road]] and '''L''' for [[Local roads in Ireland|'''L'''ocal road]]. ====Jamaica A, B system==== {{main|Roads in Jamaica}} ====Japanese C, E system==== '''C''' stands for circular, '''E''' stands for expressway. These designations are used on most expressways in Japan outside of the [[Urban Expressways (Japan)|urban systems]]. The designations, depicted with a green rectangle with white numbers and letters, are used on guide signs as well as [[highway shield]]s. ====Netherlands' A, N system==== A stands for "Autosnelweg" (motorway), N for '''N'''on motorways. The A-codes use white letters on a red shield, the N-codes black letters on a yellow shield. Where a highway changes into a motorway or vice versa, it may continue to use the same number, but the letter and the color are switched.<br /> When the letter is followed by three digits, the road is typically a provincial road. When there are only one or two digits, it is typically a national road. ==== Philippines E, N system ==== {{main|Philippine highway network}} {{multiple image | width = 90 |image1 = E1 (Philippines).svg |image2 = N61 (Philippines).svg |image3 = N170 (Philippines).svg |footer = Philippine expressway and national road shields. Expressway are designated with "E", and signed with the letter. National roads omit the "N" on signage }} The Philippines' new route numbering system, started in 2014, for its network of [[Expressways of the Philippines|expressways]] (limited access roads) and national roads (of the primary and secondary types), uses E and N, respectively. National roads ("N" roads, of the primary and secondary designation) use white shields based on the Australian National Route shields, but signed with the number only, with N included for inventory purposes. Expressways ("E" roads) uses signs the same design as with national primary and secondary roads, but colored yellow, and unlike national roads, includes E to prevent confusion. ====Polish A, S, DK, DW system==== {{main|Roads in Poland}} {{multiple image | width = 90 |image1 = A1-PL.svg |image2 = S2-PL.svg |image3 = DK3-PL.svg |image4 = DW101-PL.svg |footer = Polish roads plates. Motorways are designated with "A", expressways are designated with "S". National roads and voivodeship roads display only numbers on signage }} * A stands for "[[Highways in Poland|autostrada]]" (motorway) * S stands for "[[Highways in Poland|droga ekspresowa]]" (expressway) * DK stands for "[[National roads in Poland|droga krajowa]]" (national road) * DW stands for "[[Voivodeship road|droga wojewódzka]]" (voivodeship/provincial road) There are also county roads (DP, "[[Powiat road|droga powiatowa]]") and communal/municipal roads (DG, "[[Gmina road|droga gminna]]"). However the numbers of these types of routes are only for administrative purposes, therefore not displayed on signage. ====Senegal N, R system==== {{main|Roads in Senegal}} N stands for "national" roads while R is for "regional" roads. ====South African N, R, M system==== N stands for national road, R stands for regional road and M stands for metropolitan road. ====Spain A, AP, N system==== {{Main|Highways in Spain|List of national roads in Spain}} * A, followed by one or two digits, stands for "[[autovía]]" ([[dual carriageway]]). ** If followed by three or four digits, it is road owned by a [[Autonomous communities of Spain|regional government]], usually [[Andalusia]] or [[Aragon]], and may or may not be a divided highway. * AP stands for "autopista de peaje" ([[Toll road|toll]] [[motorway]]) * N stands for "nacional" (national), single carriageway road owned by the [[Government of Spain|national Government]]. National roads 1 to 6 are radial roads linking Madrid with major cities or borders with France and Portugal. All other roads are numbered with three digits. Other letters refer to the code of the [[Autonomous communities of Spain|region]] or city that is served by the road. See for example [[Autopista de Circunvalación M-30|M-30]], with M standing for [[Madrid]]. ====Turkey O, D, I system==== [[File:O1-TR sign.svg|thumb|O-1 ([[Otoyol 1]])]] * O stands for "[[Otoyol]]" (motorway) * D stands for "[[Turkish State Highway System|Devlet Yolu]]" (expressways/major highways) * I stands for "Il Yolu" (provincial roads/minor highways) ====Vietnamese QL, TL, HL system==== [[File:QL 1, VNM.svg|thumb|right|"QL" on a national road shield]]The following abbreviations appear on guide signs and kilometer posts: ; CT : {{lang|vi|cao tốc}} (expressway) ; QL : {{lang|vi|quốc lộ}} (national road) ; TL or ĐT : {{lang|vi|tỉnh lộ}} or {{lang|vi|đường tỉnh}} (provincial road) ; HL : {{lang|vi|hương lộ}} or {{lang|vi|huyện lộ}} (rural district road) ; ĐCK : {{lang|vi|đường cặp kênh}} (canal towpath)
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