Swedish county road
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Road
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s with road number
Road number
A road number is often assigned to a stretch of public roadway. The number chosen is often dependent on the type of road, with numbers differentiating between interstates, motorways, arterial thoroughfares, two-lane roads, and so forth.-United Kingdom:...
s from 100 and upwards in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. The Swedish county roads are public roads owned by the Government of Sweden
Government of Sweden
The Government of the Kingdom of Sweden is the supreme executive authority of Sweden. It consists of the Prime Minister and cabinet ministers appointed by the Prime Minister. The Government is responsible for their actions to the Riksdag, which is the legislative assembly...
and administered by the Swedish Transport Administration . There is a total of 82,873 km (51,495 mi) of county roads in Sweden.
The länsväg roads are divided into three categories:
Primary county road (primär länsväg) : Common number series in the range 100–499 throughout Sweden, and can stretch over county
Counties of Sweden
The Counties of Sweden are the first level administrative and political subdivisions of Sweden. Sweden is divided into 21 counties. The counties were established in 1634 on Count Axel Oxenstierna's initiative, superseding the historical provinces of Sweden to introduce a modern administration...
borders despite the name.
Secondary county road (sekundär länsväg) : Each county has its own number series in the range of 500–2999.
Tertiary county road (tertiär länsväg): Each county has its own number series in the range of 3000–9999.
The primary county road number signs are rectangular with a blue background, white numbers, and a white border. The secondary and tertiary county roads are not signed along the roads, and they are prefixed with the county code of the county they are in.