highways?

[aussiescraperman]

for everyone who isn't australian or british, what do u call other main roads (roads which aren't always divided, can have traffic lights and level crossings)

map of australian roads: the grey roads are our freeways/motorways/interstates/autobahns (if u will).

the other lines are just plain ole' highways..what do u call them in ur country?

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a211/aussiehuskie/aussieroads.jpg


it's something that always bugs me...cuz people on this forum are always comparing their countries different stuff..but never on a common factor, and missunderstanding generates alot of crap.

[ChrisZwolle]

The Netherlands:

Well, we have Motorways, which are the same as Autobahnen, Autoroutes, Freeway's etc.

Than we have National Roads. In the US they call these Highways.
Next are Provincial roads, most of the non-motorway roads are Provincial roads, designated with the prefix Nxxx
National Roads have 1 and 2 digit numbers, Provincial Roads have 3 digit numbers. These are generally the less important roads, althought they want to bring some National Roads to the provinces, which is a bad thing.

National Roads and Provincial roads can be compared to the US Highways or State Highways.

And there are a load of non-numbered roads, which we call just... roads :)

[Verso]

^ I think it was meant how they're called in your (Dutch) language, although I'm not sure...

[Alargule]

(Auto)snelweg. Plural with -en added.

[ChrisZwolle]

Czech: Dálnice
Danish: Motorvej
Dutch: Autosnelweg
English (UK): Motorway
English (US): Freeway, Expressway
English (AUS): Freeway
Finnish: Moottoritie
French: Autoroute
German: Autobahn
Italian: Autostrada
Norwegian: Motorvei A
Polish: Autostrada
Portuguese: Autoestrada
Russian: Avtomagistral'
Slovak: Dial'nica
Slovene: Avtocesta
Spanish: Autopista
Swedish: Motorväg
Turkish: Otoyol

[FallenGuard]

Luxembourgish: Autobunn

[Bahnsteig4]

Bundesstraße (Federal Road)

[aussiescraperman]

nah i meant like just for english, but how u would say em when speaking english. alot of americans call there interstates highways, and all the asian forumers call their freeways highways.

[Verso]

^ If you mean highways (so NOT motorways, freeways, expressways), I think most of us call them highways or main/major roads, no special difference.:dunno: Unless you're having in mind sth like davidkunz/VIE wrote (Federal Road/Bundesstraße). Then I know for Croatia it calls them "State Road" ("Državna cesta", abbreviation "D"), in Slovenia we simply call them "Highway/Main Road/Major Road" ("Glavna cesta", abb. "G"). In Italy they also call them "State Road" ("Strada Statale", abb. "SS").

[Nicolás]

Autobahn (Motorway):

http://www.fh-bochum.de/images/illustration/autobahn.jpg

Kraftfahrstraße (Expressway):

http://www.verkehrswacht-frankfurt.de/pmwiki/uploads/Site/Z331.gif
yellow signing like on the "Bundesstraße".

Bundesstraße (comparable to US Highway / Federal road):

http://www.torpedo-emscher.de/wr/union/rakete/img/b1_xl.gif

Landesstraße (comparable to US State Highway):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/1/15/L262_Saar.jpg/200px-L262_Saar.jpg
Number usually not used on the signs! In Bavaria and in Saxony they are called "Staatsstraße".

Kreisstraße (County Road)

[LosAngelesMetroBoy]

thats where we can encounter problems, cuz many state roads in california are freeways, and the ones that arnt should be.

[Verso]

Kraftfahrstraße (Expressway):

Isn't it called "Schnellstraße"?

[Nicolás]

^^ yes, you can call it "Schnellstraße", too, but the official word is "Kraftfahrstraße". A road (Straße) only for motor vehicles (Kraftfahrzeuge); Bikes and very slow vehicles are not allowed to use these roads.

[Verso]

^ I understand, yes, I just haven't heard of the expression yet.

[earthJoker]

In Switzerland Kraftfahrstraße is called Autostrasse.

[Cicerón]

In Spain we have Autovías (free) and Autopistas (tolled).

[Minato ku]

In France
Autoroutes for motorway in majority tolled
Voie express for expressway or freeway

[milanxyz]

i know nobody is interested in such a small country but in hungarian we say autopalya

[khoojyh]

Malaysia called as Lebuhraya which same meaning to expressway or highway, jalan persekutuan (federal road), its nation main road which connect state to state.
jalan negeri (state road) is connect between a town or city within state,