Numbered highways in Damukuni

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Motorways

Motorway
(2 digits)
Motorway
(3 digits)
Motorway
(pre-2015)

Motorways are limited-access highways that are built to the standards of the Damukunian Department of Transportion's Motor Vehicle Transport Authority (MVTA). Junctions with other roads are grade-separated, and each direction of travel has at least two lanes.

  • Odd-numbered motorways are signed north to south, while even-numbered motorways are signed east to west, with the exception of Motorway 50 (M-50), which is the only two-digit beltway, circling the capital city of Atarashii-Damushuto.
  • Main arterial motorways have two digits, while spurs and bypass motorways have three digits. Spurs are designated with an odd leading digit (e.g., M-175 is a spur of M-75), while loops are designated with an even leading digit (e.g., M-230 is a bypass route for M-30).
  • Motorways are numbered from the southernmost or westernmost terminus. For example, M-8 is a short motorway south of M-10, running from East Town to Retalhuleu.

The Damukuni Department of Transportation grants subsidies to state transportation departments to maintain compliance with the MVTA Standards for Limited-Access Motorways.

Motorways do not exist in the Sonnel States. In Islana Lunigo, Motorway L1 (M-L1) runs between Moaria, near the north edge of the island, and A Missão, on the southern edge.

Federal highways

The roads now known as federal highways were commissioned in 1808 as part of the Emperor's National Highway Schematic (NHWS), a plan to unite the eastern and western portions of the Damukunian mainland. In 1820, the National Highway Schematic Act was updated to provide funding for the creation of a grid of north-south highways, as well as updating the entire existing highway network to accommodate horseless carriages. As the car grew in ubiquity and popularity as a means of travel, some national highways were upgraded to four-lane divided highways, especially those that complemented east-west rail lines.

The longest federal highway is Federal Route 40, nicknamed the East-West Post Road, running from the city of West Bay to Ōza, Tenjiro.

Federal highways do not exist in the Sonnel States or Islana Lunigo.

State and territorial highways

Secondary highways