European Roads

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In a message dated 9/30/01 12:11:11 AM W. Australia Standard Time,

nct-coffee writes:

> Did anyone else see a couple of days ago that the European Parliament would

> like to renumber our roads as part of the standardisation of the EEC roads.

>

But this has been the case for at least 2 decades. Most (if not all) major

routes through Europe have a number which is the same whatever country it

goes through - they begin with the letter E. The road that you pick up from

Rotterdam and head east across Europe has a single European Road number (E?)

which continues until you reach Berlin - although it will also have it's

individual country road numbers as well. This makes it a lot easier to

navigate across mainland Europe.

When I lived in Germany in the 70's and Holland in the 80's - these road

numbers were used both in maps and on the roads. The same maps (which were

from Holland and Germany) - also marked certain UK main trunk roads, with

their relevant " E number " , but I noticed that when you arrived in the UK,

these numbers were not given on the road signs, nor were they on UK maps. I

think that the A14 - which runs from Harwich to Holyhead ( I think) has a

European number, but it just isn't used in the UK.

Debbie Slater

Perth, WA