State highway

A state highway ,state road,orstate route (

and t
heequi
val
entprov incial highway ,prov incial
road,orprov incial route)i
sus
ual
ly ei
therar
oad numbered by t
hes
tat
eorpr
ovi
nce,f
all
ingbel
ow
number
ednat
ionalhi
ghwaysi
nthehi
erar
chy(
rout
enumber
sar
eus
edt
oai
dnavi
gat
ion,andmayormay
noti
ndi
cat
eowner
shi
p ormai
ntenance)
;orar
oad maintained byt
hes
tat
eorpr
ovi
nce,i
ncl
udi
ngbot
h
nat
ional
lynumber
edhi
ghwaysandun-
number
eds
tat
ehi
ghways
.Dependi
ngont
hes
tat
e,s
tat
ehi
ghwaymay
beus
edf
oronemeani
ngands
tat
eroadors
tat
erout
efort
heot
her
.

I
nsomecount
riess
uchasNew Zeal
and,t
hewor
d"s
tat
e"i
sus
edi
nit
ssens
eofanat
ion.Byt
hismeani
nga
s
tat
ehi
ghwayi
sar
oadmai
ntai
nedandnumber
edbyt
henat
ionalgover
nmentr
athert
hanl
ocalaut
hor
iti
es.

Contents
Countries
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Italy
India
Mexico
New Zealand
South Korea
United States

See also
References

Countries

Australia
Aus
tral
ia'
sSt
ateRout
esys
tem cover
sur
ban and i
nter
-regi
onalr
out
est
hatar
enot
i
ncl
uded i
ntheNat
ionalRout
eort
heNat
ionalHi
ghway s
yst
ems
.Thes
erout
esar
e
mar
ked wi
thabl
ues
hiel
d.Somet
imesas
tat
erout
emay bef
ormed whenaf
ormer
nat
ionalr
out
eisdecommi
ssi
oned.

Mos
tst
atesandt
err
itor
ieshavei
ntr
oducedanal
phanumer
icr
out
enumber
ings
yst
em,
Australian State
ei
thercompl
etel
yorpar
tial
lyr
epl
aci
ngt
hepr
evi
ouss
yst
ems
. Route 3 marker
Brazil
Br
azi
lisanot
hercount
ryt
hati
sdi
videdi
ntos
tat
esandhass
tat
ehi
ghways
.

Canada
SP-270 state
Canada i
sdi
vided i
nto pr
ovi
ncesand t
err
itor
ies
,each ofwhi
ch mai
ntai
nsi
tsown
highway shield
s
yst
em ofpr
ovi
nci
alort
err
itor
ialhi
ghways
.Canada'
sfeder
alNat
ionalHi
ghwaySys
tem in the state of
i
sadualf
eder
al–pr
ovi
nci
als
yst
em whi
chi
ncl
udest
heTr
ans
-CanadaHi
ghwaynet
wor
k, São Paulo
andwhi
chhasnouni
for
m des
ignat
ionacr
osst
hecount
ry.

Italy
I
tal
y'sSt
radeSt
atal
iext
endf
ors
ome18,
000 km,over
seenbyt
heAz
iendaNaz
ional
e
Aut
onoma del
le St
rade (
ANAS)f
ounded i
n 1946,r
epl
aci
ng t
he A.
A.S.
S.(
Azi
enda
Aut
onomadel
leSt
radeSt
atal
i)of1928.

India Trans-Canada
Highway marker
St
atehi
ghwaysi
nIndi
aar
enumber
edhi
ghwayst
hatar
elai
dand
mai
ntai
nedbys
tat
egover
nment
s.

Mexico
Mexi
co'
sSt
ateHi
ghwaySys
tem i
sas
yst
em ofur
banands
tat
erout
escons
truct
edand
mai
ntai
nedbyeachMexi
cans
tat
e.Themai
npur
pos
eoft
hes
tat
enet
wor
ksi
stos
erve
Road marker for asaf
eeders
yst
em t
othef
eder
alhi
ghways
yst
em.Al
lst
atesexceptt
heFeder
alDi
str
ict
state highways oper
atear
oadnet
wor
k.Eachs
tat
emar
kst
hes
erout
eswi
thawhi
tes
hiel
dcont
aini
ng
in India t
heabbr
evi
atednameoft
hes
tat
epl
ust
her
out
enumber
.

New Zealand
New Zeal
and s
tat
ehi
ghwaysar
enat
ionalhi
ghways– t
hewor
d"s
tat
e"i
nthi
ssens
e
means"
gover
nment
"or"
publ
ic"(
asi
nst
atehous
ingands
tat
eschool
s),notadi
vis
ionof
acount
ry.

New Zeal
and'
sst
atehi
ghways
yst
em i
sanat
ionwi
denet
wor
kofr
oadscover
ingt
he
Nor
thI
slandand t
heSout
hIs
land.Asof2006,j
ustunder100 r
oadshavea"
Stat
e
New Zealand
Hi
ghway"des
ignat
ion.TheNZTr
ans
por
tAgencyadmi
nis
ter
sthem.Thes
peedl
imi
tfor
state highway
mos
tst
atehi
ghwaysi
s100km/h,wi
thr
educt
ionswhenonepas
sest
hroughadens
ely
marker
popul
atedar
ea.

The hi
ghwaysi
n New Zeal
and wer
e or
igi
nal
ly des
ignat
ed on a t
wo-
tiers
yst
em,nat
ional(
SH 1–8)and
pr
ovi
nci
al,wi
thnat
ionalhi
ghwayshavi
ngahi
ghers
tandar
dandf
undi
ngpr
ior
iti
es.Nowal
loft
hem ar
est
ate
hi
ghways
,andt
henet
wor
kcons
ist
sofSH 1r
unni
ngt
hel
engt
hofbot
hmai
nis
lands
,SH2–5and10–58i
nthe
Nor
thI
sland,andSH 6–8and60–99i
ntheSout
hIs
land.Nat
ionalandpr
ovi
nci
alhi
ghwaysar
enumber
ed
appr
oxi
mat
elynor
tht
osout
h.St
ateHi
ghway1r
unst
hel
engt
hofbot
his
lands
.

South Korea
Local highway s (
Hangul
: ;Hanj
a:地方道;RR:Jibangdo;MR:Chipangdo)ar
ethenexti
mpor
tant
r
oadsundert
heNat
ionalhi
ghways
.Thenumberhast
wo,t
hree,orf
ourdi
ght
s.Hi
ghwayswi
tht
wo-
digi
t
number
srout
esar
ecal
ledSt
ate-
fundedl
ocalhi
ghways
.

United States
St
atehi
ghwaysar
egener
all
yami
xtur
eofpr
imar
yands
econdar
yroads
,al
thoughs
ome
ar
efr
eeways(
forexampl
e,St
ateRout
e99i
nCal
if
orni
a,whi
chl
inksmanyoft
heci
tiesof
t
heCent
ralVal
ley,Rout
e128i
nMas
sachus
ett
s,Ronal
dReaganCr
ossCount
yHi
ghway
(
Stat
eRout
e126)i
nCi
nci
nnat
i,orpar
tsofRout
e101i
nNew Hamps
hir
e).Eachs
tat
e
hasi
tsowns
yst
em f
ornumber
ingandi
tsownmar
ker
.Thedef
aul
tmar
keri
sawhi
te
ci
rcl
econt
aini
ngabl
acks
anss
eri
fnumber(
oft
eni
nscr
ibedi
nabl
acks
quar
eors
light
ly Default U.S.
r
ounded s
quar
e),accor
ding t
othe Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices state highway
(
MUTCD)
.Howevereach s
tat
eisf
reet
o choos
eadi
ff
erentmar
ker
,andmos
tst
ates marker
have.St
atesmaychoos
eades
ignt
hemer
elevantt
oit
sst
atet
odi
sti
ngui
shs
tat
erout
e
mar
ker
sfr
om i
nter
stat
e,count
y,ormuni
cipalr
out
emar
ker
s.

See also
Roads portal

List of longest state highways in the United States

List of numbered highways in the United States
Interstate Highway System, U.S. Highway System
Missouri supplemental route
County highway
Highways in Australia
Numbered street

References
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