Talk:International E-road network
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It is untrue that Belgian E-roads do not have a national designation. They do, but virtually no one uses it. Thus, while the E411 is also the A4 in Belgium, virtually everyone calls it the E411. I have changed the article to reflect this. --Deregnaucourt 11:39, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Is there any reason why the numbers are not accompanied by a compass direction (North, West, ..), the same way as in U.S.? I saw few times in Scandinavia, but not in the rest of Europe. It makes orientation much much easier, especially at complex junctions. Is it just a problem of choosing a common language? Or it was it never intended that way, but why then is the numbering organized by compass direction?
A pity that the powers that be haven't included Iceland in the uber Autobahn system, even though Anatolia, Kazakhstan and Syria get a look in.
How should one treat the cases of E47 (which is within Scandinavia, at least Sweden and Norway, called and signed E6) and E55 (which is within Scandinavia, at least Sweden, called and signed E4)? As of now, they are listed here as E04 and E06, which is not a good solution. Also, E4 has its own page, under that name.
I see that I missed on signing the message. But it was mine! =) The reason for listing the roads as E04 and E06 being a bad idea is of course that they are anything but west-to-east. --Jao 02:53, 23 Jan 2004 (UTC)
I would like to propose a 'standard' for listing the roads, based on the current de facto scheme. It should be noted in the text.
No revolution, just putting the de facto std in writing. --Wernher 14:49, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)
It would be nice to have information about signage in each country. Here's all I know:
--SPUI (talk) 04:41, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC) The truth is, that the overall signage in Germany is poor. Among German motorists, there is virtually any kind of awareness about E-roads, they simply follow the German national numbering schemes. E-road numbers are only included in the motorway reassurance signs. The few E-road sections on Bundesstraßen (Federal highways apart from motorways) often provide a better E-road signage than on the motorway system. Example: E233 near the Dutch border. However, at least some major interchanges in Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Saarland and Berlin do cover E numbering. But these rare examples are not specifically on newer signs - especially in Berlin these signs are often very old. Ironically, the E signage in the former GDR was far better than in West Germany. After the 1990 reunification, this has been changed to West German standard, because the GDR motorway system was included into the German motorway numbering system. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.225.112.236 (talk) 08:54, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
The official name of the system is the "international E-road network", which is why I moved the article here. "European route" does not seem to be in common use. That of course brings us to the question of what to title the articles about the roads. Maybe E-road E08, E08 (E-road) or E08 (road)? --SPUI (talk) 05:38, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Are the roads just lines on a map, or something more? Do national governments get funding for them from the EU or the UN? What effect do they have on me in the UK, where we don't even seem to sign any of them? The article doesn't mention any of these kind of questions. Maccoinnich 12:23, August 8, 2005 (UTC)
Article 1. The Contracting Parties adopt the proposed road network herein after referred to as "the international E-road network" and described in annex I to this Agreement as a co-ordinated plan for the construction and development of roads of international importance which they intend to undertake within the framework of their national programmes.
Article 2. The international E-road network consists of a grid system of reference roads having a general north-south and west-east orientation; it includes also intermediate roads located between the reference roads and branch, link and connecting roads.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ROADS OF THE INTERNATIONAL E-ROAD NETWORK
Article 3. The roads of the international E-road network as referred to in article 1 of this Agreement shall be brought into conformity with the provisions of annex II to this Agreement.
SIGNING OF THE ROADS OF THE INTERNATIONAL E-ROAD NETWORK
Article 4. 1. The roads of the international E-road network shall be identified and signed by means of the road sign described in annex III to this Agreement.
I removed the reference to the US Highway/Interstate system, since I don't see any connection that has to E-roads. E-roads are an international, transcontinental system; thus, they are most similar to the Pan-American Highway or to the Asian Highway Network. There is of course some vague similarities between international and national highway systems (heck, they are both highway systems). But then, if we are to compare international and national highway systems, why should we compare it against just the US one? The US is but one country of many, a particularly important one in many fields, but in the field of highway systems? I doubt so. -- Samuel Katinsky
I suppose the edits mentioned by Samuel Katinsky have been undone. My reason for commenting at all is that the article does not make it clear how the E-road network was originally envisaged as comparable to the US Interstate System given that the article on that system states its construction was only authorized in 1956, which is after the date this article states the Declaration on the Construction of Main International Traffic Arteries was signed, in 1950. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.31.76 (talk) 03:25, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
I would suggest that a high resolution map of the complete E-road Network be placed in this article. It should include all A class roads at least, and even B class if the scale permits. It should include information about which parts of a route are up to motorway standards, which are not, which are planned to be upgraded to motorway etc... Also, even though there are images of some of the roads on articles about the country they belong to, it could be useful to link them here, or even add more. Jimzoun 12:59, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
Also, there is something wrong with the map of the German system. It's fine if one follows the link, but in the article on my browser, it appears as a thick vertical gray line on a white background. vLaDsINgEr 01:12, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
The map is missing national boundaries of post-Soviet Union states
What is the reason for inclusion of two images of Georgia's network where many countries aren't even displayed? The fist image displaying Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia seems adequate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.58.132.156 (talk) 10:59, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
The list should be updated with the recent changes documented in the minutes for the 2004 meeting: --ZorroIII 08:39, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
I'm about to edit the reference to signage practice in the British Isles. Two reasons:
1. The reference to roads not crossing borders with differing numbers on either side is false. Two states and a land border means that that does indeed happen.
2. E-road signage has begun to sneak onto signs in the Republic of Ireland.
3. (I lied about the number). Irish people tend not to like the term "British Isles", mostly because of the way it encourages people to assume it refers to a single country with uniform characteristics (as appears to have happened in the old text).
Mackerski 19:17, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
I get the slight feeling that Wexford County Council did a solo run on putting "E-01" on route confirmation signs on the Gorey Bypass. The N1 Dundalk-Newry dual carriageway, which opened today, does not have similar signs (and in fact, this would be the one strech of road you would expect them to use the E number!). Secondly, the E-01 markers are not in the standard format and are rather small (I believe they should read "E1" now, rather than E-01.
Until they publish the very long awaited new TSM, we won't know for sure, of course....
--Rdd 20:07, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
E-201 has now been signposted. The E-201 is the N8. It is signed on Route Confirmation Signs South of Cashel, and they are bigger than what was put on the Gorey Bypass. I think the article should be changed to reflect this, also to keep a refernce to the new TSM, if it ever comes out. Limbo-Messiah (talk) 14:11, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
In the official document pdf, about 130 kB (any other reliable sources?) the naming is always with a space between letter and number - any reason why we don't have this space here? It's not regulated in the source to have a space (or dashes etc.) on the sign, so it may often be omitted resulting in smaller and cheaper signs - but I don't see a reason to omit the spaces here. Greetings -- 79.219.60.232 (talk) 09:54, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
I agree on that, it would make sense to have consistent information sources. According to the official UNECE document I will start to adjust the naming of the E-roads. --HeikoEc (talk) 18:51, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know of any wiki-preferred provenance for E road distances appearing in wiki entries on E roads? Background:
I have been translating an entry on the E62 from Italian. Our Italian friends have a total distance for the E 62 of 1290 km from somewhere (source not to me obvious) so I copied it to the intro para.
But now I am trying to compute the distance leg by leg using both (1) distances on road atlases (Ravenstein. Michelin, TCI) and (2) Microsoft Autoroute 2006 'route finder' software (applying cumulative minus previous cumulative to avoid excessive impact from roundings).
I've not finished, but I think I am finding the measured distances longer than the 1290 km by maybe 5%.
Considerations:
I guess this raises quite complex interlocking questions about the 'wiki-nature' of 'wiki-truth' as it impacts route distances. I wonder if anyone else has been through these thought processes and formed any conclusions - consensus even? The wiki project highways group seems to be chiefly interested in stateside routes which is fine and dandy, but in Europe the distances issue seems to be rather different in a way that folks who seldom travel outside The Union probably would mostly find pretty hard to conceptualise. Maybe that should be conceptualize.
Regards Charles01 (talk) 08:23, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
I suggest removing this map from the article, since it is 20 years incorrect. it is showing the borders of the USSR, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, instead of independent states. H2ppyme (talk) 07:47, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
I am not certain of this, but I think that the E02 described here is an international long distance walking path, not a road route. I have a German road atlas which shows E routes in ins summary of Europe. It shows E01, E16, E18, E20, E30, E201 in Ireland, but nothing going to Galway and no E02. If I am right, the the European route E02 article is also completely wrong. -- SGBailey (talk) 23:29, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
I'm curious as to why these have gone, since according to the UNECE standard, and seemingly most of the signage in those places that do it, the prefixes should be there. Exceptions for E4 and E6 are justified, since strictly speaking those two are from the former system (based on traffic volumes rather than on a grid - I have a book somewhere which lists at least E1-E25 from that scheme), with grid positions E04 and E06 not used, but the others should certainly be zero-prefixed - even the new signage in Ireland uses them. 81.111.114.131 (talk) 17:36, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
2. (...) Les routes de catégorie B reçoivent des numéros à trois chiffres dont le premier est celui de la route repère la plus proche située au nord de la route B considérée et le deuxième celui de la route repère la plus proche située à l’ouest de la route B considérée, le troisième chiffre étant un numéro d’ordre. (...)
4. Les routes d’embranchement, de rocade ou de liaison situées à l’est de la E 101 ont des numéros à trois chiffres commençant par 0 et allant de 001 à 099.
The result of the move request was move. Jafeluv (talk) 09:54, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
European route E1 → European route E01 — Extending this discussion because of new evidence turning up. —harej (talk) (cool!) 17:36, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
I propose that the zeroes be reinstated on the odd-numbered roads. The UNECE source document unequivocally uses the leading zeroes on these roads. I have not proposed the even-numbered roads for historical reasons. 81.110.104.91 (talk) 15:45, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
The even numbers aren't listed because:
Throw in the lack of an E02, and there's no even numbers to move yet. 81.110.104.91 (talk) 15:30, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
We have Spain which uses one digit and Ireland which has the leading zero. Do we have examples from other countries? —harej (talk) (cool!) 17:36, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Is there any reason why Rome isn't wikilinked in those long lists of cities? I can't imagine why not (given that Rome isn't a dab page or a redirect to the Vatican or something -- it's an article on the Italian capital). But the omission is so unmistakable that I figured I'd suppress my boldness and ask first. - Regards, PhilipR (talk) 08:12, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
I saw a 1974 road map of Turkey, and it states that "the European route E5 in Turkey starts from Kapikule and ends in Hatay Province."
I want to know about "where the former European route E5 begins and where it passes before reaching the Bulgarian- Turkish border? (until the mid-90s).
According to an old road atlas I have (published by Rand McNally in 1976, before the present numbering system was devised), the original E5 begins in London, via Dover crosses the Channel to Calais, turns eastwards along the Belgian coast to Oostende, then inland to Gent (so-spelled), onwards to Bruxelles (Brussels), Liège, enters Germany near Aachen and continues to Köln (Cologne), crosses the Rhine, turns southwards to pass between Wiesbaden and Frankfurt, crosses the Main, turns eastwards again to pass south of Frankfurt, continues in a southeasterly direction past Würzburg, Nürnberg, and Regensburg, crosses the Danube into Austria and proceeds via Linz to Vienna, then into Hungary and on to Budapest, from there to Szeged and (the then still-existing Yugoslavia, now Serbia). From there to Beograd (Belgrade) and Niš (Nish), where the E5 splits into the 5S, which runs south to Thessaloniki in Greece, then east to Turkey, while the 5N continues to Bulgaria and the cities of Sofija and Plovdiv, then on to Edirne in Tutkey. The 5S and 5N rejoin just to the west of Istanboul. The map shows the E5 crossing into Anatolia but there are no further maps of Turkey in Asia. i hope this hasn't been too wordy. (dsh/2015.01.16)-- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.104.25.50 (talk) 23:12, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
OK, so, in ECE/TRANS/SC.1/384, E65/E80 portion of the road trough Montenegro goes from Dubrovnik,Croatia - Petrovac - Podgorica and so on, and E851 starts at Petrovac and goes to Albania. My problem is, that this is somewhat old document, and since then, from Petrovac to Podgorica there is much, much safer route. In time of the document, you would go over the mountain, but today, you can go a bit more down the coastline to the south to Sutomore, and then trough 5 km Sozina tunnel towards Podgorica. Using google maps, I can see that the distance is actually exactly the same, but living here, I can tell you that this is main route with most traffic, and other is only alternative, and not maintained as good as before.
Speaking of google maps, it is in line with what I said, and considers Sozina tunnel route as E65/E80, and E851 now starts at Sutomore. Also, on Sozina tunnel article, it says it is part of E65 route. So my question is, should we go by de facto situation (Sozina tunnel route), which I believe is better, or de iure (over the mountain route), which is 100% in line with ECE/TRANS/SC.1/384. I am not that good with wiki rules, so I hope more experienced users would help with this. Note: I understand that E65/E80 does not specify the route between Petrovac and Podgorica, but the fact that E851 starts at Petrovac, and there should not be overlapping of the routes, means that the mountain route is considered by the ECE/TRANS/SC.1/384 official E65/E80 route.Requiem mn (talk) 06:43, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
The article mentions that roads were renumbered in 1992. AFAICT the new numbers were agreed in 1975 and ratified over the next two decades and more. dewiki mentions that the renumbering happened around 1985. So was it 1985 or 1992? Or did it perhaps change gradually country by country over many years?C960657 (talk) 06:13, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
I would love it if a knowledgeable person could update the article to explain the post-Brexit consequences (if any) upon E-roads in the UK. I have not read round it extensively but it is sounding to me a bit as if there will be no change, as it is UNECE rather than EU, though to be fair I have no idea how the funding and influence works, who is doing who a favour, etc. Who or what "makes" the UK comply and why do we want to? I dunno, please educate me, encyclopaedists!
I do realize that this is hardly a topic of a setting-the-Thames-on-fire level of urgency. I don't think we can see them signed anywhere in the UK and I'm only aware of it because my Tomtom GPS software announces the A1 and E15 every time I point the car at Northumberland or wherevs. So in a slightly confused and elderly way I find myself wondering if that will change; I don't think it will; it would be great if the article covered this point.
Thanks and best wishes to all, DBaK (talk) 08:11, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
Can the history table be made collapsible, please, and collapsed by default? It seems wrong to have huge tracts of the page, near the top, spent on something that is historically interesting but was true yonks ago. It should still be there, but optional to open and read, I feel. I'd do it myself but would probably break the table! Thanks DBaK (talk) 08:15, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
The map (what is in th infobox) load for 5 minutes, then shows nothing. I reloaded it, but it almost freezed my computer. Please fix that.--Dr. Megkő Tóni (talk) 15:18, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
The introductory text says at first, that Russia does not use E-road designations, then at the end, to the contrary, it states that Russia uses these designations.
It should be fixed.
Medvexxx (talk) 21:38, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
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