![]() ![]() The district roads are the lower level of roadway in the country found between districts roadway marked as Rr with a number on a blue field. The state roads are the main and most common level of roadway in the country, connecting major cities marked as SH with a number on a blue field. The motorways are the highest level of roadway in the country, marked as A with a number on a green field. A new road system has been introduced in the early 2000s and is classified as follows: Type A2 and A3 are planned to become toll highways in the near future. Currently, cars are free of payment while driving on both motorways and expressways except on A1 motorway which has become a toll highway since March 2018. Roads Classification Īll roads in the country are property of Albanian Road Authority ( Autoriteti Rrugor Shqiptar (ARRSH)), a directorate subordinated to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure based in Tirana. Most rural segments continue to remain in bad conditions as their reconstruction has only began in the late 2000s by the Albanian Development Fund. ![]() In fact, there are three formal motorway segments in Albania: Thumanë-Milot-Rrëshen-Kalimash (A1), Levan-Vlorë (A2), and partly Tirane-Elbasan (A3). There is a dual carriageway connecting the port city of Durrës with Tirana, Vlorë, and partially Kukës. Īt present, major cities are linked with either single or dual carriageways or well maintained roads. In 2010, Prime Minister Sali Berisha announced plans to build several major highways. The segment involved the carving of a mountainous terrain, and the construction of a 5.6 km long tunnel and dozens of bridges. The largest road project in the history of Albania was the construction of the A1 dual carriageway from 2007 to 2010, linking Albania with Kosovo. The country's roads, however, were generally narrow, poorly marked, pocked with holes, and in the early 1990s often crowded with pedestrians and people riding mules, bicycles, and horse-drawn carts. Private car ownership was not allowed and the only vehicles circulating were state-owned trucks, agricultural and official's vehicles, buses, motorcycles, and bicycles. The total length of Albania's roads more than doubled in the first three decades after World War II, and by the 1980s almost all of the country's remote mountain areas were connected, either by dirt or paved roads, with the capital city of Tirana, and ports on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea. In King Zog's period, further road construction took place near Vlora and at Krraba Pass between Tirana and Elbasan. During World War I, occupying forces opened up new road sections mainly in the mountainous areas of the country. The former passed through northern Albania, while the latter linked Rome with Byzantium, through Durres on the Adriatic Sea. Since antiquity, the area of Albania served as an important crossroad within the Roman Empire through the Via Pubblica and Via Egnatia. The ancient route of the Via Egnatia, which connected ancient Durrës in the west with Constantinople in the east. The following European routes are currently defined to end at, or near, the border of Albania such as the E86, E762, E851, E852, E853. The country signed the European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries in 2006. The Pan-European Corridor VIII pass through the country and starts at Durrës on the Adriatic Sea in the west continuing across the Republic of North Macedonia and Bulgaria and ends at Varna at the Black Sea in the east. ![]() The country is a member of the Pan-European Corridor system. The A2 is the third longest motorway and represent a significant north-south corridor within the country and the Adriatic-Ionian motorway. The A3 is the second longest motorway and connects Tirana with the Pan-European Corridor VIII, running from Durrës on the Adriatic Sea to Varna on the Black Sea. The A1 is the country's longest and only toll highway connecting the port city of Durrës on the Adriatic Sea in the west as well as the capital of Tirana in the center, with the Republic of Kosovo in the northeast. They have a speed limit of 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph). The expressways are the secondary roads, also dual carriageways, but without an emergency lane. They have white on green road signs such as in Italy and other countries nearby. The motorways are primary roads with a speed limit of 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph). The motorways and expressways are both part of the national road network. The Highways in Albania are the central state and main transport network in Albania. ![]() A map of Albania illustrating the current expressways and motorways in Albania. ![]()
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