Costa Rica | Area code 506 | Common abbreviation CR | Last updated 27-5-2000 | |||
| Road class | Syntax explanation | Administrative subordination | Sub classes | Zones | System | Remarks |
| Primary road (Ruta Primaria) | [0-9]<1-2> | national | 1, 2, 32 | spider-web | ||
| Other numbers | ||||||
| Secondary road (Ruta Secondaria) | [12][0-9]<2> | national | 1 west 2 east | sequential in each zone | ||
| Tertiary road (Ruta Terciaria) | [3-9][0-9]<2> | national | determined by first digit | |||
| General description:
Primary roads: Route 1 is the main road between the capital San Jose and the border with Nicaragua. Route 2 goes from San Jose to Panama. Route 32 connects San Jose and Limon on the Atlantic coast. Other roads are less important. Secondary roads: In both zones, numbers are generally higher further away from San Jose, but there are exceptions. For example, the highest known numbers in zone 1, 166 and 167, are in San Jose. These could be recent additions. Tertiary roads are usually not sufraced. Zones are not ordered geographically. | ||||||
| Road signs: No information available | ||||||
| History: No information available | ||||||
| Sources: various maps and atlases | ||||||