Jordan
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Jordan | Area code 972 | Common abbreviation JOR | Last updated 1-3-2009 | |||
| Road class | Syntax explanation | Administrative subordination | Sub classes | Zones | System | Remarks |
| Mashreq international road | M[34][057] | Mashreq area | See Mashreq | Not indicated on signs | ||
| National highway | [0-9]<1-3> | national | 1-/2-d ending in 0 or 5 | grid | ||
| other 1-/2-d | ||||||
| 3-d | determined by first digit | |||||
| General description: Odd numbers generally denote north-south routes, while even numbers denote east-west routes. Numbers increase in westbound and southbound direction respectively. The main north-south routes are 5, 15, 25, 35 and 65. The main east-west routes are 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60. 80 is a less important road but an extension is probably planned. Zones (for 3-digit numbers only) are determined by the first digit of each number. | ||||||
| Road signs: Blue with white text. Road number shields green with yellow digits.
Picture by Alan Strohm | ||||||
| History: The current system was introduced around 1985, and many maps still show the old system, which only had 1- and 2-digit numbers. The system was similar and some numbers were the same. The main difference is that there was no class distinction between numbers ending in 0 or 5 and others. Furthermore it is remarkable that in the new system, less north-south numbers are left open for extension in the West Bank. | ||||||
| Section | Old number | New number | Remarks | |||
| East-west routes | ||||||
| Ma'ad - Irbid - Al Mafraq | 16 | 10 | ||||
| Damia - Suwailih | 24 | 30 | ||||
| Israel (Jerusalem) - Amman | 30 | 40 | ||||
| Al Mafraq - Iraq (10) | 30 | 10 | ||||
| Az Zarqa - Azraq Shishan | 50 | 30 | ||||
| Amman - Azraq Shishan | 60 | 40 | ||||
| Al Mazra'ah - Al Karak - Qatrana | 80 | 50 | ||||
| Tafila - Mahattat Jurf ad Darawish | 84 | 60 | ||||
| Shaubak - Unaiza | 88 | 814 | ||||
| North-south routes | ||||||
| Irbid - junction 25/35 | 11 | 35 | TOTSO on both 25 and 35 at cloverleaf | |||
| Junction 25/35 - Az Zarqa | 11 | 25 | ||||
| Ar Ramtha - junction 25/35 | 15 | 25 | Rest of route 15 (Amman - Ma'an) unchanged | |||
| Junction 25/35 - Jarash | 15 | 35 | ||||
| Jarash - Amman | 15 | 29 | ||||
| Ma'an - Saudi Arabia (Tabuk) | 15 | 5 | ||||
| Amman - Al Mafraq motorway | 30 | 15 | Part of east-west route Amman - Iraq | |||
| Ma'ad - Kafrein | 45 | 65 | ||||
| Amman - Al Karak - Tafila - Wadi Musa | 49 | 35 | ||||
| Ma'an - Al Quwayra | 53 | 15 | ||||
| Aqaba - east (to 15) | 53 | 80 | ||||
Sources and links: various maps and atlases
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