Mashreq | Area code not applicable | Common abbreviation: none | Last updated 23-5-2004 | |||
| Road class | Syntax explanation | Administrative subordination | Sub classes | Zones | System | Remarks |
| Mashreq international road | M[0-9]<1-3> | Mashreq region | Grid | |||
| General description: Odd numbers denote north-south routes, though many of them run northwest-southeast or even almost west-east. They have 1 or 2 digits. Numbers increase towards the west. Even numbers denote east-west routes. Numbers are always a multiple of 10 and the highest number is 100. Numbers increase to the south. | ||||||
| Mashreq roads are meant to form a network similar to European highways in the ESCWA countries, but the density is much lower. The countries covered are: | ||||||
| Country | Signed agreement | National road numbers | ||||
| Bahrain | 2002 | Yes | ||||
| Egypt | 2001 | Yes | ||||
| Iraq | no | Yes | ||||
| Jordan | 2001 | Yes | ||||
| Kuwayt | no | Yes | ||||
| Lebanon | 2001 | Yes | ||||
| Oman | no | Yes | ||||
| Palestine | 2001 | No (part of Israel) | ||||
| Qatar | no | Yes | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 2002 | Yes | ||||
| Syria | 2001 | Yes | ||||
| United Arab Emirates | 2001 | Yes | ||||
| Yemen | 2001 | No | ||||
| For more information see individual countries. See also the Route list. | ||||||
| Road signs: Mashreq road numbers are to appear on signs in the future. It is unknown whether any numbers already appear. | ||||||
| History: From ESCWA
ESCWA Members, meeting in the twentieth session of the Commission on 27 and 28 May 1999 in Beirut, issued a declaration, in which it was agreed that work should start on the development of an integrated transport system in the Arab Mashreq (ITSAM). The ITSAM network is the guiding vision for the integration of the various means of transport. The aim is to form the roads of the States of the ESCWA region into a network with a view to encouraging intraregional traffic on the one hand and, on the other, to linking those States with neighbouring regions serving international and transit commerce. The Commission resolved to work on the harmonization of regional road network specifications by preparing an agreement on international roads in the Arab Mashreq. | ||||||
Sources and links: ESCWA, United Nations (not yet verified on any maps)
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