Mali | Area code 223 | Common abbreviation RMM | Last updated 13-10-2002 | |||
| Road class | Syntax explanation | Administrative subordination | Sub classes | Zones | System | Remarks |
| National road (Route nationale) | (R)N[0-9]<1-2> | national | sequential | Highest 20 | ||
| Regional road (Route r‚gionale) | R[0-9]<1-2> | national | sequential | Highest 32 | ||
| Local road (Route locale) | L[0-9]<2> | national | determined by first digit | sequential per zone | Highest 63 | |
| General description:
National roads are generally main roads but some are just dirt tracks. Numbers increase from west to east. Regional roads also increase from west to east. Local roads are almost always dirt tracks. Zone numbers increase towards the east. | ||||||
| Road signs: No information available | ||||||
| History: Numbers have been changed probably around 1990. Some numbers were increased by 1, but new numbers were also introduced. | ||||||
| Old number | New number | Remarks | ||||
| N1 | N3 | Bamako-Nioro | ||||
| N3 | N2 | |||||
| N10 | N12 | |||||
| N12 | N13 | |||||
| N13 | N14 | |||||
| N14 | R26 | |||||
| N15 | N16 | |||||
| Sources: various maps | ||||||