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Norwegian national roads (Norwegian: Riksvei/Riksveg abbr. Rv; literally: road of the rike/realm), are roads thus categorized by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) which also maintains them. In 2007 there were 27,343 kilometers (16,990 mi) of this class of Norwegian roads, which constituted 29.4% of public roads in Norway.[1]
From 2010, after an administrative reform, most of the national roads were transferred to the counties. They are now called county roads along with the already existing county roads. 17,200 kilometers (10,700 mi) of national roads were transferred along with an annual compensation of 6.9 billion NOK for maintenance. As of January 1, 2010, there were 10,451 kilometers (6,494 mi) of national roads left.
National roads are selected by the criteria of being important for long-distance travel. Some roads connecting to primary airports are also included.
National roads are divided into two categories: European routes and other national roads. The route signs for the European routes have an "E" preceding the national road number, and the sign is green with white script. Other national roads are also designated using green signs.
- ^ (in Norwegian) Statistisk sentralbyrå: Table 416: Offentlige veier etter fylke 1. januar 2007 Archived 2008-01-14 at the Wayback Machine (public roads by county as of January 1, 2007) from Statistisk sentralbyrå
Note: The numbers encompass city streets. For municipal roads not all municipalities are up to date.