Highways in Estonia

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rdf:langString Highways in Estonia are the main transport network in Estonia. The Estonian national classification includes several classes of highways: * Main route (põhimaantee) – highway, that connects the capital with other large cities, connects large cities and the capital with major ports, railway points and border crossings. * Support route (tugimaantee) – highway, that connects towns with other towns and main routes. * Side route (kõrvalmaantee) – highway, that connects towns with boroughs, connects boroughs and villages and all of the previous with main- and support routes. Other than these, the national road classification includes the following categories which may also be referred to as highways in a general sense, with decreasing order of priority (and applicability of the term highway): * Connector road (ühendustee) – constructed for traffic flow on the intersections/interchanges of highways * Other (muu) – other roads in the list of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications All roads in Estonia are officially marked with 1–5 digits numbers, with no official prefixes. In addition to state highways, there are 23 920 km of local roads and around 18 398 km of private and forest roads. The total Estonian road network is estimated to be almost 59 thousand km.