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Highway Roads in Türkiye as of October 1, 2024. This map highlights different types of highways across Turkey as of October 1, 2024, classified by their funding and operational model: Red: Highways that are open to service and funded by public resources.
Otoyol routes in Turkey follow a regional based two-digit numbering system. All routes have the prefix O on all signage and maps. Motorways that start in the Marmara Region are all single digit. Motorways that start in The Central Anatolia Region have a first digit of two.
For north-south roads, routes in the west will have lower numbers, while routes in the east have higher numbers. For east-west roads, routes in the north will have lower numbers that get higher towards the south. Main roads are designated as multiples of 100 and 50, with the exception being D.010. Multiples of 100 are main east-west roads ...
The construction of a national road system was prioritized in 1948, where the construction of new roads were greatly accelerated. This led to a rise in automobile usage in Turkey. By the 1960s, traffic problems were becoming prevalent in large cities and capacity on intercity roads needed to be upgraded.
The O-4 is the longest completed motorway in Turkey spanning 379 km (235 mi), just 14 km (8.7 mi) longer than the O-52. The partially-opened O-5 is expected to surpass the length of the O-4, when it is completed in 2019, with a total length of 407 km (253 mi). but nowadays the longest motorway in Turkey is Otoyol 21 with the opening Ankara ...
The General Directorate Of Highways (Turkish: Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü) (KGM) is a state agency responsible for the construction and maintenance of all public roadways outside of cities and towns in Turkey. It was established on 1 March 1950, following the enactment of the International Highways Act in 1949.
The 179 km-long (111 mi) road starts at Of, Trabzon on the coast of the Black Sea branching from D.010 and ends in Aşkale, Erzurum joining D.100 running in a high-elevation mountainous terrain. The route is composed of two parts crossed and overlapped by D.050 on a length of 13 km (8.1 mi) north of Bayburt .
West end of D-110: Ipsala Checkpoint at Greece–Turkey border crossing. The D.110 begins at the Greece/Turkey border on a two-lane bridge crossing over the Maritsa river. . Following the Turkish customs checkpoint, the route becomes a four-lane highway heading east and is named London Asphalt (Turkish: Londra Asfaltı) until the intersection with the İL 22-50, just south of İpsal