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Provincial roads (İl yolu) in Turkey are maintained by the KGM. These roads serve as secondary roads to the State Roads (D.XXX) and mainly connect small towns (every district's capital town is accessible either by a state or a provincial road) or acting as alternate routes to the trunk roads.
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.
They are more commonly called State roads (Turkish: Devlet yolu) and are the primary road network in Turkey. The network is mostly maintained by the General Directorate of Highways (KGM), except for within large cities ( Turkish : Büyükşehir ) where the respective city municipality assumes responsibility.
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 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.
There are three types of intercity roads in Turkey: – The first is the historical and free road network called State roads (Devlet Yolları) that are completely under the responsibility of the General Directorate of Highways except for urban sections (like the sections falling within the inner part of ring roads of Ankara, Istanbul or İzmir.
State roads in Turkey (24 P) Streets in Turkey (7 C, 1 P) T. Toll roads in Turkey (2 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Roads in Turkey"
İzmir 2. Ring Road, T6 Motorway Tunnel (projected) - 2 x 2.150 m; İzmir 2. Ring Road, T7 Motorway Tunnel (projected) - 2 x 1.400 m; İzmir 2. Ring Road, T8 Motorway Tunnel (projected) - 2 x 3.900 m; İzmir 2. Ring Road, T9 Motorway Tunnel (projected) - 2 x 1.100 m; İzmir Ring Road - İZKARAY Subsea Road-Rail Tunnel (projected) - 3 x 1.797 m