Highways in Albania

A map of Albania illustrating the current expressways and motorways in Albania.

The Highways in Albania are the central state and main transport network in Albania. The motorways and expressways are both part of the national road network. The motorways are primary roads with a speed limit of 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph).[1] They have white on green road signs such as in Italy and other countries nearby. The expressways are the secondary roads, also dual carriageways, but without an emergency lane. They have a speed limit of 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph). They have white-on-blue road signs.[1]

The A1 is the country's longest and only toll highway connecting the port city of Durrës on the Adriatic Sea in the west as well as the capital of Tirana in the center, with the Republic of Kosovo in the northeast. The A3 is the second longest motorway and connects Tirana with the Pan-European Corridor VIII, running from Durrës on the Adriatic Sea to Varna on the Black Sea. The A2 is the third longest motorway and represents a significant north-south corridor within the country and the Adriatic-Ionian motorway.

The country is a member of the Pan-European Corridor system. The Pan-European Corridor VIII passes through the country and starts at Durrës on the Adriatic Sea in the west continuing across the Republic of North Macedonia and Bulgaria and ends at Varna at the Black Sea in the east.[2][3][4]

The country signed the European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries in 2006.[5] The following European routes are currently defined to end at, or near, the border of Albania such as the E86, E762, E851, E852, E853.[6]

  1. ^ a b "KODI RRUGOR I REPUBLIKËS SË SHQIPËRISË" (PDF). pp.gov.al (in Albanian). Tirana. p. 76. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  2. ^ "FROM STABILIZATION TO CONSOLIDATION: ALBANIAN STATE CAPACITY AND ADAPTATION TO EUROPEAN UNION RULES" (PDF). eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie. p. 14.
  3. ^ "Status of the Pan-European Transport Corr·dors and Transpo t reas" (PDF). aei.pitt.edu. December 1998. p. 56.
  4. ^ "THE INTEGRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA INTO THE PANEUROPEAN TRANSPORT CORRIDOR NETWORK" (PDF). core.ac.uk. p. 5.
  5. ^ United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. "Albania joins E-road agreement" (PDF). unece.org. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Star Rating Roads for Safety Results for Consultation with Stakeholders" (PDF). eurorap.org. pp. 31–39.