List of motorways in Sweden
Sweden has an extensive system of motorways (motorväg in Swedish) in the southern third of the country. The first motorway (Malmö–Lund) was opened in 1953 and new motorways have been built in a slow but steady pace ever since, somewhat faster after 1990. The motorways' primary purpose is connecting major cities to their surrounding areas, although there is a long-term ambition to connect Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö with motorways.
With the completion of a couple of new motorway streches in 2006 and 2007 an interconnecting motorway network exists from Öresund Bridge (to Denmark) in the south to Uddevalla north of Gothenburg, and to Gävle north of Stockholm.
There are also a number of motortrafikleder (semi-motorways, autostrasse), roads with only 2 or 3 (2+1) lanes but to which the same conditions apply as to motorways (i.e. grade-separated crossings, no slow traffic). These can be converted to motorways by adding a parallel road.
This is a complete listing of motorways in Sweden. The Swedish road numbering scheme does not distinguish between motorways and other types of roads.
The speed limit on motorways is generally 110 km/h (68 mph). 90 and 70 is often used on city motorways. There is a test on a part of the E6, where the limit is set to 120 km/h, but electronic signs can show a lower limit in bad weather.
List of current motorways
- E4 Helsingborg – Markaryd
- Markaryd – Strömsnäsbruk under construction, some sections have been opened, expected to be completed by summer 2006
- Strömsnäsbruk – Kånna
- Kånna – Toftaholm is a 3 lane (2+1, 110 km/h) semi-motorway (autostrasse)
- Toftaholm – Jönköping – Linköping – Norrköping – Stockholm – Uppsala
- Uppsala – Mehedeby under construction, expected to be completed by October 2007
- Mehedeby – Gävle
- Söderhamn – Enånger
- Sundsvall – Bergeforsen
- Piteå – Norrfjärden
- E6 Vellinge – Malmö – Halmstad – Gothenburg – Uddevalla – Småröd
- Håby – Rabbalshede
- Hogdal – Svinesund – (Norway)
- E18 Segmon – Ed
- E20 (Denmark) – Öresund Bridge – Malmö – Halmstad – Gothenburg
- E22 Vellinge – Malmö – Lund – Gårdstånga
- Gårdstånga – Hurva (4-laned road that is similar to a motorway, 110 km/h)
- Vä – Fjälkinge
- Gualöv – Sölvesborg
- Nättraby – Karlskrona
- Kalmar
- Söderköpingsvägen in Norrköping.
- E65 Malmö – Tittente
- 11 Malmö Bulltofta – Trafikplats-Sunnanå
- 25 and 30 Öjaby – Växjö center
- 28 Karlskrona Österleden
- 34 and 36 Linköping Trafikplats Tift (E4 Linköping västra) – Vallarondellen "Malmslättsleden"
- 35 Linköping Trafikplats Staby (E4 Linköping östra) – Mörtlösarondellen
- 40 Gothenburg – Borås
40 through Borås - 44 Herrestad near Uddevalla – old parts of Uddevalla (old E6)
- 45 Together with E18 Segmon – Ed, Sweden
- 50 Together with E20 Brändåsen (Hallsberg) – Norrplan (Örebro)
- 53 Oxelösund – Nyköping
- 73 Älgesta – Stockholm
- 75 Stockholm Södra länken
- 80 Gävle – Sandviken
- 222 Henriksdal – Graninge
- 226 Årsta – Östberga
- 229 Skarpnäck – Bollmora
- 260 Älta – Skrubba
- 265 Norrortsleden E4 – Sollentuna
- 273 E4 – Arlanda airport
- "Motorways without numbers"
The numbers of these roads belong to secondary categories, that do not appear on signs and regular maps:- North of Helsingborg
- Inre Ringvägen in Malmö, former E6/E20
- Out of Malmö to E22
- Out of Malmö to E6/E22
- "Brantingsmotet" – Ringömotet in Gothenburg
- "Saltsjöbadsleden" in Nacka