Highways in Finland
Highways in Finland, or Main roads, comprise the highest categories of roads in Finland: Overview. Highways numbered from 1 to 7 radiate from the capital Helsinki (Highways 2, 5 and 6 diverge from 1, 4 and 7, respectively), while highways 8 to 10 radiate from Turku on the south-western coast of Finland. Highways 11 and 12 originate in Tampere. The rest of the highways start from other major cities. Sections of highways between major cities have often been upgraded to "motorways", for example between Helsinki and Tampere. Since Finland is a large and sparsely populated country , there is no reason to upgrade all highways to motorways. The motorway network totals . In addition to that, there are of "motortrafficways", which are reserved only for motor traffic. List of current highways. Former highway alignments. The former routes of the following highways differ significantly from the current ones, or have been completely abolished.