Iraq has a network of highways connecting it from the inside among the Iraq provinces and to the outside neighboring countries: Iran, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. When Saddam Hussein visited the United States in the 1980s, he was impressed by the size and infrastructure of the highway system. He ordered his engineers to build highways in the American form - wide lanes, shoulders and clover leaves.

Motorways numbers

  • ( M1 ) Motorway 1 . Near Kuwait Border- Baghdad- Jordan Border (Iraq)
  • ( M31 ) Motorway 31 . Basra - M1 Junction (Iraq)
  • ( M88 ) Motorway 88 . Route 2 junction - Syria Border (Iraq)
  • ( M90 ) Motorway 90 . Erbil - Duhok (Iraq)
  • ( M96 ) Motorway 96 . Jordan Border - M1 Junction (Iraq)
  • ( M97 ) Motorway 96 . Baghdad - Abu Ghraib - M1 Junction (Iraq)
  • ( M120 ) Motorway 120 . Erbil Ring Road (Iraq)
  • ( M150 ) Motorway 150 . Erbil Ring Road (Iraq)

Highways numbers

Roads numbers

Statistics on roads in Iraq

  • Total: 45,550 kilometres (28,300 mi)
  • Paved: 38,400 kilometres (23,900 mi)
  • Unpaved: 7,150 kilometres (4,440 mi), 1996 est.

References

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