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A <a href="/wiki/Bypass_route" class="mw-redirect" title="Bypass route">bypass</a> or <a href="/wiki/Beltway" class="mw-redirect" title="Beltway">beltway</a> is not considered a spur route as it typically reconnects with another or the same major road. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canada">Canada</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spur_route&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/400-series_highways_(Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="400-series highways (Ontario)">400-series highways (Ontario)</a></div> <p>In the province of Ontario, most spur routes are designated as A or B, such as Highway 17A, or 7B. A stands for "Alternate Route", and usually links a highway to a town's central core or main attraction, while B stands for "Business Route" or "Bypass", but are used when a main highway is routed around a town and away from its former alignment. The designation of "C" was used twice (Highway 3C and 40C), and is assumed to mean "Connector". Both highways have long since been retired and are now <a href="/wiki/County_road" class="mw-redirect" title="County road">county roads</a>. There was also one road with the D designation (Highway 8D, later the original Highway 102), and this may have stood for "Diversion", as it was along the first completed <a href="/wiki/Divided_highway" class="mw-redirect" title="Divided highway">divided highway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> at the time (<a href="/wiki/Cootes_Drive" title="Cootes Drive">Cootes Drive</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario" title="Hamilton, Ontario">Hamilton</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="India">India</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spur_route&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_highways_of_India" title="National highways of India">Indian National Highway system</a> designates spur routes of the main National Highways with letter suffixes. For example, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_1_(India)" title="National Highway 1 (India)">National Highway 1</a> has four spur routes: <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_1A_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway 1A (India)">NH 1A</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_1B_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway 1B (India)">NH 1B</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_1C_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway 1C (India)">NH 1C</a>, and <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_1D_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway 1D (India)">NH 1D</a>, the shortest of which is just 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) in length (NH 1C) and the longest is 663 kilometres (412 mi) (NH 1A). While the spur routes essentially originate at the parent National Highway, they are not merely secondary in status as some of the spur routes serve important cities in India. For example, <a href="/wiki/Srinagar" title="Srinagar">Srinagar</a>, the capital of the state of <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu and Kashmir</a>, is served by the spur route NH 1A. Some spur routes are specifically used to connect important Indian <a href="/wiki/Port" title="Port">ports</a>: <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_5A_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway 5A (India)">NH 5A</a> links <a href="/wiki/Paradip" class="mw-redirect" title="Paradip">Paradip</a> with its parent <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_5_(India)(old_numbering)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway 5 (India)(old numbering)">NH 5</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_7A_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway 7A (India)">NH 7A</a> links <a href="/wiki/Tuticorin" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuticorin">Tuticorin</a> with <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_7_(India)(old_numbering)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway 7 (India)(old numbering)">NH 7</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Italy">Italy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spur_route&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Italy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Roads_in_Italy" title="Roads in Italy">Roads in Italy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Autostrade_of_Italy" title="Autostrade of Italy">Autostrade of Italy</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RA3_-_Localit%C3%A0_Sant%27Antonio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/RA3_-_Localit%C3%A0_Sant%27Antonio.jpg/220px-RA3_-_Localit%C3%A0_Sant%27Antonio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/RA3_-_Localit%C3%A0_Sant%27Antonio.jpg/330px-RA3_-_Localit%C3%A0_Sant%27Antonio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/RA3_-_Localit%C3%A0_Sant%27Antonio.jpg/440px-RA3_-_Localit%C3%A0_Sant%27Antonio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Raccordo_autostradale_RA3" title="Raccordo autostradale RA3">Raccordo autostradale RA3</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The acronym RA stands for <i>Raccordo autostradale</i> (translated as "motorway connection"), a relatively short spur route that connects an <i><a href="/wiki/Autostrada" class="mw-redirect" title="Autostrada">autostrada</a></i> (Italian for <a href="/wiki/Motorway" class="mw-redirect" title="Motorway">motorway</a>) to a nearby city or tourist resort not directly served by the motorway. These spurs are owned and managed by <a href="/wiki/Anas_(company)" title="Anas (company)">Anas</a>. Some spurs are toll-free motorways (type-A), but most are type-B or type-C roads. All RA have separate carriageways with two lanes in each direction. Generally, they do not have an emergency lane. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Japan">Japan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spur_route&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aomori_IC_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Aomori_IC_2.JPG/220px-Aomori_IC_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Aomori_IC_2.JPG/330px-Aomori_IC_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Aomori_IC_2.JPG/440px-Aomori_IC_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>The Aomori Expressway (E4A) spur splits from the Tōhoku Expressway (E4)</figcaption></figure> <p>In Japan, spurs of its <a href="/wiki/Expressways_of_Japan" title="Expressways of Japan">expressways</a> are usually designated with an added letter "A". This designation applies to all routes that are part of a "family" of routes with the "parent" route lacking the added "A". Examples of spur routes in the system include the <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Expressway" title="Aomori Expressway">Aomori Expressway (E4A)</a>, linking the <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Expressway" title="Tōhoku Expressway">Tōhoku Expressway (E4)</a> to the eastern limits of <a href="/wiki/Aomori_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aomori (city)">Aomori</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Sasson_Expressway" title="Sasson Expressway">Sasson Expressway (E5A)</a>, linking the <a href="/wiki/D%C5%8D-%C5%8C_Expressway" title="Dō-Ō Expressway">Dō-Ō Expressway (E5)</a> to <a href="/wiki/Otaru" title="Otaru">Otaru</a>; however, some expressways that lack the "A" designation could also be considered spurs, such as the <a href="/wiki/Kansai-K%C5%ABk%C5%8D_Expressway" title="Kansai-Kūkō Expressway">Kansai-Kūkō Expressway (E71)</a> or the <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cita_Airport_Road" title="Ōita Airport Road">Ōita Airport Road (E97)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spur_route&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In New Zealand, spurs on <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_state_highway_network" title="New Zealand state highway network">state highways</a> are usually designated with an added letter. Examples include <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_State_Highway_2B" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand State Highway 2B">SH 2B</a>, linking SH 2 to Napier Airport, and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_State_Highway_6A" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand State Highway 6A">SH 6A</a>, linking SH 6 with <a href="/wiki/Queenstown,_New_Zealand" title="Queenstown, New Zealand">Queenstown</a> town center. Not all such alphabetic suffixes refer to spurs, however; ring roads and linking roads between highways are also so designated. Conversely, some State Highways could themselves be considered spurs, notably <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_State_Highway_78" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand State Highway 78">SH 78</a>, New Zealand's shortest state highway, which links SH 1 in <a href="/wiki/Timaru" title="Timaru">Timaru</a> city center with the Port of Timaru. </p><p>Such spurs and spur roads leading from smaller urban thoroughfares to individual facilities are often referred to in New Zealand as "feeder roads". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Romania">Romania</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spur_route&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Romania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All national roads, local roads and county roads have spur routes. A good example is <a href="/wiki/DN1" title="DN1">DN1</a> and <a href="/wiki/DN1A" title="DN1A">DN1A</a>. DN1A goes from <a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bra%C8%99ov" title="Brașov">Brașov</a> via <a href="/wiki/Buftea" title="Buftea">Buftea</a>, and have an intersection with <a href="/wiki/DN1" title="DN1">DN1</a> at <a href="/wiki/Ploie%C8%99ti" title="Ploiești">Ploiești</a>. After <a href="/wiki/Ploie%C8%99ti" title="Ploiești">Ploiești</a>, <a href="/wiki/DN1A" title="DN1A">DN1A</a> goes to Vălenii de Munte, Cheia, and then <a href="/wiki/DN1A" title="DN1A">DN1A</a> goes directly onto the <a href="/wiki/Bra%C8%99ov" title="Brașov">Brașov</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spur_route&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a>, a spur route carries the same definition, but the numbering rules differ. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Same-number_spurs">Same-number spurs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spur_route&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Same-number spurs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Short spurs from primary roads or motorways typically are not given a unique number, and three arms of the junction will apparently have the same number. For example, the <a href="/wiki/A14_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A14 road (Great Britain)">A14</a> has a same-number spur to the <a href="/wiki/A1(M)_motorway" title="A1(M) motorway">A1(M) motorway</a> at <a href="/wiki/Huntingdon" title="Huntingdon">Huntingdon</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire" title="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire</a>, the <a href="/wiki/M23_motorway" title="M23 motorway">M23 motorway</a> has one to <a href="/wiki/Gatwick_Airport" title="Gatwick Airport">Gatwick Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Sussex" title="West Sussex">West Sussex</a> and the <a href="/wiki/M4_motorway" title="M4 motorway">M4</a> has one to <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow Airport</a>. To distinguish the spur on road signs, the road it leads to is usually given - for example "Gatwick Airport (<a href="/wiki/A23_road" title="A23 road">A23</a>)". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unique-number_spurs">Unique-number spurs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spur_route&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Unique-number spurs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Typically, slightly longer spurs, or those with intermediate <a href="/wiki/Road_junction" title="Road junction">junctions</a> of their own, are given unique numbers to distinguish them from their parent road, for example, the <a href="/wiki/A48(M)_motorway" title="A48(M) motorway">A48(M) motorway</a>, a spur of the <a href="/wiki/M4_motorway" title="M4 motorway">M4</a>. There is a loose numbering system for these spurs on the motorway network, not dissimilar to the US system – the road takes a three-digit number derived from that of the parent road. Examples include the <a href="/wiki/M602_motorway" title="M602 motorway">M602 motorway</a> (spur of the <a href="/wiki/M60_motorway" class="mw-redirect" title="M60 motorway">M60</a> and <a href="/wiki/M62_motorway" title="M62 motorway">M62</a> motorways), <a href="/wiki/M621_motorway" title="M621 motorway">M621 motorway</a> (spur of the <a href="/wiki/M62_motorway" title="M62 motorway">M62</a> and <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a> motorways), and <a href="/wiki/M271_motorway" title="M271 motorway">M271 motorway</a> (spur of the <a href="/wiki/M27_motorway" title="M27 motorway">M27 motorway</a>). There are anomalous spur numbers though, for instance the <a href="/wiki/M898_motorway" title="M898 motorway">M898 motorway</a> (spur of the <a href="/wiki/M8_motorway_(Scotland)" title="M8 motorway (Scotland)">M8 motorway</a>; number given to match with a unique A-number road) and the unique case of the <a href="/wiki/M181_motorway" title="M181 motorway">M181 motorway</a>, a spur of a spur <a href="/wiki/M180_motorway" title="M180 motorway">M180 motorway</a>, and that of the <a href="/wiki/M18_motorway" class="mw-redirect" title="M18 motorway">M18 motorway</a> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_road_numbering_scheme" title="Great Britain road numbering scheme">A-road</a> spurs do not follow a noticeable numbering system; they would be impossible to assign due to the quantity of A-road numbers in use. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States">United States</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spur_route&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Interstate_384_in_Bolton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Interstate_384_in_Bolton.jpg/220px-Interstate_384_in_Bolton.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Interstate_384_in_Bolton.jpg/330px-Interstate_384_in_Bolton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Interstate_384_in_Bolton.jpg/440px-Interstate_384_in_Bolton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="672" data-file-height="518" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Interstate_384" title="Interstate 384">Interstate 384</a>, a spur of <a href="/wiki/Interstate_84_(Pennsylvania%E2%80%93Massachusetts)" title="Interstate 84 (Pennsylvania–Massachusetts)">Interstate 84</a> in <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spur_route&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2014</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spur_route_Washington_state_route_100.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Spur_route_Washington_state_route_100.JPG/220px-Spur_route_Washington_state_route_100.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Spur_route_Washington_state_route_100.JPG/330px-Spur_route_Washington_state_route_100.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Spur_route_Washington_state_route_100.JPG/440px-Spur_route_Washington_state_route_100.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2828" data-file-height="2144" /></a><figcaption>Spur route of <a href="/wiki/Washington_State_Route_100" title="Washington State Route 100">Washington State Route 100</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In the US, many <a href="/wiki/Interstate_Highways" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate Highways">Interstate Highways</a> have spur routes when they enter a large metropolitan area. Interstate spur routes are numbered with a three-digit number. The last two digits of the number are the number of the "parent" Interstate (<a href="/wiki/Interstate_238" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 238">Interstate 238</a>, which connects <a href="/wiki/Interstate_880_(California)" title="Interstate 880 (California)">Interstate 880</a> with <a href="/wiki/Interstate_580_(California)" title="Interstate 580 (California)">Interstate 580</a> near Hayward, CA, is the only exception to this); e.g. a spur route of <a href="/wiki/Interstate_90" title="Interstate 90">Interstate 90</a> could be 990; a spur route of <a href="/wiki/Interstate_5" title="Interstate 5">Interstate 5</a> could be 105. </p><p>Spur Interstate routes have three-digit numbers with an odd first digit. A subsidiary route either passing through a city or bypassing it and then reconnecting to a major highway would receive an even first digit, and be considered a loop rather than a spur. For example, in the case of <a href="/wiki/Interstate_5" title="Interstate 5">Interstate 5</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_105_(California)" title="Interstate 105 (California)">Interstate 105</a> is a spur route ending at <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport" title="Los Angeles International Airport">Los Angeles International Airport</a>, whereas <a href="/wiki/Interstate_405_(California)" title="Interstate 405 (California)">Interstate 405</a> begins and ends at <a href="/wiki/Interstate_5" title="Interstate 5">Interstate 5</a>, bypassing <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Los_Angeles" title="Downtown Los Angeles">downtown Los Angeles</a>. </p><p>Spurs are also found branching from <a href="/wiki/US_highway" class="mw-redirect" title="US highway">US highways</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_highway" title="State highway">state routes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/County_route" class="mw-redirect" title="County route">county routes</a>, often as extended <a href="/wiki/Onramp" class="mw-redirect" title="Onramp">onramps</a> and <a href="/wiki/Offramp" class="mw-redirect" title="Offramp">offramps</a> of <a href="/wiki/Limited-access_road" title="Limited-access road">expressways</a>. </p><p>There are many numbering violations in the spur route numbering system, thus the general rules above do not always apply (e.g. <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_400" title="U.S. Route 400">U.S. Route 400</a>—there is no parent "route 0"). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spur_route&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_route" title="Special route">Special route</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loop_route" class="mw-redirect" title="Loop route">Loop route</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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