Road Numbering Changes

[Jhoan Seb]

https://www.utinform.hu/en/news/allasfoglalas-az-uj-tranzitut-szabalyozasrol-es-a-nem-tranzit-forgalomra-vonatkozo-jogszabalyi-rendelkezesekrol?d=0

The transit route network consists of corridors connecting border crossing points and is predominantly based on the expressway network. These routes are designated by the letter "T" and a numerical identifier aligned with the sectoral road numbering system. A detailed list of the transit routes is set out in Annex 2/A to ITM Decree No. 26/2021.

Hungary is now expanding its road numbering system and now has Transit Routes represented with T.

[Chris]

This documents has a list with T-routes: https://net.jogtar.hu/jogszabaly?docid=a2100026.itm

Scroll down to, or ctrl+F: 2/A. melléklet a 26/2021. (VI. 28.) ITM rendelethez

[Jhoan Seb]

https://wiki.aaroads.com/wiki/List_of_highways_in_Panama

It took me some time, but I think I have finally been able to determine the Road Numbering of Panama.

Within the 1960s, the Tommy Guardia Institute along with the Ministry of Public Works released several topographical maps around Panama with the first road numbering system. For the most part the roads were replaced with the exception of Highway 1, Highway 3 and some provincial roads in Veraguas, Herrera and Panama Oeste.

The routes went from west to east, Chiriqui initially had numbers starting with 1, the border between Veraguas and Chiriqui were routes starting with 2, part of central Veraguas was 3 (Route 33 is the best known of this sector).

The zones between Eastern Veraguas were 4; Herrera and Los Santos were 5 and were the only provinces that maintained/reverted back to their road designation of the 1960s.

Cocle was routes based on 6, Colón and Chame based on 7 and the roads in Panama were based on 8.

Per the maps hosted by UC Berkeley: https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/222011?ln=en&v=uv


Within the 1991-1999 system, regional codes are given in alphabetical order: Bocas del Toro = 1, Coclé = 2, Colón = 3, Chiriquí = 4, Darién = 5, Herrera = 6, Los Santos = 7, Panama/Panama Oeste = 8, Veraguas = 9.

Coclé, Colón and Chiriquí reassigned a large part of their provincial road network based on this system, but Veraguas only partially changed the routes in the southern coastal zone. Herrera and Los Santos temporarily adopted codes 6 and 7, but eventually reverted to routes based on 5. In Panama Oeste, the Districts of San Carlos and Chame also temporarily adopted base 8 routes but eventually opted for routes based on 7 codes.

Per the maps published here: https://alairelibre.net/mapas/ and https://stridata-si.opendata.arcgis.com/

The road numbering currently seen in part of Google Maps (with the exception of some parts of Chiriqui which uses old numbering from the 1960s mainly because mix the two databases) was designated by the AGI (Agency for Government Innovation) which assigned codes in 2014 for road designation in Panama City: Highway 4/Highway 6/Highway 9.

[Jhoan Seb]

I also found some of the 1982 Edition of the Chiriquí General Map, you can see the old numbering before they replaced with routes based on 4X. This also confirms HWy 21 is the old number for Gualaca.

https://leolibri.net/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=10996

[Chris]

Highway 4 is signed at Arraiján. According to reports, until recently only Highway 1 was actually signed in the field.

[Jhoan Seb]

Highway 4 is signed at Arraiján. According to reports, until recently only Highway 1 was actually signed in the field.

Not really, Highway 2 was signed since 2019. And if you look deeper, Highway 89 was signed in La Chorrera. Sadly, most of the newer Panama Maps published by Tommy Guardia doesn't include road numbering since ANATI (The national authority for land administration) took over the institute before mappers of Tommy Guardia could access the road numbering used by the Ministry of Public Works (MOP)

[Jhoan Seb]

https://www.inec.gob.pa/archivos/P5241333-21.pdf#page=11

You can find some mentions of the road numbering in some goverment papers, for example, INEC ratifies the number of Highway 425 in Chiriquí.

I want to buy the "Mapa General de la República de Panamá" (The most recent version is from 2002), I have found some versions online and I already bought the Chitré one here. (https://www.chartsandmaps.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_223&products_id=89550)

Although sadly they don't have the one for Veraguas/Coclé. It's kinda sad, the best I could find was some really limited photos of the map. (For example, I know the road to Calobre is designated as Highway 21 in Coclé https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1190094959969863&set=pcb.1190095076636518)