Cyprus

Cyprus is a geographically Asian, culturally European, island in the eastern Mediterranean.

Northern Cyprus, follows the number scheme of mainland Turkey, with only the larger roads being numbered, however there is a hierarchy scheme for the non-major roads. This page covers the road naming and numbering for the Republic of Cyprus, including the territories of the United Kingdom.

Roads

Highway Numbering

The road network was renumbered in 1974 after the island's war ended. This gave cyprus the perfect opportunity to have a logical numbering scheme and planning the development of their new motorway network. They gave the Letter "A" for Motorways, "B" for Primary Roads, "E" for larger than normal roads and "F" for other roads. Residential roads are not given a number unless part of the larger road network.

Motorways (A Roads)

There are currently 6 motorways, of which 1 is only partly complete but construction terminated in 2006. The 7th being under construction since 2020 and another 3 being planned. All Motorways have GSJ, except at their terminus where some terminate into roundabouts or crossroads. All motorways are subjected to a speed limit of 100KM/H by default and a minimum speed limit of 65KM/H. All Motorways are built with two lanes and a hard shoulder. The Motorway typically gets its number from the B road it is replacing and will follow a similar route to the B road.

Road Number	From	To	Year Completed / Status	Length	Junctions	Notes
A1	Nicosia	Limassol	1984	83 KM	31	Section is also used as an emergency runway. Section in Nicosia was widened from 2 lanes to 3 between 2005 and 2012
A2	Nicosia	Larnaca	1991	19 KM	6
A3	Larnaca Airport	Ayia Napa	2003	54 KM	20	Goes through some of the UN Buffer Zone and 16KM of UK territory
A5	Larnaca	Limassol	1996	18 KM	6	Section is also used as an emergency runway.
A6	Limassol	Paphos	2006	59 KM	22 (+ A7 Interchange)	Goes through 7KM of UK territory. Has a 0.9KM Tunnel with a speed limit of 80 KPH and also has a 550m Bridge with a height of 110m.
A7	Paphos	Polis	Planning	31 KM	8	Planned Motorway costing 447m Euros. Includes 3 tunnels and 7 bridges
A8	Limassol	Saittas	Conception	~24 KM	UNKN	Only in preliminary Designs at the moment
A9	Nicosia	Troödos	Phase 1 complete (2006), construction not started on other phases	10KM / 65 KM	5 / UNKN	Split into three sections, Section 1 was completed in 2006, no progress on other sections (2020)
A22	West Nicosia (A9)	South Nicosia (A1)	Construction (phase 1 of 5)	22KM	12	"Nicosia South Orbital Motorway". Phase 1 started construction in Summer 2020 and due to be complete in 2023 (P1). Total cost is 350 million Euros (including unknown planned motorway below.
A??	Nicosia (A22)	Palehori	Design	6KM	4	Part of the Nicosia South Orbital Motorway construction plan. Would replace the E903, so planned number is unknown however may become the A8

Main Roads (B Roads)

Road Number	From	To	Length	Notes
B1	Limassol	Nicosia	85 KM	Parts are dual carriageway in urban areas
B2	Delhi	Larnaca	28 KM	Section within the A3 is Dual Carriageway
B3	Larnaca	Ayia Napa	29 KM	45 KM before A3 built
B4	Larnaca	Kithi	7 KM	Part was known as the A4, but all is now the B4
B5	Larnaca	Kofinou	24 KM
B6	Limassol	Paphos	63 KM
B7	Paphos	Polis Chrysochous	35 KM
B8	Limassol	Troodos	44 KM
B9	Troodos	Nicosia	72 KM (inc A9 section)	A9 replaces part of route
B10	Kokkinotrimithia	Nicosia	5 KM	Leads into the Buffer Zone
B13			2 KM?	Nicosia Center Ring Road
B16	Nicosia	Eastern Radical	2 KM (5 KM inc Buffer area)
B17	Nicosia	South Eastern Radical	4 KM
B18	Nicosia	Western Radical	3 KM
B20			3KM	Short road in Paphos connecting the B6 and B7 to the coast.
B22	South East Nicosia	South West Nicosia	7 KM	Southern bypass / ring

Toll Roads

There are no Toll Roads on the island.

Local Roads

Some towns and cities have dual carriageways which are not A or B roads, these are typically E roads. Large roads that connect two large towns also tend to have E roads. Roads that connect villages are F roads.

Speed Limits

All limits posted in KM/H

• Motorways: Max 100, Min 65
• Rural Roads: Max 80
• "Country Roads": Max 65
• Developed Areas: Max 50