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Hi, guys, I’m just trying to figure out if I need to reorganize my Unionway numbering in Freedemia. As of right now, there is no real numbering system among main roads, although loops usually match the main unionway they connect to. I know in America, even numbers go east-west and odd numbers go north-south. The issue started with Unionway 4, which runs north-south between Quentinsburgh and Laneston/Vandover and east-west from Quentinsburgh to Anneitasburgh. From that point, numbers have been kinda funky, with 3, 7 and 8 running east, 12 and 10 running north-south, etc. Is this actually an issue that needs to be resolved or is this not really a problem? Thanks.
Discussion
Comment from Ernestpkirby on 3 June 2015 at 22:45
Oops, well I believe 3 is north south and 5 is east. Sorry
Comment from iBallasticwolf2 on 3 June 2015 at 22:54
Well really if you want to make a system for your Unionway numbering then it is a problem but otherwise it is not any type of problem since each country has its own route system.
Comment from Ernestpkirby on 3 June 2015 at 22:56
Okay, I guess it’s not really a large issue, especially since the roads themselves seem to work well. Thanks.
Comment from Luciano on 3 June 2015 at 23:24
Don’t be afraid to have a crazy, illogical numbering system. These are quite frequent in the real world! So it just adds to the realism.
In some Latin American countries, routes are just numbered in the order in which they’re built. That’s the only system they ever had. And it’s easy to implement.
In other countries, there is some original system but it’s badly implemented. Look at California state routes, for example. Other countries are very systematic and all highways fit well into the system (like Korea), but even then there are weird exceptions (like Korea’s route 1, which is “1” just because it was the first main expressway built).
Comment from histor on 4 June 2015 at 00:08
There are different ideas of numbering. In european countries often the lower number start at the capital - most clockwise. In Germany the numbers 1 - 9 are for the “main” motorways and the numbers from 10 to 99 for more regional motorways (1x near Berlin, 2x near Hamburg, 9x near Munich and so on). In Latina or Zylanda I try to set a system. But as Luciano wrote - you can make it, as you want.
Comment from BMSOUZA on 4 June 2015 at 04:02
As example:
If you take a look in Brasil roads, you will think it so illogical and funny, but still there is a logic here. The main national road is BR-101, from South region (Porto Alegre??) to northeast (Natal??) the second main one is BR-116. There is not a BR-102 or BR-115, for example.
Take a look here (in portuguese) to “understand” how crazy it can be and look for some maps.
Radial highways : BR- 0xx - highways that leave the federal capital toward the extremes of the country Longitudinal highways : BR- 1xx - highways that cross the country in the north-south direction Cross highways : BR- 2xx - highways that cross the country from east to west Diagonal highways : BR- 3xx - highways can have two orientation modes : northwest-southeast and northeast -southwest Connecting highways : BR- 4xx - roads are presented in either direction. There are some roads to the nomenclature : BR- 6xx - These are lesser extent .
And there are still state highwyas (I live in a town in RJ-196 east point) and even municipal highways… with not logical numbers, hehehe
Comment from Sarepava on 4 June 2015 at 23:37
In Britain roads are organised into sectors radiating from London based on which A-roads they lie between- except that there are plenty of contradictions. 7,8 and 9 are Scotland only but don’t really have any logical division into east-west or radial sectors. The ‘3’ and ‘4’ sectors are much bigger than ‘2’ and ‘5’ because Wales and Cornwall stick out, however the M5 which goes nowhere near either London or the A5 begins in the ‘4’ sector and ends in the ‘3’. The M27 and its spurs the M271 and M275 are located entirely in the ‘3’ sector because it’s a parallel of the A27, whilst the M45 is a spur of the M1. The A34 ends at the M40 near Oxford and then somehow reappears fifty miles further north near Birmingham. So you can see how much illogical numbering there is simply due to the fact that the road network was built over a period of 200 years. What is probably best is to have some of the roads numbered in a system and then depart from this depending on how recently they were built.
Comment from wangi on 5 June 2015 at 00:17
The 7, 8 and 9 zones have a pretty good separation - I say that living in it, surrounded by 1, 6, 7, 8 and 9 numbered roads. It’s radial based on the east end of Princes St in Edinburgh.
Comment from Ernestpkirby on 7 June 2015 at 22:08
Thanks, you guys.