List of roads in Macau

This is an incomplete list of roads in Macau.

Roads in Macau use Portuguese spelling and are named after historic figures or places in Macau or Portugal. There are 321 kilometres of roads in Macau maintained by Land, Public works and Transport Bureau of Macau.

Signage

Typical street sign in Macau

Road signs in Macau are in Portuguese and traditional Chinese. They consists of white tiles attached on concrete posts or on walls of buildings. Signage on bridges are white with black lettering (Portuguese and Chinese).

Naming

In some cases road names are the same in meaning for both Portuguese name and Chinese name, however there are some cases where Portuguese and Chinese meaning differ, such as Praceta de 24 Junho (Praceta of June 24) which is shown as 城市日前地 and has no literal translation (Recently in the City) and represents a name.

Road Types

Macau has 50 km of paved highways (estradas) in areas that permit wide roadways. Most of the roads in Macau and parts of Taipa are narrow side streets. Highways in Macau are semi controlled access roadways and the maximum speed is 80 km/hr.

List of Roads on Macau Peninsula

Roads (Ruas)

Avenues, Lanes and Highways (Avenidas and Estradas)

Avenida (Avenue)

Estrada (Highway)

Alamade (Lane)

List of Roads on Taipa and Coloane

Roads (Rua)

Avenues and Highways (Avenida and Estrada)

See also


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, March 16, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.