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In Malta most of the main roads are in the outskirts of the localities to connect one urban area with another urban area. The most important roads are those that connect the south of the island with the northern part, like Tal-Barrani Road, Aldo Moro Street in Marsa (the widest road in Malta) and Birkirkara Bypass (the busiest road in Malta).

Traffic in Malta drives on the left. Car ownership in Malta is excessively high, given the islands' small size. In 1990, there were 182,254 registered cars, giving an automobile density of 582 per km2.[1] In 2009, the country had the fifth-highest number of vehicles per capita in the world, with 607 motor vehicles per 1,000 people.[2] At the end of March 2022, the number of licensed motor vehicles reached 414,669.[3]

Malta has 3,096 kilometres of road, 2,704 km (87.3%) of which are paved and 392 km are unpaved as of 2008.[4] The official road user guide for Malta is The Highway Code.[5]

Route Network in Malta

Route 1

From Ċirkewwa (Il-Mellieħa) to Birżebbuġa:

Route 5

From Tal-Qroqq (L-Imsida) to Il-Mosta

Route 6

From Blata l-Bajda (Il-Ħamrun) to Valletta

Route 7

From Mrieħel (Ħal Qormi) to Għajn Qajjet (Ir-Rabat)

Route 8

From Għajn Dwieli (Paola, Malta) to Il-Ħamrun

Route 9

From Addolorata Cemetery (Paola, Malta) to Malta International Airport (Ħal Luqa)

Route 16

From Ħad-Dingli to Buġibba

Route 17

From L-Imġarr to Il-Mosta

Route 18

From Kappara (San Ġwann) to Tarġa Gap (Il-Mosta)

Route 19

From Santa Venera to Birkirkara

Route 20

From San Anton Palace (Ħ'Attard) to Fleur de Lys, Malta

Route 21

From Ħal Qormi (St. Sebastian's Parish area) to Ta' Qali

Route 22

From Tal-Qroqq (L-Imsida) to Blata l-Bajda

Route 23

From Tal-Ħawli (Il-Birgu) to Fort St. Leonard (Ħaż-Żabbar)

Route 24

From Corradino (Paola, Malta to Bormla

Route 25

From Ħaż-Żebbuġ to Ħ'Attard

Route 26

From Bulebel to Marsaskala

Route 27

From Ħaż-Żebbuġ to Is-Siġġiewi

Route 28

From Malta International Airport (Ħal Luqa) to Il-Qrendi

Route 29

From Bir id-Deheb (Iż-Żejtun) to Qajjenza (Birżebbuġa)

Route 30

From Bir id-Deheb (Iż-Żejtun) to Delimara (Marsaxlokk)

Route 31

From Ħal Kirkop to Iż-Żurrieq

Route 32

From Ħal Kirkop to Ħal Safi

Route 33

From Ħal Safi to Malta International Airport

Route 34

From Grand Harbour (Paola, Malta) to Notre Dame Gate (Ħaż-Żabbar)

Route 114

From Qammieħ (Ċirkewwa) to Aħrax (Marfa) in Il-Mellieħa

Route 115

From Għadira Beach (Il-Mellieħa) to Manikata

Route 116

From Pwales (Xemxija, San Pawl il-Baħar) to Selmun Palace (Il-Mellieħa)

Route 117

From Ta' Pennellu (Il-Mellieħa) to Ħal Far (Birżebbuġa)

Route 118

From Madliena (Is-Swieqi) to Għajn Tuffieħa

Route 119

From Birguma (In-Naxxar) to Santa Margarita (Il-Mosta)

Route 120

From Kennedy Grove (Qawra) to San Pawl tat-Tarġa (In-Naxxar)

Route 121

From Qalet Marku (Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq) to Magħtab

Route 122

From Tarġa Gap (Il-Mosta) to Żebbiegħ(L-Imġarr)

Route 123

From Żebbiegħ (L-Imġarr) to Ġnejna Bay

Route 124

From Fiddien (Ir-Rabat) to Lippija Tower (L-Imġarr)

Route 125

From Bieb ir-Ruwa (Ir-Rabat) to Baħrija

Route 126

From Fiddien (Ir-Rabat) to Mtaħleb

Route 127

From Paceville to L-Imsida

Route 128

From L-Imsida to Kappara (San Ġwann)

Route 129

From Kappara (San Ġwann) to Misraħ Lewża

From 130

From Blata l-Bajda to San Anton Palace (Ħ'Attard)

Route 131

From Nigret (Ir-Rabat) to Dingli Cliffs (Ħad-Dingli)

Route 132

From Tal-Virtù (Ir-Rabat) to Albert Town (Il-Marsa)

Route 133

From Mdina to Gianpula (Ħaż-Żebbuġ)

Route 134

From Bulebel (Iż-Żejtun) to Żonqor Tower (Marsaskala)

Route 135

From Tal-Ħawli (Il-Birgu) to Ix-Xgħajra

Route 137

From Iż-Żejtun to Delimara

Route 138

From Marsaxlokk to Għar Dalam (Birżebbuġa)

Route 139

From Is-Siġġiewi to Ħaġar Qim (Il-Qrendi)

Route 140

From Tal-Providenza (Is-Siġġiewi) to Għar Lapsi

Route 141

From Ħal Far to Birżebbuġa

Route 142

From Bengħisa Battery to Għar Ħasan

Route 143

From Malta Freeport to Kalafrana

Route 144

From Qajjenza (Birżebbuġa) to Malta Freeport

Route Network in Gozo

Route 1

From Mġarr, Gozo (Għajnsielem) to Dwejra (San Lawrenz)

Route 2

From Mġarr, Gozo (Għajnsielem) to Victoria, Gozo

Route 3

From Victoria, Gozo to Marsalforn (Żebbuġ, Gozo)

Route 4

From Ix-Xewkija to Ix-Xagħra

Route 10

From Victoria, Gozo to Ix-Xlendi (Il-Munxar)

Route 11

From Ta' Kerċem to Żebbuġ, Gozo

Route 12

From Ix-Xewkija to Victoria, Gozo

Route 13

From Victoria, Gozo to Ta' Sannat

Route 15

From Mġarr, Gozo to Ramla Bay (Ix-Xagħra)

Route 100

From L-Għarb to L-Għasri

Route 102

From L-Għarb to Ta' Pinu

Route 103

From Żebbuġ, Gozo to Ix-Xagħra

Route 106

From Ta' Kerċem to Santa Luċija, Gozo

Route 107

From Ta' Kerċem to Għajn Abdul

Route 112

From Ix-Xewkija to Mġarr ix-Xini

Route 113

From Xlendi (Il-Munxar) to Ta' Ċenċ (Ta' Sannat)

Route 114

From Ix-Xagħra to Ramla Bay

These are the main roads and highways of Malta by locality:

Attard

Balzan

Birgu

Birkirkara

Birzebbuga

Bormla

Dingli

Fgura

Floriana

Gharghur

Ghaxaq

Gudja

Gżira

Hamrun

Iklin

Kalkara

Kirkop

Lija

Luqa

Marsa, Malta

Marsaskala

Marsaxlokk

Mdina

Mellieha

Mgarr

Mosta

Mqabba

Msida

Mtarfa

Naxxar

Paola, Malta

Pembroke, Malta

Pietà, Malta

Qormi

Qrendi

Rabat, Malta

San Giljan

San Gwann

San Pawl il-Bahar

Santa Lucija

Santa Venera

Siggiewi

Sliema

Swieqi

Ta' Xbiex

Tarxien

Valletta (Capital City)

Zabbar

Zebbug, Malta

Zejtun

Zurrieq

Gozo

Fontana, Gozo

Ghajnsielem

Gharb

Ghasri

Kercem

Munxar

Nadur

Qala

San Lawrenz

Sannat

Victoria, Gozo (Gozo's capital)

Xaghra

Xewkija

Zebbug, Gozo

References

  1. ^ Sammut & Savona-Ventura, "Petrol Lead in a Small Island Environment", International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine 9 (1996) at 33-40.
  2. ^ "NationMaster – Transportation statistics". Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Motor Vehicles: Q1/2022 (News Release 000/2022)" (PDF). nso.gov.mt. National Statistics Office (NSO) Malta. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  4. ^ "CIA World Factbook – Malta". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Land Transport". Government of Malta. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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