List of Highways in Iraq

Iraq has a network of highways connecting it from the inside among the Iraq provinces and to the outside neighbouring countries: Iran, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

Highways Numbers

• Freeway 1 (Iraq)

Highways Numbers

• Highway 1: Baghdad, Taji, Samarra, Tikrit, Mosul, Syria (Kameshli).

• Highway 2: Baghdad, Baqubah, Al Khalis, Kirkuk, Irbil, Mosul, Dohuk, Zakhu, Turkey (Silopi).

• Highway 3: Baghdad to Baqubah + Irbil to Iran (Piranshahr).

• Highway 4: Kirkuk, Sulaymaniyah, Darbinadikhan, Jalaulah, As Sa'Diyah.

• Highway 5: Baqubah, Muqdadiyah, As Sa'Diyah, Khanaqin, Iran (Qasr-e Shirin).

• Highway 6: Baghdad, Al Kut, Al Amarah, Basrah.

• Highway 7: Al Kut, Ash Shatrah, Nasiriyah.

• Highway 8: Baghdad, Al Hillah, Al-Qādisiyyah, As Samawah, Nasiriyah, Basrah, Kuwait.

• Highway 9: Karbala, Al Najaf, Al-Qādisiyyah.

• Highway 10: Al Rutbah, Jordan.

• Highway 11: Baghdad, Al Fallujah, Al Ramadi, Al Rutbah, Syria.

• Highway 12: Al Ramadi, Hīt, Haditha, Al-Karābilah, Syria (Abu Kamal).

Statistics on Roads in Iraq

total: 45,550 km

paved: 38,400 km,

unpaved: 7,150 km (1996 est.)