📋 Tender Overview
They are national, departmental and provincial and are the responsibility of the MTC, regional governments and provincial municipalities, respectively.Do you want to take a road trip and dont know how they are classified or how to identify them by their symbols? Here we explain everything so you can program your route. Highways are national, departmental and provincial, and are the responsibility of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC), regional governments and provincial municipalities, respectively. This set of routes makes up the National Highway System (Sinac).
Likewise, the bridges are in charge of the entity that has jurisdiction over the highway. Meanwhile, the roads that are not part of SINAC are the responsibility of the regional governments, and provincial and district municipalities, as provided by the Organic Law of Regional Governments (Law No. 27867) and Organic Law of Municipalities (Law No. 27972).
National Road Network
It unites the capitals of the 24 departments and the Constitutional province of Callao. It has three longitudinal routes (Coast, Mountains and Jungle) and 20 transversal routes (see infographic).
The starting point, called km 0, of the Longitudinal de la Costa is the Santa Anita bridge, located in the district of the same name; of the Longitudinal de la Sierra, La Oroya (district of the department of Junin); and from the Longitudinal de la Selva, the Reither Bridge (Chanchamayo district of the department of Junin).
The national highway codes begin with the letters PE of Peru and their symbol is a shield. On road maps, national routes are red; and on the roads, its kilometer posts are black and white.
Departmental or Regional Road Network
It unites the provincial capitals within each department. These roads and the bridges that are located on them are the responsibility of regional governments. They are coded with two letters of the department, followed by a hyphen and the numbering from 100 to 499. Thus, the Amazonas routes begin with the letters AM; from Huancavelica, with HV; of San Martin, with SM (see the 24 departments in the infographic).
Departmental routes are blue on road maps and their symbol is an emblem. Its kilometer posts are blue and white.
Provincial Road Network
It unites the district capitals within each province. Their trajectories and bridges are in charge of provincial municipalities. Their codes begin with the letters of the department, followed by a hyphen and the number 500 onwards.
Road axes are colored green on road maps and their symbol is a circle. The colors green and white correspond to its kilometer poles.
It should be noted that various provincial municipalities continue to report information on their roads to the MTC, so the Provincial Road Network continues to be formed.
On the MTC website you will find the compendium Map of Road Networks of the National Highway System (Sinac), which includes the national, departmental and provincial highways of the 24 departments and the constitutional province of Callao.
