SPEED Limit and Roads Classification in Sr Lanka
All roads in Sri Lanka are divided into five Classes and several sub-Classes1. Express ways
All expressways has a number beginning with 'E’
2. National Roads
National roads are divided into two Classes, Class ‘A’, Roads, and Class ‘B’ Roads.
‘Class A’ Roads are divide in to three Sub Classes
Class AA, or A.
Class AB,
Class AC
All these are named and numbered3. Provincial Roads.
Provincial Roads are divided into Two Classes, Class ‘C’, and Class ‘D’. Provincial Roads are named and unnumbered
4. Local Authority Roads E
Local roads are named and unnumbered
5. Other Roads
Roads are unnumbered
Following table describes some information about roads in Sri Lanka
Road types in Sri Lanka | |||||
Type | Class | Description | Administration | Max Speed | |
Express ways | E | Connecting major cities, Ports | Ministry of Highways and Road Development RDA | 80/100/120 Kmph * please see note below | |
National Roads | A | AA | Connecting major cities | Ministry of Highways and Road Development - RDA | 20-25-30-35 mph 32-40-48-65 kmph * please see note below |
AB | |||||
AC | |||||
B | Roads connecting major urban areas | ||||
Provincial Roads | C | Major feeder roads | Ministry of Provincial Councils & Local Government - PRDA | ||
D | Minor feeder roads | ||||
Local Authority Roads | E | Local roads | |||
Other Roads | Not Classified | Plantation, forest, irrigation, roads | Ministry of Rural Development (MORD) Private Company, Agriculture Cooperative | Set by administration/Motor traffic | |
Motor traffic act :- section 140
(1) A motor coach, or a lorry having a tare exceeding one ton, shall not be driven-
(1) A motor coach, or a lorry having a tare exceeding one ton, shall not be driven-
(a) on any highway within an urban area, at a greater speed than twenty miles per hour, or
(b) on any highway outside an urban area, at a greater speed than twenty-five miles per hour.
(2) A motor vehicle of any class or description, to which subsection (1) does not apply, shall not be driven-
(a) on any highway within an urban area, at a greater speed than thirty miles per hour; or
(b) on any highway outside an urban area, at a greater speed than forty miles per hour.
See also Section 141,142.
Sri Lanka Numbered Highways
Class "E" Roads
E 01 Southern Expressway Kottawa to Pinnaduwa (Galle)
More details
E 03 Katunayake Expressway Colombo to Katunayake
More details
Northern Expressway - proposed expressway Colombo - Kandy - Jaffna
OCH (Outer circular Highway) - Kottawa - Kaduwela - Kadawatha - Enderamulla - Kerawalapitiya
Class "AA" Roads
AA 00 Kollupitiya - Sri Jayewardenepura 7.12km
AA 01 Colombo - Kandy 115.85km
AA 02 Colombo - Galle - Hambantota - Wellawaya 317.7km
AA 03 Peliyagoda - Puttalam 126.3km
AA 04 Colombo - Ratnapura - Wellawaya - Batticaloa 430.5km
AA 05 Peradeniya - Badulla - Chenkaladi 275.5km
AA 06 Ambepussa - Kurunegala - Trincomalee 199km
AA 07 Avissawella - Hatton - Nuwara Eliya 118.7km
AA 08 Panadura - Nambapana - Ratnapura 67.8km
AA 09 Kandy - Jaffna 321km
AA 10 Katugastota - Kurunegala - Puttlam 124.5km
AA 11 Maradankadawela Habarana Tirikkondiadimadu 129.4km
AA 12 Puttalam - Trincomalee 7km
AA 13 Galkulama - Anuradhapura 16.6km
AA 14 Medawachchiya - Mannar - Talaimannar 113.8km
AA 15 Batticaloa - Tirikkondiadimadu - Trincomalee 130.8km
AA 16 Beragala - Hali-Ela 40.4km
AA 17 Galle - Deniyaya - Madampe 144km
AA 18 Pelmadulla - Embilipitiya - Nonagama 87.6km
AA 19 Polgahawela -Kegalle 11.6km
AA 20 Anuradhapura - Rambewa 14.5km
AA 22 Passara - Moneragala 34.11km
AA 23 Wellawaya - Ella - Kumbalwela 30.5km
AA 24 Matara - Akuressa 20.1km
AA 25 Siyambalanduwa - Damana - Ampara 57.1km
AA 26 Kandy - Mahiyangana - Padiyatalawa 105.2km
AA 27 Ampara - Uhana - MahaOya 57.9km
AA 28 Anuradhapura - Padeniya 84.4km
AA 29 Vavuniya - Horowopotana 46.0km
AA 30 Vavuniya - Parayanalankulam 35.8km
AA 31 Karativu - Ampara 24.1km
AA 32 Navakkuli - Kerativu - Mannar 98.3km
AA 33 Ja-Ela - Ekala - Gampaha - Yakkala 17.1km
AA 34 Mankulam - Mullaitivu 49.2km
AA 35 Paranthan - Kachchai - Mullaitivu 52.1km
- View other road categories :- Class AB - AC and Class B
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