List of National Roads in Belgium

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The N227 in Belgium

The national roads of Belgium are roads that cover the whole of the country; some of the roads are provincial and communal. The use of the national roads is free; they are open to all vehicles, but some are for cars only.

Since the second state reform in 1980, the networks of national roads have been managed by the federal regions, depending on the region in which they are located.

In general the road names are linked to the surrounding areas; most of these are linked to historical references. For example, the N3 around Liège is known as the "Road to Brussels" in the west of the city and the "Road to Fléron" in the east of the city. Another example is around Brussels, where the N2 is known as the "Road to Leuven" ("Chaussée de Louvain" in French, "Leuvensesteenweg" in Dutch).

The numbering of the roads is grouped into four networks of roads:

* The roads N1 to N9 are large connections, starting from Brussels to the borders of the country in each direction. These roads are numbered clockwise.
* In between are roads with numbers N10, N20, N30, etc., which are short connections between two N roads of the first network and located in different provinces.
* There are other important roads having numbers N11, N12, etc., up to N99.
* Lastly, there are local N roads with three digits.

Most of the roads of the third and fourth networks have a first digit that identifies the province: N1xx for Antwerp, N2xx for ex Brabant, N3xx for West Flanders, N4xx for East Flanders, N5xx for Hainaut, N6xx for Liège, N7xx for Limburg, N8xx for Luxemburg and N9xx for Namur. This first digit corresponds with the NIS code of the provinces.

Some short roads have the number of another N road suffixed with a letter of the alphabet. These are usually a short road connecting to an N road, a part of that N road, or a road that can be taken as an alternative to that N road.

## First network[edit]

The first network consists of national roads, each starting from the capital Brussels and forming a clockwise star.

Num. | Route

|

N1 | Brussels – Antwerp – Breda (The Netherlands)
N2 | Brussels – Hasselt – Maastricht (The Netherlands)
N3 | Brussels – Leuven – Liège – Aachen (Germany)
N4 | Brussels – Namur – Arlon – Luxembourg City (Luxembourg)
N5 | Brussels – Charleroi – Reims (France)
N6 | Brussels – Mons – Maubeuge (France)
N7 | Halle – Tournai – Lille (France)
N8 | Brussels – Kortrijk – Ypres – Koksijde
N9 | Brussels – Ghent – Bruges – Ostend

## Second network[edit]

The second network groups the national roads that are linked to major cities and towns of Belgium, excluding Brussels.

Num. | Route

|

N10 | Mortsel – Diest
N20 | Hasselt – Liège
N30 | Liège – Bastogne
N40 | Arlon – Mons
N50 | Mons – Bruges
N60 | Ghent – Peruwelz – Valenciennes (France)
N70 | Ghent – Antwerp
N80 | Hasselt – Namur
N90 | Mons – Charleroi – Namur – Liège

## Third network[edit]

The third network is composed of provincial national roads. The first digit corresponds to a province—from 1 to 9—based upon the old provinces and in alphabetical order in French, thus: 1 is Province of Antwerp; 2 is Province of Brabant; 3 is Province of West Flanders; 4 is Province of East Flanders; 5 is Province of Hainaut; 6 is Province of Liège; 7 is Province of Limburg; 8 is Province of Luxemburg; and 9 is Province of Namur.

### Province of Antwerp[edit]

Num. | Route

|

N11 | Merksem – Putte – (The Netherlands)
N12 | Antwerp – Turnhout – Poppel – (The Netherlands)
N13 | Lier – Geel
N14 | Mechelen – Meerle – (The Netherlands)
N15 | Mechelen – Westerlo
N16 | Mechelen – Sint-Niklaas
N17 | Puurs – Dendermonde
N18 | Turnhout – Leopoldsburg
N19 | Turnhout – Leuven

### Province of Brabant[edit]

Num. | Route

|

N21 | Brussels – Haacht – Aarschot
N22 | Brussels – Zaventem
N23 | Rue Belliard – Avenue de Roodebeek (including tunnels)
N24 | Place Poelaert – Avenue Louise – Avenue Franklin Roosevelt
N25  | Leuven – Wavre – Ottignies – Louvain-la-Neuve – Nivelles
N26  | Leuven – Mechelen
N27  | Waterloo – La Louvière – Binche
N28  | Nivelles – Halle – Ninove
N29  | Charleroi – Diest – Beringen

### Province of West Flanders[edit]

Num. | Route

|

N31  | Bruges – Zeebruges
N32  | Bruges – Menen – Halluin (France)
N33  | Ostend – Torhout
N34  | Knokke – Ostend – Adinkerke
N35  | De Panne – Gavere
N36  | Zarren – Roeselare – Ronse
N37  | Aalter – Ypres
N38  | Ypres – Cassel (France)
N39  | Nieuwpoort – Dunkirk (France)

### Province of East Flanders[edit]

Num. | Route

|

N41  | Aalst – Dendermonde – Sint-Niklaas – Hulst (The Netherlands)
N42  | Wetteren – Geraardsbergen – Lessines
N43  | Ghent – Kortrijk – Mouscron
N44  | Aalter – Maldegem
N45  | Aalst – Ninove – Soignies
N46  | Aalst – Oudenaarde
N47  | Asse – Lokeren
N48  | Brakel – Ronse – Tournai
N49  | Antwerp – Zelzate – Maldegem – Knokke

### Province of Hainaut[edit]

Num. | Route

|

N51  | Mons – Quiévrain – Valenciennes, Nord, D630 (France)
N52  | Gaurain-Ramecroix – Brunehaut
N53  | Charleroi – Chimay
N54  | Charleroi – Erquelinnes – Maubeuge, Nord, D649 (France)
N55  | Enghien – La Louvière – Solre-sur-Sambre
N56  | Nimy – Ath
N57  | Ronse – Lessines – Soignies – Familleureux
N58† | Dottignies – Dronkaard ... Menen (A19) – Armentières (France)
N59  | Feluy – Gozée

†Due to linguistic differences, the national road N58 took more than twenty years to build. It does not actually run from Dottignies to Armentières as anticipated because the road is split into two sections: the first stretches from Armentières in France up to Menen where it joins onto the A19 motorway; the other part starts in the village of Dronkaard to the southeast of Menen, and ends in the village of Dottignies.

### Province of Liège[edit]

Num. | Route

|

N61  | Liège – Verviers – Limbourg – Eupen
N62  | Beaufays – Saint-Vith – Diekirch (Luxembourg)
N63  | Liège – Marche-en-Famenne
N64  | Huy – Tirlemont
N65  | Huy – Waremme
N66  | Huy – Trois-Ponts
N67  | Welkenraedt – Eupen – Monschau (Germany)
N68  | Aachen (Germany) – Eupen – Stavelot – Diekirch (Luxembourg)
N69  | Tongeren – Waremme – Moxhe

### Province of Limburg[edit]

Num. | Route

|

N71  | Geel – Mol – Lommel – Hamont – Achel – Maarheeze (The Netherlands)
N72  | Zonhoven – Beringen – Heppen
N73  | Kessenich – Tessenderlo
N74  | Hasselt – Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
N75  | Hasselt – Genk – Dilsen
N76  | Borgloon – Genk – Hamont
N77  | Genk – Maastricht (The Netherlands)
N78  | Vroenhoven – Maaseik – Venlo (The Netherlands)
N79  | Sint-Truiden – Maastricht (The Netherlands)

### Province of Luxemburg[edit]

Num. | Route

|

N81  | Arlon – Athus
N82  | Arlon – Virton
N83  | Arlon – Bouillon
N84  | Bastogne – Ettelbruck
N85  | Carignan – Florenville – Bastogne
N86  | Aywaille – Marche-en-Famenne – Ave-et-Auffe
N87  | N4 – Virton – Montmédy
N88  | Athus – Virton – Florenville
N89  | Sedan (France) – Salmchâteau

### Province of Namur[edit]

Num. | Route

|

N91  | Namur – Hamme-Mille
N92  | Namur – Dinant
N93  | Namur – Nivelles
N94  | Dinant – Halma
N95  | Dinant – Bouillon
N96  | Yvoir – Dinant – Givet (France)
N97  | Philippeville – Clavier
N98  | Sombreffe – Vodecée
N99  | Doische – Couvin – Chimay – Hirson (France)

## Fourth network[edit]

The fourth network consists of national secondary roads. The first digit corresponds to the province, as for the third network.

Num. | Route

|

N203  | Ring N203a – Sint-Rochus (Halle)
N237  | Ottignies – Court-Saint-Étienne – Bousval – Genappe – Nivelles
N275  | Watermael-Boitsfort – Villers-la-Ville
N285  | Asse – Hove
N375  | Ypres (N37b) – Dikkebus – Loker – Belle (Bailleul), Nord, D23 (France)
N397  | Zedelgem (N309) – Bruges
N500  | Tournai – Antoing – Vezon
N501  | Vaulx – N7
N502  | Tournai – Antoing – Bruyelle (Antoing)
N503  | Antoing – Callenelle (Péruwelz)
N504  | Péruwelz – Vezon
N505  | Péruwelz – Stambruges (Access 27 A16E42)
N506  | Quevaucamps – Blaton (Access 28 A16E42)
N507  | Tournai – Brunehaut – Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Nord, D169 (France)
N508  | Tournai – Rumes – Orchies, Nord, D938 (France)
N509  | Tournai – Templeuve – Roubaix, Nord, D206 (France)
N523  | Brugelette – Silly
N524  | Tertre – Soignies
N525  | Chièvres – Hornu
N526  | Leuze-en-Hainaut – Sirault
N527  | Ath – Grandglise-Stambruges
N528  | Ath – Frasnes-lez-Buissenal
N529  | Tournai – Lessines
N532  | Braine-le-Comte – Mignault
N533  | Braine-le-Comte – Nivelles
N534  | Marche-lez-Ecaussinnes – Ronquières
N550  | Cuesmes – Boussu
N563  | Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont – Gœgnies-Chaussée – Gognies-Chaussée, Nord, D31 – Bavay, Nord, D932 (France)
N567  | Mellet – Fleurus
N574  | Nalinnes-Bultia – Biesme
N582  | Fontaine-l'Eveque – Gosselies
N586  | Nivelles – Gosselies
N681  | Malmedy – Robertville
N910  | Mesnil-Saint-Blaise – Achêne
N911  | Beauraing – Rochefort
N912  | Éghezée – Fleurus
N913  | Carlsbourg – Graide – Houdremont
N914  | Sorendal – Vresse-sur-Semois – Graide
N915  | Anthée – Mesnil-Saint-Blaise
N921  | Ciney – Halbosart
N922  | Châtelet – Sovimont
N922  | Châtelet – Fosses-la-Ville – Floreffe
N923  | Jemeppe-sur-Sambre – Ham-sur-Sambre
N924  | Champion – Wasseiges
N929  | Dion – Houyet – Grandhan
N930  | Onoz – Vitrival
N932  | Annevoie-Rouillon – Fraire
N935  | Gedinne – Pussemange
N936  | Hastière – Onhaye – Dinant – Achêne
N937  | Yvoir – Ciney
N938  | Achêne – Méan
N942  | Saint-Germain (Eghezée) – Frisée
N947  | Jambes – Godinne
N948  | Dinant – Dorinne
N951  | Wépion – Morville
N952  | Hargnies – Haut-Fays
N958  | Floreffe – Suarlée
N959  | Beez – Namêche
N971  | Anhée – Denée
N972  | Eghezée – Perwez
N975  | Châtelet – Corenne
N977  | Biesme – Agimont
N978  | Somzée – Cerfontaine
N981  | Flohimont – Beauraing
N983  | Ohey – Barvaux-sur-Ourthe
N988  | Fleurus – Saint-Gérard
N992  | Gelbressée – Marche-les-Dames