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List of highways numbered 4

list of roads or other routes with the same number

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ110314198
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Route 4, or Highway 4, may refer to several highways in the following countries:

International

AH4 Asian Highway 4

E04 European route E04

E004 European route E004

Cairo – Cape Town Highway

Albania

SH-4 road in Albania from Durrës to Kakavijë passing through Lushnjë, Fier, Ballsh, Tepelenë and Gjirokastër.

Australia

New South Wales

M4 Western Motorway (Sydney)

Western Distributor (Sydney)

Northern Territory

Lasseter Highway, NT

Tjukaruru Road

Great Central Road

Queensland

Port of Brisbane Motorway

Capricorn Highway

Scenic Highway, Queensland

Tasmania

Esk Highway, Tasmania

Victoria

West Gate Tunnel Motorway (Melbourne)

Western Australia

State Route 4 (Western Australia) – Tonkin Highway

Austria

Ost Autobahn

Belgium

R4 road (Belgium)

Bolivia

National Route 4 (Bolivia)

Bulgaria

A4 motorway (Bulgaria)

I-4 road (Bulgaria)

Myanmar(Burma)

National Highway 4 (Burma)

Cambodia

National Highway 4 (Cambodia)

Canada

Alberta Highway 4

British Columbia Highway 4

Manitoba Highway 4

New Brunswick Route 4

Northwest Territories Highway 4 (Ingraham Trail)

Nova Scotia Trunk 4

Ontario Highway 4

Route 4 (Prince Edward Island)

Quebec Route 4 (former)

Saskatchewan Highway 4

Yukon Highway 4

China

G4 Expressway

G4w Expressway (G4's branch)

Costa Rica

National Route 4

Cuba

Autopista A4

Autopista A4–1

Highway 6–4

Czech Republic

D4 Motorway

I/4 Highway (in Czech)

Djibouti

RN-4 (Djibouti)

Dominican Republic

DR-4

Finland

Finnish national road 4

Åland Islands Highway 4

Germany

Bundesautobahn 4

Greece

EO4 road

Hong Kong

Route 4 (Hong Kong)

Hungary

M4 motorway (Hungary)

Main road 4 (Hungary)

India

National Highway 4 (India)

National Highway 4 (India, old numbering)

Indonesia

Indonesian National Route 4

Iraq

Highway 4 (Iraq)

Ireland

M4 motorway (Republic of Ireland)

N4 road (Ireland)

Israel

Highway 4 (Israel)

Italy

Autostrada A4

RA 4

State road 4

T4

Japan

National Route 4

Tōhoku Expressway

Aomori Expressway (branch of the Tōhoku Expressway)

Daini-Michinoku Toll Road (branch of the Tōhoku Expressway)

Hachinohe Expressway (branch of the Tōhoku Expressway)

Kamikita Expressway (branch of the Tōhoku Expressway)

Michinoku Toll Road (branch of the Tōhoku Expressway)

Momoishi Toll Road (branch of the Tōhoku Expressway)

Route 4 (Shuto Expressway)

Route 4 (Nagoya Expressway)

Bayshore Route (Port of Osaka-Kansai International Airport)

Korea, South

National Route 4

Malaysia

FT 4 Malaysia Federal Route 4

A4 Jalan Kerian

B4 Jalan Haji Sirat

J4 Johor State Route J4

Moldova

M4 highway (Moldova)

Netherlands

Rijksweg 4

New Zealand

New Zealand State Highway 4

Nicaragua

Nicaraguan Highway 4

Nigeria

Nigeria Trunk Road A4

Norway

Norwegian National Road 4

Paraguay

National Route 4

Philippines

C-4 Circumferential Road 4

R-4 Radial Road 4

N4 highway (Philippines)

E4 expressway (Philippines)

Poland

Motorway A4

National road 4 (according to the official documents, national road 4 and motorway A4 are basically the same route)

Romania

Drumul Naţional 4

A4 motorway (Romania)

Russia

M4 highway (Russia)

South Africa

M4 (Port Elizabeth)

M4 road (Pretoria)

M4 (Durban)

N4 (South Africa)

Taiwan

National Highway 4 (Taiwan)

Provincial Highway 4 (Taiwan)

Thailand

Thailand Route 4 (Phetkasem Road)

Turkey

O-4, a motorway in Turkey running from Istanbul to Ankara.

United Kingdom

M4 motorway (Great Britain)

A4 road (Great Britain)

A4 road (Northern Ireland)

United States

Interstate 4

Interstate A-4 (Alaska; unsigned)

Interstate H-4 (former proposal)

U.S. Route 4

New England Interstate Route 4 (former)

Alabama State Route 4 (former)

County Route 4 (Lee County, Alabama)

Alaska Route 4

Arkansas Highway 4

California State Route 4

County Route D4 (California)

County Route E4 (California)

County Route G4 (California)

County Route J4 (California)

County Route N4 (California)

County Route S4 (California)

Connecticut Route 4

Delaware Route 4

Florida State Road 4

County Road 4 (Escambia County, Florida)

County Road 4 (Okaloosa County, Florida)

County Road 4B (Okaloosa County, Florida)

Georgia State Route 4

Georgia State Route 4 (former)

Idaho State Highway 4

Illinois Route 4

Indiana State Road 4

Iowa Highway 4

K-4 (Kansas highway)

Kentucky Route 4

Louisiana Highway 4

Maine State Route 4

Maryland Route 4

Massachusetts Route 4

M-4 (Michigan highway) (former)

Minnesota State Highway 4

County Road 4 (Dakota County, Minnesota)

County Road 4 (Goodhue County, Minnesota)

County Road 4 (St.

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