Autoways Highway System

The Savan Tarun Confederate System of Nationally-Funded High Speed Thoroughfares, more commonly known as thhe Autoways Highway System or simply just Autoways, is a national network of controlled-access highways which forms the national road framework of Gabrielland. Within the national road framework of Gabrielland, most autoways are labelled as A. The autoways network extends to every Gabrielt region except for the Aztami region.

Gabrielland did not have a system of codified highways and national roads before 1970. The first iteration of the national highway system was codified in 1971 with the passage of the National Roads and Highways Bill of 1971. The bill established a national route-numbering system on already existing routes, as well as plans to upgrade existing roads into proper highways. The project was postponed momentarily in 1974 due to a series of economic shocks and downturns, and was completely scrapped on the onset of the Gabrielt civil war in 1976. The civil war would end in 1980 with most of the existing road network severly damaged or in disrepair. PM Savan Tarun proposed a unified highway system for the entire nation in order to improve connectivity and to prevent another civil war from happening. Unlike the National Roads and Highways Bill of 1971, PM Savan Tarun proposed the construction of all brand-new highways, and not just mere upgrades from existing roads to conform to national and international standards. A system of national highways was presentd to parliament in 1986, and was approved in 1987. The original 1987 plan included 14,500 km of highways. Construction of the original 1987 plan took place until 2014, eventually costing around 200 billion ACU over the span of nearly 30 years. New autoway routes not part of the original 1987 document are still in various stages of implementation, with some currently in construction.