Roads and road traffic in Finland
    Finns make an average of 2,8 trips a day and use 83 minutes to do so. The distance travelled per day is 45 kilometres per person (Passenger traffic study, 1998-99).

    93 % of passenger traffic and 69 % of goods transport takes place on the roadways.

    Finland has 2.5 million automobiles which includes 2.2 million passenger cars

    The total length of Finland's road network is 386 000 km, which includes:

    Public roads 78 137 km

    • paved roads 64 %,
      50 355 km
    • motorways 602 km
    • light traffic routes 4 508 km
    • bridges, 13 979

    Streets 26 000 km
    Other roads (includes private roads, forest truck roads), 280 000 km

    Public roads serve 66 % of all road traffic in Finland

    Total public road management costs in 2002 are 845 Me.

    The capital value of public roads amounts to some 15 billion �. In 2002, GDP was 140 billion �.

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