Heavenly Highway
The Heavenly Highway system is a series of highways in the Barbarian Republic that dates back to 1591 AN, during the reign of the Kaiming Emperor over the first Jingdaoese Empire in Cibola. The highway system in Apollonian Jingdao was briefly called the Heavenly Highway in 1624 AN, but was renamed into the Imperial Autobahn, or teikoku michi in 1637 AN. After the fall of the Cibolan Jingdaoese Empire in 1602 AN the system fell in disrepair and only remnants were found by the Barbarian trying to restore the glory of the old empire. The Barbarian Republic has not yet gained all the territory needed to reconstruct the most important highways from the Jingdaoese era, but reconstruction of the B6 from Naval to Laguarres and the B7 from the B6 to Basella was started in 1687, reconstruction works on the C1 from Arvidsudde to Zaidin will start in 1688. The C1, which spanned from Arvidsudde to Neutreisen was originally an international highway, of the same importance as the Class A roads, with the C standing for "Cibola", rather than to denote a lower importance.
List of historic routes
| Number | Length | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Saragossa | Herckenburg | |
| A2 | Heemecht | Nova Victoria | |
| A3 | Basella | Saragossa | |
| A4 | Willemstad | Heemecht | |
| A5 | Yixing | Junction A4/A5 "Heemecht-West" | |
| A6 | Basella | Aguas | |
| A7 | Junction A3/A7 "Basella-Noord" | Junction A6/A7 "Baicha-Zuid" | |
| A8 | Basella | Kaapstad | |
| A9 | Kaapstad | Willemstad | |
| A10 | Saragossa | Junction A9/A10 "Willemstad-Rijn" | |
| A11 | Laguarres | Junction A8/A11 "Düffeler-Oost" |
| Number | Length | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | Saragossa | Basaltburg | |
| B2 | Basaltburg | Junction A2/B2 "Basaltburg-Oost" | |
| B3 | Heemecht | Hermanshaven | |
| B4 | Annavagnia | Junction B4/C1 "Vikingkanaal-Zuid" | |
| B5 | Zijincheng | Junction A1/B5 "Herckenburg-Zuidwest" | |
| B6 | Naval | Laguarres | |
| B7 | Junction B6/B7 "Naval-Noord" | Basella |
| Number | Length | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus |
|---|---|---|---|
| C1 | Arvidsudde | Zaidin (originally: Neutreisen) |
Restrictions
The Heavenly Highway system is open for vehicles that fulfil the following requirements:
- Are capable of driving at least 80 km/h
- Have a maximum length of 14m (single motorcar or trailer)
- Have a maximum length of 20m (tractor trailer combination)
- Have a maximum width of 2m60
- Have a maximum height of 4m20
- Weigh no more than 40 metric tonnes (single motorcar or trailer)
- Weigh no more than 60 metric tonnes (tractor trailer combination)
- Weigh no more than 10 metric tonnes per axle
- Have passed the Barbarian Republic's Annual Roadworthiness Test (ART)
- Have a recorded service history complying with the manufacturer's requirements
Speed limits on the Heavenly Highway:
- 100 km/h general speed limit from 06:00 - 18:00
- 120 km/h general speed limit from 18:00 - 06:00
- 90 km/h speed limit for vehicles or vehicle combinations > 3 metric tonnes
- 80 km/h minimum speed limit, with good weather and quiet, safe road conditions
The 80 km/h minimum speed limit, which has many caveats, is strictly enforced with vehicles below 3 metric tonnes allowed maximum mass that are holding up traffic, but not usually with heavy good vehicles.
