You can find on this page the Switzerland road map to print and to download in PDF. The Switzerland driving map presents the detailed road network, main highways and free motorways of Switzerland in Western Europe.
The Switzerland road map shows all roads network and main roads of Switzerland. This road map of Switzerland will allow you to preparing your routes and find your routes through the roads of Switzerland in Western Europe. The Switzerland roads map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.
Switzerland has a network of two-lane national roads as you can see in Switzerland roads map. These roads usually lack a median or central reservation. Some stretches are controlled-access, in that all traffic must enter and exit through ramps and must cross using grade separations. Two of the important motorways are the A1, running from St. Margrethen in northeastern Switzerland canton of St. Gallen through to Geneva in southwestern Switzerland, and the A2, running from Basel in northwestern Switzerland to Chiasso in southern Switzerland canton of Ticino, using the Gotthard Road Tunnel. Autobahn (plural: Autobahnen) is the German name; in French-speaking Switzerland they are known as autoroutes (singular: autoroute), and in Italian-speaking Switzerland they are known as autostrade. Swiss motorways have general speed limits of 120 km/h (75 mph).
The Swiss road network is funded by road tolls and vehicle taxes. Susten Pass (German: Sustenpass) (el. 2264 m.) is a mountain pass in the Swiss Alps. The pass road, built from 1938–1945, connects Innertkirchen in the canton of Bern with Wassen in the canton of Uri. A 300 metres long tunnel crosses the pass at 2,224 metres. One of the most impressive roads on the European continent, the Gotthard Pass is situated in the heart of the Alps and is one of the highest mountain passes as its shown in Switzerland roads map. With its serpentine twists and turns, varied surfaces of smooth asphalt and cobblestone, and sheer drops, it stretches between the towns of Andermatt and Airolo. Completed back in 1830, it is 27 km (17 miles) long and has an elevation of 7,000 feet.
At the base of St. Gotthard Pass, you will reach the Furka Pass, which connects Gletsch and Realp. Immortalized by the car chase scene in James Bond Goldfinger, this switchback-filled road is worth driving if only to view the Rhone Glacier. The road down the other side is quite narrow and steep, but still offers up some of the best driving in Switzerland. All in all, the Furka is an incredible, picturesque drive. Motorists looking for the fastest year-round route to northern Italy use the San Bernardino Tunnel, which opened in 1967. The San Bernardino Pass is no longer needed as direct route into Italy, but it is a beautiful drive that takes you to the highest point of the San Bernardino Road as its mentioned in Switzerland roads map. One of the world highest paved roads, it stretches for nearly 100km (62 miles) and offers up stunning views of the Rhinewald Valley. It is one of Switzerland more challenging drives, with 40 hairpin turns and a steep slope that affords views of Pizzo Uccello (Bird Mountain), the Marschalhorn, and the Zapporthorn with the Muccial glacier on the way up, and Pan de Zucchero, Piz Lumbreda, and Piz Curciusa on the road down.
The Switzerland highway map shows toll and free motorways of Switzerland. This highways map of Switzerland will allow you to prepare your routes on motorways of Switzerland in Western Europe. The Switzerland highway map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.
Switzerland highway system requires the purchase of a road tax disc - which costs 40 Swiss francs - for one calendar year in order to use its roadways, for both passenger cars and trucks. Switzerland highway network has a total length of 1,638 km (as of 2000) and has also - with an area of 41,290 km² - one of the highest motorway densities in the world as you can see in Switzerland highway map. Swiss motorways are the fastest roads in the country, with most connecting east to west, with some mountain routes to Italy. There are 26 highway routes, connecting the major cities of Switzerland.
The first highway to open in Switzerland was in 1955. It connected the city of Lucerne with its suburbs as its shown in Switzerland highway map. The route today forms part of the A2 highway that uses the famous Gotthard tunnel to get to Italy. The Sonnenberg Tunnel on the A2 served an additional purpose of being the largest nuclear bunker in the world until being reduced in size in 2005. Previously, it could have held 17.000 people in times of nuclear war. The longest motorway in Switzerland is the A1 route, which connects the French-speaking cities of Geneva and Lausanne with the border of Austria in the east where the Rhein meets Lake Constance. The highway was opened in 1964 to celebrate the inauguration of the Swiss National Exhibition.
Switzerland operates a style of smart highway in which the traffic authority can increase and reduce the speed limit on motorways. If unobstructed, the speed limit in Switzerland is 120 kilometres per hour (km/h), with a minimum speed of 80 km/h as its mentioned in Switzerland highway map. Do look for overhead gantries or road work signs that may say otherwise. One of the key things that you must purchase before going on the highway is a motorway pass (Autovignette / Auto Vignette). This sticker will allow you to use the highway network in Switzerland, with the money helping to maintain the road surface. The cost is 30 Swiss francs a year, and the vignette can be found in any petrol station. Once you have purchased a vignette, place it on the front windshield of your car, preferably in front of the rear-view mirror, to improve visibility.