In Belgium, the motorways (Dutch: autosnelwegen; French: autoroutes; German: Autobahnen) are indicated by an A and an E(uropean) number. The E numbers are used most often. Roads that are (part of) a ring road around a town or city are mostly indicated by an R number.
Since 1989, all highways are built and maintained by the governments of the three regions (Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels).
This first list concerns the motorways which start from the ring of Brussels to other cities and are which are clockwise : A1 towards the north, A2 towards the north-east, A3 towards the east, etc.
NB. the motorwats A5,A6 and A9 have never been built.
Former province of Brabant, corresponds to Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant and the Brussels-Capital Region nowadays.
Prefixed by the letter B from the French word "bretelle".
Former province of Brabant, corresponds to Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant and the Brussels-Capital Region nowadays.