Bahrain/Conventions
| Type | Comment | |
|---|---|---|
| motorway | Do any motorways exist in Bahrain? | |
| trunk | A trunk road is a major road with 3 or more lanes and a central reservation. Furthermore, entry/exit is primarily by slip roads rather than traffic-light controlled junctions. | |
| primary | A major road, usually with 3 or more lanes and a central reservation, but with traffic-light controlled junctions. | |
| secondary | A secondary road is metalled and usually has pavements (sidewalks) and lamp-posts. It may be single or dual-carriageway. | |
| tertiary | A minor road, which is usually single-carriageway. It is metalled but may not have built-up pavements or kerbs. | |
| unclassified | A minor road, usually single carriageway. The difference between an unclassified and a tertiary road is that an unclassified road serves only itself and other unclassified roads connected to it, whereas a tertiary road tends to actually 'go somewhere' (another part of town, another town or so on). | |
| residential | A road which would otherwise be unclassified, but which is primarily lined with housing. NB a tertiary road with houses along it is still classed as a tertiary road. | |
| service | A road whose only purpose is to serve an individual building, or to serve a set of buildings set back from a major road. Note that some services roads to large conference centres and similar can be multi-lane with a central reservation. But they are classed as service roads because of their purpose. |