Editing Tirana (section)

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[[File:Autobahn-Alb.jpg|thumb|The [[SH 2 (Albania)|Rruga Shtetërore 2]] (SH2) connecting Tirana with [[Durrës]]]]

The city's geographical location in the centre of Albania has long established the city as an integral terminus for the [[Roads in Albania|national road transportation]], thus connecting the city to all parts of Albania and the neighbouring countries.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Bashkia Tiranë |title=Strategjija e Zhvillimit të Qendrueshëm të Bashkisë Tiranë 2018-2022 |url=https://tirana.al/uploads/2019/3/20190304142936_szhqbt-2018-2022-30-e-miratuar-per-web-finale.pdf |access-date=13 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613221311/https://tirana.al/uploads/2019/3/20190304142936_szhqbt-2018-2022-30-e-miratuar-per-web-finale.pdf |archive-date=13 June 2020 |pages=18, 23 |language=sq}}</ref> The [[SH 1 (Albania)|Rruga Shtetërore 1]] (SH1) connects Tirana with [[Shkodër]] and [[Montenegro]] in the north, and constitutes an essential section of the proposed [[Adriatic–Ionian motorway]].
The [[SH 2 (Albania)|Rruga Shtetërore 2]] (SH2) continues in the west and provides direct connection to Durrës on the Adriatic Sea. The Rruga Shtetërore 3 (SH3) is being transformed to the [[A3 (Albania)|Autostrada 3]] (A3) and follows the ancient [[Via Egnatia]]. It significantly constitutes a major section of the [[Pan-European Corridor VIII]] and links the city with [[Elbasan]], Korçë and Greece in the south. Tirana is further connected, through the Milot interchange in the northwest, with [[Kosovo]] following as part of the [[A1 motorway (Albania)|Autostrada 1]] (A1).

During the [[Communism in Albania|communist regime in Albania]], a plan for the construction of a [[ring road]] around Tirana arose in 1989 with no implementation until the 2010s.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries]] (China-CEE) |title=Albania economy briefing: Tirana's Outer Ring Road and the controversial case of 2.1 km segment |url=https://china-cee.eu/2019/03/06/albania-economy-briefing-tiranas-outer-ring-road-and-the-controversial-case-of-2-1-km-segment/ |access-date=13 June 2020 |date=6 March 2019 |archive-date=13 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613230127/https://china-cee.eu/2019/03/06/albania-economy-briefing-tiranas-outer-ring-road-and-the-controversial-case-of-2-1-km-segment/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It is of major importance, especially concerning the demographic growth of the [[metropolitan region]] of Tirana as well as the importance of the economy. Although, constructions for the nowadays completed southern section of the ring road started in 2011, however, the northern and eastern sections are still in the planning process.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[TV Klan]] |title=Unaza e Madhe e Tiranës hapet në shtator |url=https://tvklan.al/unaza-e-madhe-e-tiranes-hapet-ne-shtator/ |access-date=13 June 2020 |language=sq |date=14 August 2017 |archive-date=13 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613230126/https://tvklan.al/unaza-e-madhe-e-tiranes-hapet-ne-shtator/ |url-status=live }}</ref>