Argentina Argentina marks kilometre zero with a monolith in
Plaza Congreso in
Buenos Aires. The work of the brothers Máximo and
José Fioravanti, the structure was placed on the north side of Plaza Lorea on October 2, 1935; it was moved to its present location on May 18, 1944. An image of
Our Lady of Luján (honored on the monolith as "the
patron saint of the national road network") appears on the monolith's north face, a relief map of Argentina is on the south face, plaques in honour of
José de San Martín are west, and on its eastern side, the date of the decree and the name of the relevant authorities.
Australia Highways in Australia are usually built and maintained by the
states and territories. In the state of
New South Wales, highway distances (
mileages) were traditionally measured from a
sandstone obelisk in
Macquarie Place in
Sydney, designed by
Francis Greenway in 1818. The obelisk lists the distances to various locations in New South Wales at the time. For the railway, it is at platform 1 of
Central station. The
General Post Office building in
Melbourne traditionally serves this purpose in
Victoria. In
Western Australia, road distances are measured from "Point Zero", which is by the old Treasury Building on the corner of
Cathedral Avenue and
St Georges Terrace in
Perth, because this building once housed the Lands and Surveys Department.
Canada in
Dawson Creek • The kilometer zero marker of the eastern origin of the
Trans-Canada Highway is in
St. John's, Newfoundland. • Coordinates: • Altitude: 14.02 m (46 ft) • The western terminus of the
Trans-Canada Highway in
Victoria, British Columbia, is on the southern end of
Vancouver Island. • Mile zero of the
Trans Canada Trail is adjacent to the
Railway Coastal Museum in St. John's, Newfoundland. • Coordinates: • Altitude: • Mile zero for the
Alaska Highway is in
Dawson Creek, British Columbia. • Mile zero of the
Old Cariboo Road is in
Lillooet, British Columbia. This was the starting point of the
Cariboo Gold Rush Trail, on which the communities
93 Mile House,
100 Mile House, and
150 Mile House are located. • Coordinates: • Altitude: • Mile zero for the
Mackenzie Highway is in
Grimshaw, Alberta. • Coordinates:
Chile All national distances from
Santiago, the capital of
Chile, originate at the
Km. 0 plaque at the
Plaza de Armas main square in its downtown. (Coordinates: .) Chile's
Autopista Central – Eje Norte-Sur (the eastern segment of the
Panamerican Highway that passes through Santiago) has its kilometre zero at the intersection with the
Alameda del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins, the capital's main avenue. (Coordinates: .)
China China Railway's kilometre zero is at the entrance to the
Fengtai Yard on the
Beijing–Guangzhou railway just outside its capital
Beijing. This point was historically the start of the line; the marker is a simple concrete marker, with "0" painted on it. There is no ceremonial plaque. The kilometre zero point for highways is at
Tiananmen Square, just outside the Zhengyangmen Gate. It is marked with a plaque in the ground, with the four cardinal points, four animals, and "Zero Point of Highways, China" in English and Chinese.
Cuba , marking the Cuban Kilometre Zero
Cuba's kilometre zero is in its capital
Havana in
El Capitolio. Embedded in the floor in the centre of the main hall is a replica diamond, which marks kilometre zero. The original diamond, said to have belonged to
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and have been sold to the Cuban state by a Turkish merchant, was stolen on March 25, 1946, and mysteriously returned to the President,
Ramón Grau San Martín, on June 2, 1946. It was replaced in El Capitolio by a replica in 1973.
Denmark Zero Kilometre Stone at
City Hall Square Traditionally, distances to
Copenhagen,
Denmark's capital, were measured to the old city gates.
City Hall Square (old
Vesterport) is the zero point for roads from south and west such as from
Korsør or
Rødby. For road from north such as from
Helsingør or
Hillerød, point zero is
Østerport located on the North side of the inner city.
Nørreport was used from
Frederikssund, and
Amagerport from
Amager. There are old monuments at these locations. On railways distances are in general measured from
Copenhagen Central Station.
Dominican Republic DR-1,
DR-2, and
DR-3 all depart from kilometre zero at
Santo Domingo's Parque de Independencia.
Egypt Kilometre zero in
Cairo, Egypt is at the Attaba Square Post Office in 1st of Abdel Khaliq Sarwat Pasha Street.
Ethiopia Kilometre zero in
Ethiopia is in Menelik II Square,
Addis Ababa, in front of
St. George's Cathedral; it is the point from which all Ethiopian highway distances are measured. The point was designated by Emperor
Haile Selassie in 1930.
Finland Kilometre zero in
Finland is at the
Erottaja square in central
Helsinki.
France Point zero of the French
national highways is located in the
city square of
Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul II of
Paris facing the main entrance of
Notre-Dame with the medallion installed in 1924. (Coordinates: ). It was established by
King Louis XV in April 1769. A commemorative kilometre zero for the
Liberty Road was erected in
Sainte-Mère-Eglise, liberated by U.S.
paratroopers on 6 June 1944.
Germany Initially, the origin point of all Prussian roads leading to and from the capital
Berlin was at Dönhoff-Platz in the city centre (1730–1875) and in 1975 a reconstructed milestone was placed in front of the at Marion-Gräfin-Dönhoff-Platz. (Coordinates: .)
Great Britain In the centre of
Charing Cross in
London, there is a plaque bearing the inscription: In
Scotland, distances from
Edinburgh are measured from a bollard in front of the
General Post Office building in Princes Street. For most mainline railways, miles are measured from the associated
London terminal station. The 0 km point for the whole
London Underground network is located at
Ongar railway station which is actually no longer part of the network and is only operated as part of a
heritage railway. See also: •
London Stone — possibly the Roman zero point •
Hicks Hall — traditionally the start of the
Great North Road •
St Mary-le-Bow — the church traditionally the zero point of the road to
Lewes in
Sussex.
Greece In
Ancient Greece, distances were measured from the
Altar of the Twelve Gods in the ancient agora of
Athens. So, that altar can be considered the first kilometre zero in human history. Nowadays, the kilometre zero for
Greek highways is the
National Observatory of Athens.
Guatemala The kilometre zero is located at the
National Palace in
Guatemala City. The National Palace is also the residence for the Guatemalan president.
Hong Kong , Hong Kong Traditionally, milestones for
Castle Peak Road,
Tai Po Road and
Clear Water Bay Road, the first three highways extending from the city centre in
Kowloon to the rural areas, were all measured from the
Star Ferry pier at Tsim Sha Tsui. There are still milestones preserved today but there is no Milestone 0. However, modern highways in
Hong Kong no longer use this system. Each trunk route has its own km 0 at one end.
Hungary The Zero Kilometre Stone in
Budapest, the capital of
Hungary, is marked by a monument, forming the number "zero". The starting point was initially reckoned from the threshold of the
Buda Royal Palace, but it was taken down to the
Széchenyi Chain Bridge when it was built in 1849. The city of
Kecskemét also has a zero kilometre stone on Kossuth Square.
India In India, the
Zero Mile Stone is a monument in the city of
Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Zero Mile Stone was erected by the
British Raj after the
Great Trigonometric Survey in 1907, and consists of four horses and a pillar made of sandstone. There is no verifiable evidence that it is a monument locating the geographical center of
colonial India in the city of Nagpur, or that the Zero Mile Stone was erected by the British to use this point to measure all the distances. Incidentally, the city of Nagpur lies geographically central to all the nine major metros of India, viz.
Ahmedabad,
Bangalore,
Chennai,
Hyderabad,
Kochi,
Mumbai,
Kolkata, New Delhi and
Pune.
Most kilometre zeroes in India are situated near churches. • In
Mumbai, the zero point used to be at
St. Thomas Cathedral, near
Horniman Circle. The original zero-milestone has long gone missing. Today a plaque marks the exact location and narrates the history. • In
Chennai, kilometre zero is at the midpoint of Muthuswamy Bridge on Muthuswamy Road near the
Chennai Fort railway station on the south-western side of
Fort St. George. • In
Pune, kilometer zero is located on the boundary wall of the General Post Office (GPO). It was initially half buried under layers of concrete. In 2017, the concrete was removed and the entire zero-milestone was revealed. The street along the zero-milestone was turned into a street museum with several installations depicting the history of the
Great Trigonometrical Survey. Many of the installations have been broken. • In
Ooty (Ootacamund or Udagamandalam), kilometer zero is located at the gate of
St. Stephen's Church. Here, the zero stone and the milestone can be seen.
Indonesia • The Kilometre zero of
Indonesia is marked by the monument in
Weh Island in
Aceh, the northernmost and westernmost point of Indonesia. It was one of the rare cases where the national kilometre zero is not at the capital (in this case,
Jakarta). • Previously it was further north in
Rondo Island. Due to access difficulties, it was decided to move it to Weh Island.
Ireland is from the
General Post Office, Dublin In
Ireland, distances from its capital
Dublin are measured from the
General Post Office on the city's main thoroughfare,
O'Connell Street.
Israel In
Jerusalem, its kilometre zero or zero point is at
Jaffa Gate. Some say it is at
The Garden Tomb. However, there is no precise marker, as of today. However, the Railway system uses a different kilometre zero point at the former
Haifa East railway station.
Italy The Italian kilometre zero is on the top of the
Capitoline Hill in
Rome.
Japan Bridge in Tokyo is on the middle of
Nihonbashi bridge in
Tokyo, the capital city of
Japan.
Tokyo Station is considered the originating point of the
national railway network and has several posts and monuments indicating kilometre zero for lines originating from the station.
Kyrgyzstan The kilometre zero in
Kyrgyzstan is located in its capital
Bishkek, at
Madagascar Kilometre zero for the major roads radiating from
Antananarivo, the capital of
Madagascar, is on the square in front of the Soarano Railway Station.
Malaysia Kilometre zero for roads and highways in
Peninsular Malaysia is located in front of
Johor Bahru General Post Office. It is one of the rare cases where the national kilometre zero is not at the capital (in this case,
Kuala Lumpur) due to the fact that the distances for three major backbone routes (
Federal Routes 1,
3 and
5) are measured from Johor Bahru, where they meet. In addition, Kuala Lumpur has its own Zero Mile marker as a point of reference from the capital city. In Sarawak, kilometre zero of Pan Borneo Highway started in Telok Melano. In Sabah, the starting point for Kota Kinabalu City's kilometre zero began in front of the Sabah Tourism Board building, which used to be a post office during the British colonial era.
Mexico Kilometre zero of
Mexico is located next to the
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral in
Mexico City.
North Korea The North Korean kilometre zero is at
Kim Il-sung Square in the capital
Pyongyang.
Norway Kilometre zero for roads from
Oslo, the capital of
Norway, is at the address
Observatoriegata 1. Kilometre zero for most railways in Norway is westwards into the
Oslo Tunnel, based on the location of the former
Oslo East Station.
Panama The
Panamanian kilometre zero is at the Martin Sosa Bridge on the Simon Bolivar Avenue (Transisthmian Highway) in the capital
Panama City.
Pakistan The Pakistani zero point is the Zero Point Interchange in
Islamabad, the capital of
Pakistan. It is the busiest interchange of Islamabad.
Philippines A small obelisk located near
Rizal Monument of
Rizal Park in
Manila, the capital city of the
Philippines, serves as kilometre zero for the island of
Luzon; this obelisk replaced a marker with a small metal sphere atop the marker sometime during the 2010s. The marker also serves as point of reference, via the
Pan-Philippine Highway, for the islands of
Samar,
Leyte, and
Mindanao, although Leyte and Mindanao have their own kilometre zero markers in front of
Leyte Provincial Capitol,
Tacloban and in
Marawi, respectively. For all the other islands, kilometre zero is located at the front of provincial capitol buildings or municipal halls, ports, town centres, or major junctions. while in
Panay, it is the
Arroyo Fountain in front of the
Casa Real de Iloilo. Three islands of
Batanes also have their respective kilometres zero.
Negros Oriental and
Occidental each have their respective kilometre zero markers, even though they are both within the island of
Negros.
Baguio also has its kilometre zero as a reference point to and from the city. Prior to
World War II, the entire archipelago only had one kilometre zero – the cross atop the
media naranja dome crossing of the
Manila Cathedral.
Poland Warsaw, the capital of
Poland, has a meeting point featuring plaques with distances from it to other major cities of the country. It is placed on the intersection of the city's two main avenues,
Aleje Jerozolimskie and
Marszałkowska Street, next to the
Centrum Warsaw Metro station.
Portugal Portugal does not have a physical kilometre zero marker, but distances in origin-destinations matrices involving the capital
Lisbon use the
Rossio square as kilometre zero.
Romania Romania's kilometre zero is marked by a monument next to
Saint George's Church in
Bucharest, which was built in 1938. The distances from Bucharest to other cities in Romania are measured from this monument. It is divided into eight sections, each representing a Romanian historical province:
Muntenia,
Dobruja,
Bessarabia,
Moldavia,
Bukovina,
Transylvania,
Banat, and
Oltenia. Among the cities inscribed on it are also
Cahul,
Chișinău,
Orhei, and
Tighina (now in
Moldova),
Cernăuți,
Cetatea Albă,
Ismail, and
Storojineț (now in
Ukraine), as well as
Bazargic and
Silistra (now in
Bulgaria), which were part of
Greater Romania before
World War II.
Russia The bronze plaque marking
Russia's kilometre zero is in
Moscow, just in front of the
Iberian Chapel, in a short passage connecting
Red Square with
Manege Square and flanked by the
State Historical Museum and the
State Duma.
Singapore Kilometre zero in Singapore is located at the entrance of
The Fullerton Hotel, known as the former General Post Office. On the basement floor of the hotel, there are several explanatory boards indicating the history of the General Post Office and Singapore's roads.
Slovakia Slovakia has its kilometre zero in
Bratislava, its capital, under
Michael's Gate in the Michalská veža (St. Michael's tower).
South Korea Seoul, the capital city of
South Korea, has its
doro wonpyo (
Korean: 도로원표) in the centre of Gwanghwamun Intersection to measure the distances of both national and regional roads. The initial statue, erected in 1997, is near the Donghwa duty-free shop building, next to a police station, and in front of the Shinhan Bank building (
Gwanghwamun Station), from its exact point.
Spain Spain has its kilometre zero at the
Puerta del Sol in
Madrid, in front of the
Royal House of the Post Office. A plaque on the ground marks the official time in Spain, according to an urban legend. The plaque that marks this point was rotated 180 degrees by mistake in 2002 during a renovation of the square. This was corrected in 2009. The clock of the Post Office building marks the official time for Madrid, synchronized with Spanish
ROA Time.
Sri Lanka In
Sri Lanka, all distances from its capital
Colombo are measured in kilometres (formerly in miles) from the
Fort Clock Tower near the
President's House. This practice began with the construction of the
Colombo-Kandy road in 1830, which was the first modern highway in the island. Since then, three major roads have been constructed in Colombo, i.e. A1 – Colombo-Kandy Road,
A2 – Colombo-Wellawaya (CGHW) Road and
A4 – Colombo-Batticaloa (CRWB) Road.
Sweden In
Sweden, the equestrian statue of King
Gustav II Adolf in the middle of the
Gustav Adolfs torg square in
Stockholm is used as kilometre zero for roads. In general road distance signs are measured to city midpoints. For most mainline railways, kilometres are measured from the entrance door from the main hall to track 10 of the
Stockholm Central Station. There are simple painted signs on the side of the platforms.
Switzerland In
Switzerland, the
federal railway network's
Kilometre Null is in
Olten. It was made in the 19th century to mark the point from where the Swiss railway system was measured. Because of the complex and dense manner in which the Swiss railway system has since grown, and continues to grow, it is no longer used. There is a mark at
Zürich Main Station which is a little outside the present end of the tracks and used by some mainlines.
Taiwan (Republic of China) The crossroad of
Zhongxiao Road and
Zhongshan Road (Taipei) in
Zhongzheng District,
Taipei,
Taiwan is the start point of provincial highway No.
1, 1A (
Traditional Chinese: ),
3,
5 and
9. In 2012, by the Directorate General of Highways,
MOTC, a traffic sign and a sidewalk inscription marking the location as kilometre zero were placed by the northeast side and by the southeast side of the intersection separately. (Coordinates: )
Thailand Thailand has two points declared as kilometre zero, both in its capital
Bangkok. The
National Highway's kilometre zero is near the
Democracy Monument on
Ratchadamnoen Avenue and the railway's kilometre zero is the Erawan Elephant Monument in front of
Bangkok railway station.
Uganda The Main Post Office building along Kampala Road in
Kampala traditionally serves this purpose in
Uganda and marks the Kilometre Zero for all distances from Kampala. (Coordinates: .)
Ukraine Kilometre zero for
Ukraine, called "The Winged Globe", is at
Maidan Nezalezhnosti in
Kyiv. (Coordinates: .) See .
United Kingdom :
See § Great Britain United States in
Washington, D.C. The
metric system is not the common system in the United States, but
mile markers for most major roads begin at either their western or southern terminus. The mile-marking systems are generally within individual states; the mile count starts over when a state boundary is crossed.
Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the original architect of Washington, D.C., proposed an otherwise unnamed reference marker in the form of a pole that was never built, intended to be east of the
Capitol. Although not used for measurement on U.S. roads outside the city of Washington, D.C., a
Zero Milestone near the
White House was proposed in 1919 and a permanent marker placed in 1923 by the federal government, funded by the
Good Roads Movement. However, the Capitol building is used as the zero point for the city including the nation. In
New York City,
Columbus Circle, at the southwest corner of
Central Park, is the traditional point from which all official distances are measured, although
Google Maps uses
New York City Hall for the purpose. Others consider
Times Square as a marker. In the
City of Chicago and some of its suburbs, the intersection of
State and
Madison is the defined zero point. In
Los Angeles, the intersection of
Main Street and
1st Street is the defined zero point.
Hollywood's own zero point is at the intersection of
Hollywood Boulevard and
Highland Avenue. In popular myth and some older sources, the
Boston Stone is said to have been the zero marker for distances from
Boston, but it was not. Perhaps the most well-known 'Mile Zero' in the US, and the one that has spawned the creation of a popular
bumper sticker, is in
Key West,
Florida, at the southern terminus of
U.S. Route 1.
Uruguay Uruguay has a for the national routes at the
Monument to Peace, in
Plaza de Cagancha of the city of
Montevideo. A has been established for the
Uruguay River by the Treaty of Río Uruguay in 1961 on the parallel passing the area,
Punta Gorda in the
Colonia Department, south of
Nueva Palmira. ==Historical==