Available modes of transport are by road, sea and air. Of the  of roads in the Republic of Cyprus in 1998,  were paved, and  were unpaved. In 1996 the Turkish-occupied area had a similar ratio of paved to unpaved, with approximately  of paved road and  unpaved. Cyprus is one of only three EU nations in which vehicles drive on the left-hand side of the road, a remnant of British colonisation (the others being Ireland and Malta). A series of motorways runs along the coast from Paphos east to Ayia Napa, with two motorways running inland to Nicosia, one from Limassol and one from Larnaca.