Four groups of roads within the primary salting network in Torbay have been identified. The groups are taken from the thermal maps of Torbay and all or any combination of the groups can be gritted as either precautionary or reactive salting.
The routes are coloured red, blue, green and yellow with red being the coldest to yellow the warmest.
The roads covered by the red route can be seen below:
| Road | Description | Town |
|---|---|---|
| Albany Road | Shorton Valley Road to Windmill Road | Paignton |
| Ascension Way | Windward Road to Beechfield Avenue | Torquay |
| Avon Road | Marldon Road to Torridge Avenue | Torquay |
| Barchington Avenue | Barton Hill Road to Kingskerswell Road | Torquay |
| Barton Hill Road | Barchington Avenue to Kingskerswell Road | Torquay |
| Barton Hill Road | Hele Road to Barchington Avenue | Torquay |
| Barton Hill Way | Barton Hill Road to Browns Bridge Road | Torquay |
| Bascombe Road | Dartmouth Road to Churston Road | Brixham |
| Beechfield Avenue | Barton Hill Road to Browns Bridge Road | Torquay |
| Bellever Tor Drive | Huccaby Close to Summercourt Way | Brixham |
| Blagdon Road | Glazegate Lane to Totnes Road | Paignton |
| Borough Road | Totnes Road to Brixham Road | Paignton |
| Bridge Road | Kingswear Road to Higher Ferry | Kingswear |
| Brixham Road | Lower Contour Road to Slappers Hill | Brixham |
| Brixham Road | Dartmouth Road to Alston Lane | Brixham |
| Brixham Road | Tweenaway Cross to Windy Corner | Paignton |
| Brixham Road | Dedicated cyclepath to Battersway Road | Paignton |
| Broomhill Way | Hele Road to Royal Mail Depot | Torquay |
| Browns Bridge Road | Riviera Way to Barton Hill Way | Torquay |
| Cassiobury Way | Browns Bridge Road to Lindisfarne Way | Torquay |
| Cecil Road | Torquay Road to Southfield Avenue | Paignton |
| Centenary Way | Browns Bridge Road to Osprey Drive | Torquay |
| Cherry Brook Drive | Dartmouth Road to Hookhills Road | Paignton |
| Chestnut Drive | Bellever Tor Drive to Summer Lane | Brixham |
| Church Street | Well Street to Torquay Road | Paignton |
| Colley End Road | Cecil Road to Kings Ash Road | Paignton |
| Condor Drive | Shearwater Drive to Browns Bridge Road | Torquay |
| Coombe Road | Langdon Road to Shorton Valley Road | Paignton |
| Dart Avenue | Exe Hill to Marldon Road | Torquay |
| Dartmouth Road | Kennels Road | Brixham |
| Dartmouth Road | Windy Corner to Kennels Road | Brixham |
| Dartmouth Road | Windy Corner to Goodrington Road | Paignton |
| Davies Avenue | Gibson Road to Goodrington Road | Paignton |
| Dolphin Court Road | Marldon Road to Windmill Road | Paignton |
| Exe Hill | Collaton Road to Higher Edginswell Lane | Torquay |
| Fore Street | Babbacombe Road to St Marychurch Road | Torquay |
| Fowey Avenue | Exe Hill to Exe Hill | Torquay |
| Gibson Road | Goodrington Road to Hookhills Road | Paignton |
| Goodrington Road | Brixham Road to Dartmouth Road | Paignton |
| Grange Heights | Roselands Drive to Grange Road | Paignton |
| Grange Road | Grange Heights to Goodrington Road | Paignton |
| Hamelin Way | Gallows Gate to Riviera Way | Torquay |
| Hayes Road | Totnes Road to Penwill Way | Paignton |
| Headland Park Road | Torquay Road to Upper Headland Park Road | Paignton |
| Hellevoetsluis Way | Marldon Way to Gallows Gate | Torquay |
| Higher Edginswell Lane | Exe Hill to Marldon Road | Torquay |
| Hookhills Road | Hunters Tor Drive to Gibson Road | Paignton |
| Hunters Tor Drive | Hookhills Road to Brixham Road | Paignton |
| Jasmine Grove | Kings Ash Road to Smallcombe Road | Paignton |
| Kings Ash Road | Tweenaway Cross to Marldon Way | Paignton |
| Kingskerswell Road | Kingskerswell Road split to Barton Hill Road | Torquay |
| Kingswear Road | Hill Head to Milton Street | Brixham |
| Lindisfarne Way | Browns Bridge Road to Kintyre Close | Torquay |
| Long Road | Brixham Road to Woodview Road | Paignton |
| Lower Contour Road | Lower Ferry to Slappers Hill | Kingswear |
| Manor Road | Warbro Road to Babbacombe Road | Torquay |
| Marldon Road | Churscombe Cross to Dolphin Court Road | Paignton |
| Marldon Way | Helleveotsluis Way to Marldon Road | Paignton |
| Mathill Road | Monksbridge Road to Summer Lane | Brixham |
| Milton Street | Kingswear Road to Summer Lane | Brixham |
| Monksbridge Road | New Road to Mathil Road | Brixham |
| Moor Lane | Swedwell Road to Teignmouth Road | Torquay |
| Newton Road | Kerswell Gardens to Riviera Way | Torquay |
| Nicholson Road | Browns Bridge Road to Riviera House | Torquay |
| Osprey Drive | Centenary Way to Shearwater Drive | Torquay |
| Padacre Road | Moor lane to Swedwell Road | Torquay |
| Paignton Fire Station | Paignton | |
| Penwill Way | Hayes Road to Dartmouth Road | Paignton |
| Preston Down Road | Helleveotsluis Way to Sandringham Drive | Paignton |
| Preston Down Road | Sandringham Drive to Sandringham Gardens | Paignton |
| Ramshill Road | Kings Ash Road to Redwell Road | Paignton |
| Riviera Way | Hele Road to Newton Road | Torquay |
| Roselands Drive | Brixham Road to Grange Heights | Paignton |
| Sandringham Gardens | Sandringham Drive to Upper Headland Park Road | Paignton |
| Shearwater Drive | Osprey Drive to Condor Drive | Torquay |
| Shiphay Avenue | Marldon Road to Shiphay Lane | Torquay |
| Shiphay Lane | Shiphay Avenue to Newton Road | Torquay |
| Shorton Road | Southfield Avenue to Shorton Valley Road | Paignton |
| Shorton Valley Road | Shorton Road to Coombe Road | Paignton |
| Slappers Hill | Lower Contour Road to Bridge Road | Kingswear |
| Smallcombe Road | Redwell Road to Jasmine Grove | Paignton |
| Spruce Way | Kings Ash Road to Jasmine Grove | Paignton |
| St Marychurch Road | Fore Street to Castle Circus | Torquay |
| Summer Lane | Milton Street to Mathill Road | Brixham |
| Summercourt Way | Summer Lane to Bellever Tor Drive | Brixham |
| Swedwell Road | Moor Lane to Padacre Road | Torquay |
| Tavy Avenue | Torridge Avenue to Exe Hill | Torquay |
| Teignmouth Road | Moor Lane to Padacre Road | Torquay |
| Tor Park Road | Borough Road to Aspen Way | Paignton |
| Torridge Avenue | Avon Road to Tavy Avenue | Torquay |
| Totnes Road | Tweenaway Cross to Winner Street | Paignton |
| Upper Headland Park Road | Headland Park Road to Sandringham Gardens | Paignton |
| Well Street | Colley End Road to Church Street | Paignton |
| Westhill Road | Teignmouth Road to Warbro Road | Torquay |
| Windmill Road | Dolphin Court Road to Albany Road | Paignton |
| Windward Road | Lindisfarne Way to Ascension Way | Torquay |