{"id":32756,"date":"2021-10-15T12:18:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T10:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellitalie.org\/?page_id=32756"},"modified":"2026-10-07T21:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T19:00:35","slug":"italian-roads","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellitalie.org\/en\/practice\/circulation-in-italy\/italian-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"Style1 Style2\" align=\"left\">Signs<\/h2>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellitalie.org\/images\/indicationsroutieres-italie.jpg\" alt=\"italian road signs\" width=\"105\" height=\"87\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/>The signage used is the standard European one.<br \/>\nA notable difference from France: <strong>motorways<\/strong> are indicated by GREEN signs, <strong>main roads<\/strong> by BLUE signs.<br \/>\nRoads are classified as <strong>A<\/strong>x (Autostrade, x: number) <strong>SS<\/strong> (Strada Statale), <strong>SR<\/strong> (Strada Regionale), <strong>SP<\/strong> (Strada Provinciale); roughly corresponding to French national, regional and departmental roads.<\/p>\n<p>The further south you go in Italy, the rarer the directions become outside the main roads, and they even seem sometimes irrational. A map or a GPS often proves indispensable. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellitalie.org\/images\/ztl-italia.jpg\" alt=\"ztl\" width=\"115\" height=\"116\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">A particular sign often marks the entrance to <strong>city centres <\/strong>where traffic is restricted and subject to conditions: see <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellitalie.org\/en\/practice\/circulation-in-italy\/ztl-and-traffic-in-city-centres\/\">ZTL<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellitalie.org\/en\/practice\/circulation-in-italy\/ztl-and-traffic-in-city-centres\/\"> traffic in Italian cities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Style1 Style3\" align=\"left\">Motorways<\/h2>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellitalie.org\/images\/autoroutes-italie.jpg\" alt=\"motorways in italy\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/>The <strong>motorways<\/strong> are marked by GREEN signs, named for example &#8220;A1&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The network is very good north of Naples, most are tolled, but are cheaper than in France. The Sicilian network, recent, is also of good quality.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"Style4\"><strong>Note on <\/strong> <strong> motorway indications<\/strong> : either they designate a direction (like NAPOLI A1), or they designate a motorway such as: BARI-NAPOLI A4, to show the direction of the motorway linking BARI to NAPOLI (and therefore not directly the direction towards BARI or NAPOLI) <\/span><\/p>\n<p>South of Naples, in Campania and Calabria in particular, the motorways are mostly free but often poorly maintained, although the motorway linking Naples to Sicily via Reggio is being rehabilitated.<br \/>\nThe presence of potholes is not surprising, care should be taken, as speed limits often correspond to a deterioration of the road surface.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Style2\" align=\"left\">Behaviour<\/h2>\n<p align=\"left\">Neither the horn nor headlight flashes are considered aggressive.<br \/>\nA headlight flash from a vehicle behind on the motorway is a way of indicating its presence to the vehicle ahead with the intention of overtaking. 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