Editing Transport in Italy (section)

====Extra-urban roads====
[[File:Via_aurelia_presso_livorno_02.JPG|thumb|The stretch from [[Grosseto]] to [[Livorno]] of the [[Strada statale 1 Via Aurelia]] is classified as ''[[strada extraurbana principale]]''.]]

In Italy, a [[dual carriageway]] is often called ''superstrada'' (meaning ''expressway''), but this name is unofficial. Italian [[traffic code]] (''Codice della strada'') divides extra-urban dual carriageways into two different classifications:<ref name="aci">{{cite web |url= http://www.aci.it/index.php?id=460 |title= Codice della strada della Repubblica Italiana |trans-title= Italian Highway Code |author= Automobile Club Italia |access-date= 1 February 2010 |language= it |archive-date= 16 July 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716191150/http://www.aci.it/index.php?id=460 |url-status= live }}</ref>
* ''[[strada extraurbana principale]]'' (meaning ''main highway'') or ''type-B road'': a road with separate carriageways, at least two lanes for each direction, paved shoulder on the right and no cross-traffic. This type of road is quite similar to an ''[[autostrada]]'' or ''type-A road'' (Italian official name for [[motorway]]s or [[freeway]]s), but its building standards are lower. Access limitations and drive behaviour on type-B roads are the same as the motorways (no pedestrians, bicycles and other slow vehicles), as well as the signage (except for the background color, that is blue instead of green). Speed limits on type-B roads are up to {{cvt|110|km/h|mph|round=5}}. Type-B roads are always toll-free.
* ''strada extraurbana secondaria'' (meaning ''secondary road'') or ''type-C road''. This category contains all the roads in non-urban context that are neither ''autostrada'' (type A) nor ''strada extraurbana principale'' (type B). This means that a dual carriageway that may not be classified as type-B road, since it does not meet such quality standards, belongs to this category. For type-C roads, there are neither special signage nor access restrictions, unless a specific sign is placed. The speed limit is {{cvt|90|km/h|mph|round=5}}, on both single and dual carriageways.