A strada comunale, abbreviated SC, is an Italian road that is maintained by comune, hence the name. They can be roads owned by comune or roads managed by the comune. A municipal road is less important than a provincial road.
Corso Buenos Aires in Milan, an urban strada comunale classified as strada locale.
Via Cristoforo Colombo at Porta Ardeatina in Rome, an urban strada comunale classified as strada urbana di scorrimento.
Extra-urban strada comunale in Veneto region marked with a number and with the abbreviation SC. Very rarely extra-urban strade comunali are marked with a number and with the abbreviation SC.
Image: Piazza Duomo Milan Sign
Roads in Italy are an important mode of transport in Italy. The classification of the roads of Italy is regulated by the Italian traffic code, both from a technical and administrative point of view. The street nomenclature largely reflects the administrative classification. Italy is one of the countries with the most vehicles per capita, with 690 per 1000 people in 2010.
Ancient Roman Appian Way
Nowadays Strada statale 7 Via Appia
The King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy inaugurated the Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway"; now parts of the Autostrada A8 and Autostrada A9), the first motorway built in the world, on 21 September 1924, aboard the royal Lancia Trikappa
Toll gate of the Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway") in Milan in 1924
