State Highways (Italy)
The Strade Statali (; ), abbreviated SS, are the Italy, Italian national network of state highways. The total length of the network is about . The Italian state highway network is maintained by ANAS. From 1928 until 1946, state highways were maintained by the Azienda Autonoma Statale della Strada (AASS). The routes of some Italian state highways derive from ancient Roman roads, such as the Strada statale 7 Via Appia, which broadly follows the route of the Appian Way. Other examples are the Strada statale 1 Via Aurelia (Via Aurelia) and the Strada statale 4 Via Salaria (Via Salaria). History Since the reforms following the Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, birth of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, the State took charge of the construction and maintenance of a primary network of roads for connections between the main cities; in 1865 the Giovanni Lanza, Lanza law introduced the classification of roads as national, provincial or municipal (see Annex F, art.10) and the Royal D ...
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