A ' (plural: ', Italian for "provincial road"), abbreviated SP, is an Italian road. Provincial roads are maintained by

provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

. In

Veneto Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...

from 2002,

state highways A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...

downgraded as provincial roads are maintained by regional company Veneto Strade. A provincial road is less important than a regional road, but more important than

municipal roads A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

. The types of provincial roads are the same ones of state highways.

References

"Strada provinciale"
in the ''Thesaurus'' of ''Nuovo soggettario'', BNCF. Roads in Italy {{Italy-road-stub

See also

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