Editing Transport in Italy (section)

====State roads====
{{main|State highways (Italy)}}
[[File:Soraga 001.JPG|thumb|[[Strada statale 48 delle Dolomiti]]]]
[[File:Amalfitana 13.jpg|thumb|[[Strada statale 163 Amalfitana]]]]

The [[State highways (Italy)|Strade Statali]] ({{IPA|it|ˈstraːde staˈtaːli|lang}}; {{singular}} {{lang|it|Strada Statale}} {{IPA|it|ˈstraːda staˈtaːle|}}), abbreviated "SS", is the [[Italy|Italian]] national network of [[state highway]]s. The total length for this network is about {{convert|25000|km|abbr=on}}.<ref name="stradeanas.it">{{cite web|url=http://www.stradeanas.it/index.php?/strade/consistenza/index|title=Anas S.p.A. - Consistenza|access-date=19 March 2024|language=it|archive-date=19 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719085042/http://www.stradeanas.it/index.php?%2Fstrade%2Fconsistenza%2Findex|url-status=live}}</ref> The Italian state highway network are maintained by [[ANAS]]. From 1928 until 1946 state highways were maintained by Azienda Autonoma Statale della Strada (AASS). The routes of some state highways derive from ancient [[Roman roads]], such as the [[Strada statale 7 Via Appia]], which broadly follows the route of the [[Appian Way|Roman road of the same name]].

State highways can be technically defined as main extra-urban roads (type B road) or as secondary extra-urban roads (type C road). State highways that cross towns with a population of at least 10,000 inhabitants are urban roads (type D and E) under the jurisdiction of the relevant ''[[comuni]]''. The state highway that cross towns or villages with a population of less than 10,000 inhabitants are urban roads (type D and E) under the jurisdiction of the ''comune'', subject to authorization from [[ANAS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.normattiva.it/atto/caricaDettaglioAtto?atto.dataPubblicazioneGazzetta=1992-05-18&atto.codiceRedazionale=092G0306&currentPage=1|title=Art. 26, comma 3, d. lgs. 385/92, Nuovo Codice della Strada|access-date=19 March 2024|language=it|archive-date=1 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001153421/https://www.normattiva.it/atto/caricaDettaglioAtto?atto.dataPubblicazioneGazzetta=1992-05-18&atto.codiceRedazionale=092G0306&currentPage=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Italian state highway network has approximately {{convert|25000|km|abbr=on}} of roads identified with the acronym SS.<ref name="stradeanas.it"/> The body that manages these roads, with full state participation, is [[ANAS]] (National Autonomous Roads Company), founded in 1946, on the ashes of the old AASS (Autonomous State Roads Company) which in turn was established in 1928. Due to urbanization processes, it has abandoned some sections of state highways, following their acquisition by the interested ''[[comuni]]'', who now take care of their maintenance.