End of built-up area, main road

Information signsSign no. 4.28OSR art. 50

What the sign says

It is the reverse of the locality plate: it carries the name of the next settlement and of the nearest destination centre, with its distance.

The exam trap

Where two localities meet, the plate shows a start of built-up area on both faces — so there is no end, and no return to 80 km/h.

Do not confuse

Start of built-up area, main roadOSR art. 50
End of maximum speed limitOSR art. 32
Maximum speed 80 km/hOSR art. 22 · OCR art. 4a

Study topic

Speed and distances

Practise this topic All signs

The signs are the official depictions by the Federal Roads Office, from the annexes of the Signalling Ordinance (SR 741.21): official works, unprotected under Art. 5 of the Copyright Act. The explanations, by contrast, are written from federal law — never taken from a third-party catalogue.