Motorway number plate

Information signsSign no. 4.58OSR art. 56

What the sign says

White number on red: the number of the motorway or expressway — A1, A9, and so on.

The exam trap

Three grounds, three networks, not to be confused: red for the motorway, blue for the main road, green for the European route.

Do not confuse

Main road number plateOSR art. 56
Junction number plateOSR art. 56
MotorwayOSR art. 45

Study topic

Motorway and expressway

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.