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June 27, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-06-27)

Color code

Country Motorways Expressways/
Speedways
Motor-/Express-/
Speedways
directions
Primary roads Secondary roads Warning signs Road works/
Detours [n 1]
Name Code
white on green

white on blue
n/a
white on green

white on blue

white on green

white on blue

white on green

white on blue

black on yellow


black/red on white
n/a
black on white

white on blue

Triangle on white

Triangle on yellow

Diamond on yellow

on orange

on yellow
Austria A w/b w/b w/b w/g° [n 2] [n 3] bl/w × bl/w bl/y
Switzerland CH w/g w/g w/g w/b bl/w bl/w bl/o
Liechtenstein LI w/g w/g w/g w/b bl/w bl/w bl/o
Czech Republic CZ w/g w/b w/g [n 4] w/b [n 5] w/b bl/w bl/w bl/o
Germany D w/b w/b w/b bl/y × bl/w -/o bl/y
France F w/b w/b w/b w/g° [n 2] bl/w × bl/w bl/y° [n 1] bl/o
Ireland IR w/b × w/b w/g bl/w bl/y bl/o
Italy I w/g w/b [n 6] w/g° [n 7] w/b° [n 8] w/b bl/w bl/w bl/y° [n 1] bl/y
United Kingdom UK w/b × w/b w/g bl/w bl/w bl/y
Legend:  t/b – applied text and background colour code (blue, black, white, green, yellow, orange, red)
° – partially applicable    × – not applicable
  1. ^ a b c Temporary signs
  2. ^ a b Specific meaning
  3. ^ White-on-green is used in Austria to indicates locations like regions, city center, city districts.
  4. ^ ???
  5. ^ ???
  6. ^ In Italy, the expressway sign looks like the motorway sign, but with a blue background instead of green one.
  7. ^ For motorways ony.
  8. ^ For expressways only

Cantons

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