European route number plate

Information signsSign no. 4.56OSR art. 56

What the sign says

A white E and number on green: the stretch belongs to the European through-route network.

The exam trap

The European number is layered on the Swiss one rather than replacing it: the same motorway often carries both plates side by side.

Do not confuse

Motorway number plateOSR art. 56
Main road number plateOSR art. 56
Direction sign to motorways and expresswaysOSR art. 51

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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.