page_title: State highway
section_title: Brazil
hierarchical_section_title: State highway / Countries / Brazil
caption_attribution_description: São Paulo state road 270 sign
context_page_description: A state highway, state road, or state route is usually a road that is either numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a state or province falls below numbered national highways in the hierarchy. Roads maintained by a state or province include both nationally numbered highways and un-numbered state highways. Depending on the state, "state highway" may be used for one meaning and "state road" or "state route" for the other.
  In some countries such as New Zealand, the word "state" is used in its sense of a sovereign state or country. By this meaning a state highway is a road maintained and numbered by the national government rather than local authorities.
context_section_description: Brazil is another country that is divided into states and has state highways.
caption: SP-270 state highway shield in the state of São Paulo
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