Also located in this area is the important Italian Strada Statale 80 (State Highway 80), or SS80, which begins to the east in Giulianova and passes in a westerly direction to the city of L'Aquila. In doing so it transverses the Gran Sasso and the Capannelle Pass. In this area the SS80 passes through the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park. One stretch of this road has been rebaptized the Strada Maestra Grand Highway of the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park.