How can I say, with few words, to which gate I am referring?

Question

There is a street that goes from south to north. To its right side, there is a walk path, and then a pedestrian gate, directly facing on the walk path. There is also a car gate which is further east than the pedestrian gate (i.e. its distance from the roadside is higher). It can be accessed from the walk path too.

Sometimes, there are people asking me where a public building is. I answer indicating the car gate, describing it as il cancello più interno since it could not be clear, from where I am, which gate I am indicating.

What word should I use to describe the car gate?
I feel like il cancello più interno is not the best way to describe the gate.

From the point of view of people who are driving a car, and coming from north, this is what they see.

Moving closer to the car gate, it appears like this.

Answer 1

Interno o esterno cannot be applied here. You could say

il primo (secondo) cancello quando hai l'edificio a sinistra

It could be il cancello pedonale or il cancello carraio if they serve the function for pedestrians or cars respectively.

As DaG rightly comments, in Italy concepts such as North and South are almost never used for giving directions. The exceptions are highways, where exits are often labeled “Nord”, “Sud”, “Est” or “Ovest”, but these are often quite arbitrary. For instance, the A4 exit named “Padova Ovest” is definitely North of the town.