Autostrade of Italy
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Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
national system of motorways. The total length of the system is about 6,400 km. In North and Central Italy this is mainly as tollways, with the biggest portion in concession to the Atlantia group which operates some 3,408 km. Other operators include ASTM and ATP in the north-west, Serenissima and Autovie Venete in the north-east, SALT and Autocisa in the center, all under the control of the state-owned ANAS
ANAS
ANAS S.p.A. is an Italian government-owned company deputed to the construction and maintenance of Italian motorways and state highways under the control of Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.-History:Founded on June 27, 1946, the company took immediately a government granting for the...
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History
Italy was the very first country in the world to start building motorways, i.e. fast roads reserved to motor vehicles. The "Milano-Laghi" motorway (connecting Milan to Varese) was in fact devised by Piero Puricelli, a civil engineer and entrepreneur, who received the first authorizations to build a "public utility" fast road in 1921, and completed the construction (back then one lane per direction was enough) between 1924 and 1926. By the end of the 1920s, over 4,000 kilometers of multi-lane motorways were constructed throughout Italy, linking many cities and rural towns to one another. The motorways were touted by Benito MussoliniBenito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
in 1930 as one of the great achievements of his regime
Regime
The word regime refers to a set of conditions, most often of a political nature.-Politics:...
and the proof of its commitment to progress and modernization, whereas the original idea was thought of earlier. Lore has that the US government conceived an Interstate Highway System
Interstate Highway System
The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, , is a network of limited-access roads including freeways, highways, and expressways forming part of the National Highway System of the United States of America...
, to supplant the previous US roads network, when officials visited the Italian motorways in the late 1930s.
Speed
Italy's autostrade have the standard speed limit of 130 km/h (81 mph) for cars. Limits for other vehicles (or for cases of foul weather/low visibility) are lower. There are legal provisions enabling the operators to set the limit to 150 km/h (93 mph) on their concessions on a voluntary basis, only if some conditions are met: three lanes in each direction, and a working SICVE (also called Safety Tutor) speed camera system.List of current motorways
- A1 MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
- NaplesNaplesNaples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
(known as "Autostrada del Sole", Motorway of the Sun, or "AutoSole" for short) - (A2 designation has been retired - formerly Rome - Naples, now part of A1)
- A3 Naples - SalernoSalernoSalerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....
- Reggio CalabriaReggio CalabriaReggio di Calabria , commonly known as Reggio Calabria or Reggio, is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria, southern Italy, and is the capital of the Province of Reggio Calabria and seat of the Council of Calabrian government.Reggio is located on the "toe" of the Italian... - A4 TurinTurinTurin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
- TriesteTriesteTrieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
(the Brescia-Venice segment known as "Serenissima", The Most Serene, for the name of the ancient Venetian republic) - A5 Turin - AostaAostaAosta is the principal city of the bilingual Aosta Valley in the Italian Alps, north-northwest of Turin. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, at the confluence of the Buthier and the Dora Baltea, and at the junction of the Great and Little St. Bernard routes...
- Monte Bianco (connecting to FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
through Mont Blanc TunnelMont Blanc TunnelThe Mont Blanc Tunnel is a road tunnel in the Alps under the Mont Blanc mountain, linking Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France , and Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy . It is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes, particularly for Italy, which relies on the tunnel for transporting as much as...
; known as "Autostrada della Valle d'Aosta", Motorway of Aosta Valley) - A6 Turin - SavonaSavonaSavona is a seaport and comune in the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea....
(known as "Verdemare", The Seagreen) - A7 Milan - GenoaGenoaGenoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
(known as "Serravalle") - A8 VareseVareseVarese is a town and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 km north of Milan.It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or urban part of the city is called Varesotto.- Geography :...
- Milan (known as "Autostrada dei Laghi", Motorway of the Lakes, or "AutoLaghi" for short) - A9 LainateLainateLainate is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km northwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 24,146 and an area of 12.9 km²....
- ComoComoComo is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....
- ChiassoChiassoChiasso is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.As the southernmost of Switzerland's municipalities, Chiasso is located at the border with Italy, in front of Ponte Chiasso...
(connecting to SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
; part of "Autostrada dei Laghi") - A10 Genoa - VentimigliaVentimigliaVentimiglia is a city and comune in Liguria, northern Italy, in the province of Imperia. It is located southwest of Genoa by rail, and 7 km from the French-Italian border, on the Gulf of Genoa, having a small harbour at the mouth of the Roia River, which divides the town into two parts...
(connecting to France; known as "Autostrada dei Fiori", Motorway of the Flowers) - A11 FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
- PisaPisaPisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...
Nord (known as "Firenze-Mare", Florence-Sea) - A12 Genoa - Rosignano MarittimoRosignano MarittimoRosignano Marittimo is a comune in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 km southwest of Florence and about 20 km southeast of Livorno....
/ CivitavecchiaCivitavecchiaCivitavecchia is a town and comune of the province of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is located 80 kilometers west-north-west of Rome, across the Mignone river. The harbor is formed by two piers and a breakwater, on which is a lighthouse...
- RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
(known as "Autostrada Azzurra", Blue Motorway), composed of two unconnected parts; the track between Rosignano and Civitavecchia is served by Strada Statale 1 "via Aurelia" - A13 Padova - BolognaBolognaBologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
- A14 Bologna - TarantoTarantoTaranto is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base....
(known as "Autostrada Adriatica", Adriatic Motorway) - A15 ParmaParmaParma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
- La SpeziaLa SpeziaLa Spezia , at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the Liguria region of northern Italy, is the capital city of the province of La Spezia. Located between Genoa and Pisa on the Ligurian Sea, it is one of the main Italian military and commercial harbours and hosts one of Italy's biggest military...
(known as "Autocamionale della Cisa", Motor-and-truckway of the Cisa Pass) - A16 Naples - CanosaCanosaCanosa di Puglia is a town and comune in Apulia in southern Italy, between Bari and Foggia, located in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, not far from the position on the Ofanto River where the Romans found refuge after the defeat of the Battle of Cannae...
(known as "Autostrada dei Due Mari", Motorway of the Two Seas) - (A17 designation has been retired)
- A18 Messina - CataniaCataniaCatania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and...
/ Syracuse - RosoliniRosoliniRosolini is a comune in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily . It's located about 200 km southeast of Palermo and about 40 km southwest of Syracuse. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 20,927 and an area of 76.2 km².Rosolini borders the following municipalities: Ispica,... - A19 PalermoPalermoPalermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
- Catania - A20 Messina - Palermo
- A21 Turin - PiacenzaPiacenzaPiacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza...
- BresciaBresciaBrescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...
(known as "Autostrada dei Vini", Motorway of the Wines) - A22Autostrada A22 (Italy)The Autostrada A22 is an Italian motorway which connects the city of Modena and the A1 motorway to Austria through the Brenner Pass, located in the village of Brennero.-External links:*...
ModenaModenaModena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....
- Brennero (connecting to AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
; known as "Autostrada del Brennero" or "AutoBrennero" for short) - A23 PalmanovaPalmanovaPalmanova is a town and comune in northeastern Italy, close to the border with Slovenia. It is located 20 km from Udine, 28 km from Gorizia and 55 km from Trieste near the junction of the Autostrada Alpe-Adria and the Autostrada Venezia-Trieste .Palmanova is famous for its fortress...
- TarvisioTarvisioTarvisio is a town in the Province of Udine, in the northeastern part of the autonomous Friuli–Venezia Giulia region in Italy...
(connecting to AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
; known as "Autostrada Alpe-Adria", Motorway of Alps-Adria) - A24Autostrada A24 (Italy)The Autostrada A24, or Autostrada dei Parchi , is a motorway connecting Rome to the Adriatic Sea. Commencing at the Grande Raccordo Anulare , the A24 runs broadly north-east past L'Aquila and through a 10km tunnel under the Gran Sasso before reaching Teramo.First planned in 1973 to connect Lazio...
Rome - L'AquilaL'AquilaL'Aquila is a city and comune in central Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 73,150 inhabitants, but has a daily presence in the territory of 100,000 people for study, tertiary activities, jobs and tourism...
- TeramoTeramoTeramo is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo.The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines and the Adriatic coast...
(known as "Autostrada dei Parchi", Motorway of the Parks) - A25Autostrada A25 (Italy)The Autostrada A25 Roma–Pescara is a motorway which allows travel from Rome to Pescara in Italy. Along with the A24 it is also named the Autostrada dei Parchi . It runs through beautiful scenery from the A24 near Torano, past the Fucine Lake and Avezzano, through the Appennines and the valley of...
PescaraPescaraPescara is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. As of January 1, 2007 it was the most populated city within Abruzzo at 123,059 residents, 400,000 with the surrounding metropolitan area...
- ToranoToranoTorano may refer to a number of places in Italy:*Torano Castello, Italian commune in the Province of Cosenza*Torano Nuovo, Italian commune in the Province of Teramo... - A26 Genoa (Voltri) - Gravellona ToceGravellona ToceGravellona Toce is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km northeast of Turin and about 8 km west of Verbania.-Main sights:*Gallo-Roman necropolis...
(known as "Autostrada dei Trafori", Motorway of the Tunnels) - A27 VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
- BellunoBellunoBelluno , is a town and province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about 100 kilometres north of Venice, Belluno is the capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomiti's region. With its roughly 37,000 inhabitants, it the largest populated area...
(known as "Autostrada d'Alemagna", Motorway of Germany) - A28 ConeglianoConeglianoConegliano is a town and comune of the Veneto region, Italy, in the province of Treviso, about north by rail from the town of Treviso. The population of the city is of around 36,000 people. The remains of a castle that was built in the 10th century remain on a nearby hill...
- PortogruaroPortogruaroPortogruaro is a town and comune in the province of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy.-History:Portogruaro was founded in 1140, when the bishop of Concordia, Gervinus, gave right to several fishermen to settle here and build a river port. A castle existed here, however, as early as the 10th century... - A29 Palermo - Mazara del ValloMazara del ValloMazara del Vallo is a town and comune in southwestern Sicily, Italy, which lies mainly on the left bank at the mouth of the Mazaro river, administratively part of the province of Trapani....
/TrapaniTrapaniTrapani is a city and comune on the west coast of Sicily in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an important fishing port and the main gateway to the nearby Egadi Islands.-History:...
(known as "Autostrada del Sale", Motorway of salt) - A30 CasertaCasertaCaserta is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial and industrial comune and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Campanian Subapennine mountain range...
- SalernoSalernoSalerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea.... - A31 Piovene RocchettePiovene RocchettePiovene Rocchette is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It is west of SP349 provincial road.Monte Summano dominates Piovene Rocchette and has been place of religious pilgrimage since the 15th century. On the slopes of Mount Summano is the 17th century chapel of Ospizio...
- VicenzaVicenzaVicenza , a city in north-eastern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione...
(known as "Autostrada della Val d'Astico", Motorway of Astico Valley) - A32 Turin - BardonecchiaBardonecchiaBardonecchia is an Italian town and comune located in the Province of Turin, in the Piedmont region, in the western part of Susa Valley....
(connecting to France via Fréjus Road TunnelFréjus Road TunnelThe Fréjus Road Tunnel is a tunnel that connects France and Italy. It runs under Col du Fréjus in the Cottian Alps between Modane in France and Bardonecchia in Italy...
; known as "Autostrada del Frejus", Motorway of the Frejus) - A33 AstiAstiAsti is a city and comune of about 75,000 inhabitants located in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, about 55 kilometres east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River...
- CuneoCuneoCuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area...
(under construction, but partly opened) - A53 Raccordo Bereguardo-Pavia (connection between Pavia and motorway A7)
- A91 Roma - Fiumicino AeroportoLeonardo da Vinci International AirportLeonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport , also commonly known as Fiumicino Airport, is Italy's largest airport with 36.3 million passengers served in 2010, located in Fiumicino, 35 km from Rome's historic city centre....
Until 1990, the designation A1 only referred to the Milan-Rome segment of the current A1, the Rome-Naples segment was known as A2. After a direct connection was built bypassing Rome, the designation A2 was retired and now the A1 designation refers to the whole route. The leftover connections to the "Grande Raccordo Anulare" (Great Ring Road, around Rome) were designated as raccordi (see later).
Until 1973, the designation A17 referred to the current A16, and the segment Canosa-Bari of the current A14.
List of tangenziali (bypass roads around big cities)
This is a list of tangenziali classified as autostrada.- A50 Tangenziale Ovest di Milano (west bypass road, Milan)
- A51 Tangenziale Est di Milano (east bypass road, Milan)
- A52 Tangenziale Nord di Milano (north bypass road, Milan)
- A54 Tangenziale di Pavia
- A55 Tangenziale Nord di Torino e Tangenziale Sud di Torino (north and south bypass roads, Turin)
- A56 Tangenziale di Napoli
- A57Tangenziale di VeneziaThe Tangenziale di Mestre , or Autostrada A57, was opened to traffic on 3 September 1972 in northern Italy.-Overview:The oOriginal design was to have this central dual carriageway to serve as the Autostrada A4 , and by each side another separated single carriageway to serve as local beltway : but,...
Tangenziale di VeneziaTangenziale di VeneziaThe Tangenziale di Mestre , or Autostrada A57, was opened to traffic on 3 September 1972 in northern Italy.-Overview:The oOriginal design was to have this central dual carriageway to serve as the Autostrada A4 , and by each side another separated single carriageway to serve as local beltway : but,... - A90Grande Raccordo AnulareThe GRA or Grande Raccordo Anulare is a toll-free, ring-shaped orbital motorway, 68,2 km in circumference that encircles Rome...
Grande Raccordo AnulareGrande Raccordo AnulareThe GRA or Grande Raccordo Anulare is a toll-free, ring-shaped orbital motorway, 68,2 km in circumference that encircles Rome...
di Roma (Great Ring Road of Rome) - RA1 Tangenziale di Bologna
- RA15Autostrada RA15 (Italy)The motorway RA15, also known as Tangenziale di Catania or Catania's By Pass , is a motorway at the service of Catania in Sicily, running from north to south, west of the city. It is 23.3 km long and it is managed by ANAS. It is also part of the European route E45...
Tangenziale di CataniaAutostrada RA15 (Italy)The motorway RA15, also known as Tangenziale di Catania or Catania's By Pass , is a motorway at the service of Catania in Sicily, running from north to south, west of the city. It is 23.3 km long and it is managed by ANAS. It is also part of the European route E45...
(Catania's Ring Road West)
List of bretelle and raccordi autostradali
Some autostrade are called bretelle, diramazioni or raccordi because they are short and because they have few exit.Bretelle, diramazioni or raccordi are generally connections between two motorways or connections between motorways and important cities without a motorway.
They can have the same number (sometimes with the suffix dir) of one of the two autostrade linked or a combination of the numbers of the two autostrade linked or the number of the main autostrada.
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Raccordo Milano-Piazzale Corvetto (2 km) | A1 - Milano Piazzale Corvetto |
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Diramazione Capodichino (3 km) | A1 - Aeroporto di Capodichino - A56 |
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Diramazione Roma nord (23 km) | A1 - GRA Grande Raccordo Anulare The GRA or Grande Raccordo Anulare is a toll-free, ring-shaped orbital motorway, 68,2 km in circumference that encircles Rome... |
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Diramazione Roma sud (20 km) | A1 - GRA Grande Raccordo Anulare The GRA or Grande Raccordo Anulare is a toll-free, ring-shaped orbital motorway, 68,2 km in circumference that encircles Rome... |
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Raccordo Chivasso (6 km) | A4 - Verolengo Verolengo Verolengo is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 25 km northeast of Turin.-External links:*... |
| Raccordo Ivrea-Santhià (23,6 km) | A4 - A5 | |
| Raccordo Aosta-Gran San Bernardo (7,9 km) | A5 - SS27 | |
| Diramazione per Fossano (6,6 km) | A6 - Fossano Fossano Fossano is a town and comune of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Cuneo. It is the fourth largest town of the Province of Cuneo, after Cuneo, Alba and Bra.... |
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Diramazione Gallarate-Gattico (23,2 km) | A8 - A26 |
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Diramazione Lucca-Viareggio (20 km) | A11 - A12 |
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Diramazione per Livorno (4,5 km) | A12 - Livorno Livorno Livorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :... |
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Diramazione per Padova sud (4,3 km) | A13 - Padova |
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Diramazione per Ferrara (6,3 km) | A13 - Ferrara Ferrara Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north... - RA8 |
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Raccordo per Tangenziale di Bari (4,6 km) | A14 - Tangenziale di Bari |
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Diramazione per Ravenna (29,8 km) | A14 - Ravenna Ravenna Ravenna is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and the second largest comune in Italy by land area, although, at , it is little more than half the size of the largest comune, Rome... |
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Diramazione La Spezia-Santo Stefano di Magra | Santo Stefano di Magra Santo Stefano di Magra Santo Stefano di Magra is a comune in the Province of La Spezia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 80 km southeast of Genoa and about 11 km northeast of La Spezia. It is located near the confluence of torrent Vara into the Magra river. It is part of the Montemarcello-Magra... - A15 - La Spezia La Spezia La Spezia , at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the Liguria region of northern Italy, is the capital city of the province of La Spezia. Located between Genoa and Pisa on the Ligurian Sea, it is one of the main Italian military and commercial harbours and hosts one of Italy's biggest military... |
| Diramazione per Catania (3,7 km) | A18 - Catania Catania Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and... |
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| Raccordo A19-Palermo (5,2 km) | A19 - Circonvallazione di Palermo | |
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Diramazione per Fiorenzuola (12,3) | A1 - A21 |
| Diramazione Stroppiana-Santhià (29,7 km) | A4 - A26 | |
| Diramazione Predosa-Bettole (17 km) | A7 - A26 | |
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Diramazione Alcamo-Trapani (36,9 km) | A29 - Trapani Trapani Trapani is a city and comune on the west coast of Sicily in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an important fishing port and the main gateway to the nearby Egadi Islands.-History:... |
| Diramazione per Birgi (13,1 km) | A29dir - Aeroporto di Trapani-Birgi | |
| Bretella aeroporto Falcone e Borsellino (4 km) | A29 - Aeroporto di Palermo | |
| Raccordo per via Belgio (5,6 km) | A29 - Circonvallazione di Palermo | |
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Diramazione per Pinerolo (23,44 km) | A55 - Pinerolo Pinerolo Pinerolo is a town and comune in north-western Italy, 40 kilometres southwest of Turin on the river Chisone.-History:In the Middle Ages, the town of Pinerolo was one of the main crossroads in Italy, and was therefore one of the principal fortresses of the dukes of Savoy. Its military importance... |
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Diramazione per Moncalieri (6,18 km) | A6 - Moncalieri Moncalieri Moncalieri is a town and comune of approximately 58,000 inhabitants about eight kilometers directly south of downtown Turin , in Piedmont, Italy. It is notable for its castle, built in the 12th century and enlarged in the 15th century, which later became the favorite residence of Maria Clotilde... |
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Raccordo della Falchera (3,13 km) | A55 - A4 - SR 11 |
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Bretella/raccordo aeroporto (6,73 km) | A57 - Aeroporto di Venezia |
Trafori (T)
Important alpineAlps
The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
tunnel
Tunnel
A tunnel is an underground passageway, completely enclosed except for openings for egress, commonly at each end.A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic, for rail traffic, or for a canal. Some tunnels are aqueducts to supply water for consumption or for hydroelectric stations or are sewers...
s ( trafori) are identified by the capital letter "T" followed by a single digit number. Currently there are only three T-classified tunnels: Mont Blanc Tunnel
Mont Blanc Tunnel
The Mont Blanc Tunnel is a road tunnel in the Alps under the Mont Blanc mountain, linking Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France , and Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy . It is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes, particularly for Italy, which relies on the tunnel for transporting as much as...
(T1), Great St Bernard Tunnel
Great St Bernard Tunnel
The Great St Bernard Tunnel is a road tunnel complementing the Great St Bernard Pass, linking Martigny with Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses ....
(T2) and Frejus Road Tunnel
Fréjus Road Tunnel
The Fréjus Road Tunnel is a tunnel that connects France and Italy. It runs under Col du Fréjus in the Cottian Alps between Modane in France and Bardonecchia in Italy...
(T4). All these tunnels, that cross the borderline between Italy and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
(T1, T4) or Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
(T2), are treated as motorways (green signage, control of access, and so on) although they are not proper motorways. The code T3 was once assigned to the Bargagli-Ferriere Tunnel
Bargagli-Ferriere Tunnel
The Bargagli-Ferriere Tunnel is a tunnel located on the SP 225 road near Genoa, Italy. It was opened on 15 June 1971 as part of a toll road originally numbered T3. On 22 July 1989 this road, built to complement the SS 225, was renamed with this number and part of the SS 225 was renumbered SP 77....
, in Ligurian Appennines, before it was reclassified as SP 226.
| Traforo del Monte Bianco Mont Blanc Tunnel The Mont Blanc Tunnel is a road tunnel in the Alps under the Mont Blanc mountain, linking Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France , and Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy . It is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes, particularly for Italy, which relies on the tunnel for transporting as much as... |
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Traforo del Gran San Bernardo Great St Bernard Tunnel The Great St Bernard Tunnel is a road tunnel complementing the Great St Bernard Pass, linking Martigny with Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses .... |
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Traforo del Frejus Fréjus Road Tunnel The Fréjus Road Tunnel is a tunnel that connects France and Italy. It runs under Col du Fréjus in the Cottian Alps between Modane in France and Bardonecchia in Italy... |
Raccordi autostradali (RA)
RA stands for Raccordo autostradale (translated as "motorway connection"). A so-called raccordo autostradale is a relatively short spur routeSpur route
A spur route is a short road forming a branch from a longer, more important route . A bypass or beltway is never considered a true spur route as it typically reconnects with the major road...
that connects an autostrada to a nearby city or touristic resort that is not directly served by the motorway. These spurs are owned and managed by ANAS (with some exceptions, such as RA7 that became A53 when assigned to a private company for maintenance). Some spurs are toll-free motorways (type-A), but most of them are type-B or type-C roads. By the way all RA have separate carriageways with two lane for each direction but generally without emergency lane .
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| RA1 | A1 - A13 - A14 (Tangenziale di Bologna) |
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| RA2 | A3 - Avellino Avellino Avellino is a town and comune, capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains 42 km north-east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento.-History:Before the Roman conquest, the... |
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| RA3 | A1 - Siena Siena Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008... |
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| RA4 | A3 - Reggio Calabria Reggio Calabria Reggio di Calabria , commonly known as Reggio Calabria or Reggio, is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria, southern Italy, and is the capital of the Province of Reggio Calabria and seat of the Council of Calabrian government.Reggio is located on the "toe" of the Italian... - SS106 |
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| RA5 | A3 - Potenza | |
| RA6 | A1 - Perugia Perugia Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area.... |
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| A53 (o RA7) | A7 - Tangenziale di Pavia | |
| RA8 | A13 - Ferrara Ferrara Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north... - Porto Garibaldi Comacchio Comacchio is a town and comune of Emilia Romagna, Italy, in the province of Ferrara, 48 km from the provincial capital Ferrara.-Geography:... |
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| RA9 | A16 - Benevento Benevento Benevento is a town and comune of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 50 km northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill 130 m above sea-level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino and Sabato... |
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| RA10 | Torino - A55 - Aeroporto di Caselle | |
| RA11 | Ascoli Ascoli -Places of Italy:*Ascoli Piceno, a city and provincial seat in Marche*Ascoli Satriano, a town in the Province of Foggia*Porto d'Ascoli, a civil parish of San Benedetto del Tronto, in the province of Ascoli Piceno*Province of Ascoli Piceno, a province of the Marche... - A14 - Porto d'Ascoli Porto d'Ascoli Porto d'Ascoli is an italian civil parish , part of the municipality of San Benedetto del Tronto in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche region.-History:... |
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| RA12 | A25 - Chieti Chieti Chieti is a city and comune in Central Italy, 200 km northeast of Rome. It is the capital of the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region... - A14 - Pescara Pescara Pescara is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. As of January 1, 2007 it was the most populated city within Abruzzo at 123,059 residents, 400,000 with the surrounding metropolitan area... |
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| RA13 | A4 - SS202 | |
| RA14 | RA13 - Fernetti Monrupino Monrupino is a comune in the Province of Trieste in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 9 km north of Trieste, on the border with Slovenia. , it had a population of 848 and an area of 12.7 km²... (confine di stato Slovenia Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of... ) |
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RA15 | A18 - A19 - Aut. CT-SR Autostrada Catania-Siracusa The Autostrada Catania-Siracusa is a motorway 25 km long in eastern Sicily that connects the cities of Catania and Syracuse. It is part of the European route E45.-History:... (Tangenziale di Catania) |
| RA16 | A28 - SS13 | |
| RA17 | A4 - Gorizia Gorizia Gorizia is a town and comune in northeastern Italy, in the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia, and it is a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce. Since 1947, a twin... |
Strade extraurbane principali
ANAS
ANAS S.p.A. is an Italian government-owned company deputed to the construction and maintenance of Italian motorways and state highways under the control of Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.-History:Founded on June 27, 1946, the company took immediately a government granting for the...
(that is under the direct control of Italian government) or by the region
Regions of Italy
The regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of the state, constituting its first NUTS administrative level. There are twenty regions, of which five are constitutionally given a broader amount of autonomy granted by special statutes....
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