Autostrade of Italy

This list provides an overview of the network of motorways in Italy. The overall network has a length of 6600 km, of which 5695 km are operated by 24 licensed operators and 900 km through the state road operating company ANAS itself.

One distinguishes the following categories:

  • Auto trade: ordinary highways between the major and important cities of the country
  • ByPass: City detours
  • Diramazioni: smaller branches from the main highway; often as a connection between two highways
  • Raccordi autostradali: longer feeder road
  • Trafori: significant tunnel with its own street name

History

On September 21, 1924 Europe's first motorway was opened in Italy. The now classified as A8 route was part of the Autostrada dei Laghi, built on work of the Italian engineer Piero Puricelli. He also planned the construction of a motorway network that would connect all the major trading centers of Italy. The 1922 coming to power, fascists used the highway construction for their propaganda. Benito Mussolini said about the highway in 1925: " The highway is a great Italian achievement and a sure sign of our engineering spirit, the sons of ancient Rome not unworthy. "

In 1933, in Italy there was already a highway network, which was 457.5 km long, 50 km distance between Genoa and Serravalle was under construction ( today A7). The Autostrada Pedemontana, today's A4 was completed in 1933 between Venice and Turin. Other early motorways in Italy were the A11 today, which was built within a year and opened on 26 August 1933. 1932 already took place the opening of the section Turin - Milan, 1929 between Naples and Pompeii.

These were financed highway projects from private motorway operators for whose liabilities the state took over guarantees.

Motorways (Autostrade )

The numbering of the motorways in Italy does not follow any geographic logic such as in Germany, but a strictly sequential. Ordinary highways between the major and important cities in the country to wear a number between 1 ( Milan - Naples Autostrada del Sole ) and 33 ( Asti - Cuneo motorway delle Langhe ). Smaller branches ( Italian: diramazioni ) get the shortcut you added as an additive to the actual highway number and shall be deemed independent motorway with its own identification. The same is true with connecting routes between two other motorways: However, they have a double numbering (about as A11/A12 motorway link between the A11 and A12 ).

Whether the use of a highway is a toll road, is - in contrast to systems such as usual in France - not directly visible.

With 760 km in length, the A1 is the country's longest and most meaningful highway. It is about 20 km longer than the A14, which runs along the Adriatic coast. The northern Italian A9 is currently the shortest highway with 42 km length.

Planned / under construction highways

City detours ( ByPass )

The city bypasses, often designed as a ring motorways in Italy have its own number. As the highways follows the numbering here a sequential logic and neglected the geographical location of detours. The most important and busiest ByPass located around Milan ( combination of the motorways A50, A51 and A52 ) and around the capital Rome ( A90, or GRA (GRA) ). The length of detours varies from city to city, very strong. With the A55, northwest Italian city of Turin has no " true" bypass, but a collection of several branches, which is officially listed as a single highway.

Furthermore ( RA15 ) also have the cities of Bologna (RA1 ) and Catania on detours. However, these are not classified as motorways, but as a feeder.

Motorway junctions ( Diramazioni autostradali )

Feeder road ( Raccordi autostradali )

As a feeder road ( Italian: raccordo autostradale ) is called in Italy roads connecting major cities or other significant areas that are not directly connected to the motorway network, as directly as possible with a highway. Of the 17 currently existing four tributaries classified as " highway-like " (green signs ) and twelve as the " ordinary state road network" ( viabilità Statale ordinaria ) are belonging ( blue signs ). The RA7 is signposted and out ( A53 ) as the only real highway. The term " RA7 " appears exclusively in the internal use of ANAS.

The use of any feeder road is free of charge.

Tunnel ( Trafori )

Significant border tunnels have in the Italian motorway system on its own numbering. Of the former four tunnels ( Italian: traforo ( Sg ) ), there are only three officially because the T3 in the province of Genoa was downgraded. Use of this tunnel is chargeable.

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