Autostrada A16 (Italy)
Template: Infobox trunk road / Maintenance / IT-A
Regions:
- Campania
- Apulia
- In construction
- In planning
The Autostrada A16 ( for, A16 Italian '), also Autostrada dei Due Mari (Italian for' motorway of two seas ') called, is an Italian highway that leads from Naples to Canosa after. It has a length of 172 km and is a toll on your entire course. Maintained and operated it is from the Italian motorway company Autostrade per l' Italia.
History
Their original number was A17, which they still lost when the A14 was completed to Bari and the number 16 received between the A14 and Naples, the (now A12) held until this time, the highway between Rome and Civitavecchia.
The construction of a highway from Naples to the Adriatic coast was extremely expensive. The greatest obstacle represented in the planning and the construction of the Apennines, the had to be overcome. The opening of the highway going back to the year 1969.
Course
The highway is mostly two lanes for each direction of travel, which also include a breakdown streak ends. Its origin lies east of Naples. On their way from west to east, it intersects in the Campania region, the area of Irpinia and crosses the A30 motorway near Nola. In Avellino, there is a connection to Salerno, 20 km further east, a connection to Benevento.
Due to the nature of the terrain, the eastern part of the highway is often in the area of strong winds, particularly for heavy vehicles, may constitute a disability. On the pitch routes here, a third lane was created, which will allow a better overtaking of slow, heavy trucks. In the winter months ( November to April) is required to carry snow chains between Baiano and Candela. In this section of the Apennines often occur sudden and abundant snow precipitation. If too much snow is at the junction Baiano forced exit for traffic from Naples. Between Grottaminarda and Vallata is located 671 m above sea level. NN is the highest point on the A16.
At the junction Candela also exists a link road between the A16 and the city of Foggia, which is also used as an abbreviation for the A14 towards Pescara / Bologna.
North of Canosa di Puglia, the A16 ends at a motorway junction with the A14 Bologna - Taranto.
The A16 at the interchange with the A14