Autostrada A7 (Italy)

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Regions:

  • Lombardy
  • Piedmont
  • Liguria

The Autostrada A7 (Italian for, A7 '), also known as the Autostrada dei Giovi, is an Italian motorway in the north west of the country, leading from Milan to Genoa. It is 133.6 km long and toll road in its entire length. The motorway is in the Italian regions of Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria.

  • 2.1 kilometer

Course

The A7 combines the economic center of Milan with the port city of Genoa on the Ligurian Sea and constitutes the main link between the two cities dar.

Section Milan - A7/A26

The A7 begins in Milan, near Piazza Giovì. In the city of Milan, it has two connection points. Near the suburbs of Milan Assago it intersects with the eastern city of Milan bypass, the A50. From here the actual kilometer of the highway begins.

The A7 is expanded to six lanes in the section of Milan to the bridge of the Po. In Bereguardo the A53 branches off, which leads to Pavia. Here the highway also crosses the Ticino. Continue through the Po Valley leader, it crosses the eponymous river Po. By May 2009, the A7 between the bridge over the Po and the node with the A21 was widened to four lanes. Here took place from 2005 to 2009 the six-lane expansion. The construction costs amounted to 97 million euros. Thus, the A7 motorway between Milan and the junction of the A7/A26 motorway junction is expanded to six lanes over a length of 76 km.

In Casei Gerola is a freeway connection to Voghera. In Tortona it reaches the node with the A21, which leads to Turin and Brescia. South of the town of Tortona is an additional motorway junction. Here branches off the motorway connection (Italian Diramazione ) A7/A26, connecting the A7 with the A26.

Section A7/A26 - Genoa

From here, the highway is expanded only four lanes. The A7 follows the course of the river Scrivia. Past the places Serravalle Scrivia and Arquata Scrivia it reaches the Ligurian Apennines and the Liguria region.

In this Section, the Giovipass reaches its highest point and leads over the pass on a highway for an extremely narrow and twisty road. The two roadways are not parallel to each other: the lanes north ( Milan ) were in the 1960s by numerous tunnels and viaducts to a "real" highway expanded, while the southbound lanes (Genoa ) the path of the old Camionale Street in valley follows. The tight curves and steep gradients of the line allow only 60 kilometers per hour over long sections. The route towards Genoa is for this reason about five miles longer than the route towards Milan.

Passante di Genova

In the city of Genoa take 3 freeways (A7, A10 and A12) on each other. Due to the difficult topography of these highways extend far into the urban area and are usually not designed to meet the latest standards in highway construction. In addition, the highways in the Genoa area must include a high proportion of transit traffic and commuters. Especially in the summer when there are strong leisure travel to the Italian Riviera, this leads to overloading of the motorway network.

For this reason, there are plans to build the so-called Passante di Genova.

The core of the plans, the establishment of a completely new motorway route ( Gronda di Ponente ) between the A10 at Vesima and the A7 in the urban area of Genoa is ( at the exit Genova / Bolzaneto ). This route serves as a supplement to the existing A10 and to four lanes, with 2 lanes in each direction, are built with hard shoulder.

This new range will be located 89% in tunnels. In addition, the plans call for the construction of a bridge over the Val Polcevera in Genova / Bolzaneto.

Furthermore, the A7 in the direction of travel North receives between Genova / Ovest and Bolzaneto a completely new route. The node at Genova / Ovest is to be made power efficient in the course of construction.

In the years 2005 to 2009, the examination of several possible routes was made, where it was ultimately decided in favor of those described above. Overall, about 53 km run in tunnels and 34.8 km added to the road network. The estimated cost is 3147.7 million euros. A construction has not yet been fixed.

Management

Inter Milan and the junction of the motorway junction (Italian Diramazione ) A7/A26 near Novi Ligure, the highway from the company Milano Serravalle - Milano SpA ring road managed. The remaining portion of Novi Ligure to Genoa is under the company Autostrade per l' Italia.

Chainage

In the city of Milan in Piazza Maggi a feeder road, the 1.9 km long leads then to the motorway beginning of the A7 begins. The feeder road is called R35 Raccordo A7 Piazza Maggi. At km 1.9, the chainage starts again.

Name

The A7 has in addition to the official Nummierung also other names. La Serravalle dates from the early years of the highway, as they still ended up in the village of Serravalle. Giovi is named after the Giovipass, the A7 crosses north of Genoa. The third term, Autostrada Alpe Ligure, represents the Ligurian Apennines mountain range, which crosses the A7.

History

The section between Serravalle and Genoa was already released on October 29, 1935 for traffic. Thus, a better connection between Genoa and the Ligurian Sea and the economic areas in the Po Valley was created. The opening of the section between Serravalle and Milan followed on 10 September 1960.

Highway branch Predosa - Bettole di Tortona

See motorway branch Predosa - Bettole di Tortona

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