The Autostrade are roads forming the Italian national system of motorways. The total length of the system is about 7,016 kilometres (4,360 mi), as of 30 July 2022. In North and Central Italy, the Autostrade mainly consists of tollways managed by Autostrade per l'Italia, a holding company controlled by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti. Other operators include ASTM, ATP, and Autostrade Lombarde in the north-west; Autostrada del Brennero, A4 Holding, Concessioni Autostradali Venete, and Autovie Venete in the north-east; Strada dei Parchi, SALT, SAT, and Autocisa in the center; and CAS in the south.
San Giovanni Battista or dell'Autostrada del Sole is a church in Campi Bisenzio, near Florence, Italy, within a large motorway rest area shared between two autostrada roads. It can also be reached on foot from a local road outside the autostrada system.
The Autostrada A24, or Autostrada dei Parchi, is a motorway connecting Rome to Teramo. Starting at the Grande Raccordo Anulare, the A24 runs broadly north-east past L'Aquila and through a 10 km tunnel under the Gran Sasso before reaching Teramo. Strada dei Parchi S.p.A. currently manages the route.
The Autostrada A1, nicknamed Autostrada del Sole, is the longest (754 km) and most important motorway in Italy, linking some of the largest cities of the country: Milan, Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples. It is a part of the E35 and E45 European routes.
The Autostrada A26 is a motorway in the northwestern Italian regions of Liguria and Piedmont. It is named the Autostrada dei Trafori after the numerous tunnels through which it passes, both Apennine and Subalpine. It runs northwards from Genoa on the Ligurian coast, over the Apennines, and across the wide plain of the Po valley to the environs of Lake Maggiore and the mouth of the Val d’Ossola. In addition to this ‘main trunk’ of the road, there are three side branches, also of motorway class which function as link roads between the A26 and the A7, the A4 and the A8. The A26, together with these link roads, is managed by Autostrade per l'Italia S.p.A.
Autostrada A2, otherwise known as the Autostrada del Mediterraneo or Salerno–Reggio Calabria, is a 432-km-long, Italian motorway in the south of Italy. Running between the towns of Fisciano, in the Province of Salerno, and Villa San Giovanni, in the Province of Reggio Calabria, the motorway forms part of European roads E45 and E841.
The Autostrada A5 (Italian) or Autoroute A5 (French) is an Italian motorway, which connects Turin and the Aosta Valley to France, through the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
The A12 is an Italian autostrada (motorway), composed of two unconnected parts. The first one connects Genoa and Rosignano Marittimo, the second connects Civitavecchia and Rome. The road is one of the motorways on the Italian west coast.
The A16 is an Italian autostrada connecting Naples and Canosa, before merging with the A14 autostrada.
The Autostrada A53 is an Italian motorway which connects Bereguardo and Autostrada A7 to Pavia and its bypass motorway A54.
The Autostrada A29 is a 114.8 km (71.3 mi) motorway on the island of Sicily that links Palermo to Mazara del Vallo. The motorway is also called Autostrada del Sale because one of its branches ends at the Salt Pans between Marsala and Trapani. It's a four-lane motorway in its whole length.
The Autostrada A31 is an Italian motorway which connects the trunk road SS434 "Transpolesana" with the town of Piovene Rocchette. The A31 is interconnected with the A4 motorway in the city of Vicenza. It is also known as the "Autostrada Valdastico" or "Autostrada della Val d'Astico".
The Autostrada A21 is an Italian motorway, which connects Turin to Brescia, through the Po Valley and the city of Piacenza.
The Autostrada A33 is a planned Italian motorway intended to connect Asti to Cuneo in the region of Piedmont, northwest Italy. The motorway is expected to open in 2024.
The Tangenziale di Mestre, or Autostrada A57, was opened to traffic on 3 September 1972 in northern Italy.
Controlled-access highways in Romania are dual carriageways, grade separated with controlled-access, designed for high speeds. There are two types of highways, motorways and expressways, with the main difference being that motorways have emergency lanes and slightly wider lanes. The maximum allowed speed limit for motorways is 130 km/h (81 mph), while for expressways the limit is 120 km/h (75 mph). There are no toll roads, but a road vignette is required.
The A11 motorway is a partially built motorway in north-western part of Romania, planned to connect the cities of Arad and Oradea. As of January 2022, the only operational segment is a 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) section from Arad West Interchange (A1) to DN7, known as the Arad Bypass.
The Aqueduct of Nottolini is an aqueduct in Neoclassical Style near the city of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. The 19th-century structure brought water to Lucca from the mountains south of the city through a stone channel supported by more than 400 arches, stretching for over 3 kilometres. It is now interrupted by the east-west autostrada A11 from Florence to Pisa.
