Autostrada A1 (Italy)

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	Autostrada A1 in Italy
	Ramo Capodichino; (Branch Capodichino)
	Basic data
Operator:	Autostrade per l'Italia;
Start of the street:	Casoria ; ( 40 ° 53 ′ N , 14 ° 19 ′ E )
End of street:	Naples ; ( 40 ° 53 ′ N , 14 ° 17 ′ E )
Overall length:	3.0 km
Regions :	Campania;
Requirement for use:	toll-free
Development condition:	2 × 3 lanes
	Campania region
	Under construction; In planning;

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	Autostrada A1 in Italy
	Raccordo Piazzale Corvetto; (Access to Piazzale Corvetto)
	Basic data
Operator:	Autostrade per l'Italia;
Start of the street:	Milan ; ( 45 ° 25 ′ N , 9 ° 15 ′ E )
End of street:	San Donato Milanese ; ( 45 ° 24 ′ N , 9 ° 16 ′ E )
Overall length:	2.5 km
Regions :	Lombardy;
Requirement for use:	toll-free
Development condition:	2 × 2 lanes
	region Lombardy
	Under construction; In planning;

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	Autostrada A1 in Italy
	Autostrada del Sole; Milano - Napoli
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	Basic data
Operator:	Autostrade per l'Italia;
Start of the street:	Milan ; ( 45 ° 26 ′ N , 9 ° 15 ′ E )
End of street:	Naples ; ( 40 ° 51 ′ N , 14 ° 19 ′ E )
Overall length:	759.4 km
Regions :	Lombardy; Emilia-Romagna; Tuscany; Umbria; Lazio; Campania;
Requirement for use:	Toll obligation: closed system ; toll-free : on the sections Milan - Melegnano and Caserta sud - node A3
Development condition:	2 × 2, 2 × 3, 3 + 2 + 2 and 2 × 4 lanes
	The A1 at the Cassino junction
	region Lombardy
	Region Emilia-Romagna
	Tuscany region
	Region Emilia-Romagna
	Tuscany region

The Autostrada A1 (also Autostrada Milano - Napoli or Autostrada del Sole ) ( Italian for 'Motorway A1') is a motorway in northern and central Italy that runs from Milan ( Lombardy ) via Rome to Naples ( Campania ). It is part of the European route 35 between Milan and Rome and of the European route 45 between Modena ( A22 ) and Bologna ( A14 ) and Orte and Naples .

With a length of 754 kilometers, the A1 is the longest motorway in Italy and is fully toll road .

history

A1 in Emilia-Romagna

The realization of the Autostrada del Sole resulted primarily from the will of the Italian government to revive the national economy in the 1950s . At the same time, the motorway was supposed to interlink the diverging economic areas of Italy more closely and, like a powerful bracket, promote Italy's contradicting standardization process. The emphatic name of the transport connection alludes to this socio-political and economic component as well as to the tourist promises of modern mobility.

Before this motorway was built, it took around two days to transport goods from Milan to Naples. The construction of a route that allowed driving at high speeds (by the standards of the time) significantly shortened the journey time.

The Autostrada del Sole was built in several stages. The releases of the individual sections looked as follows:

Milan – Bologna on July 15, 1959
Bologna – Florence on December 3, 1960
Florence – Rome on October 4, 1964
Rome – Naples on September 22, 1962

The laying of the foundation stone goes back to May 19, 1956. The inauguration of the first section, from Milan to Parma , was celebrated on December 7, 1958. The opening of the route from Bologna to Florence took place on December 3, 1960, that from Rome to Naples on September 22, 1962. All the work was completed with the opening of the section between Chiusi and Orvieto on October 4, 1964: up to this point At that time, all vehicles had to leave the motorway between Chiusi and Orvieto and use the former Strada statale 71 Umbro Casentinese Romagnola .

The completed Autostrada del Sole was inaugurated by Antonio Segni on October 4, 1964, on board the Lancia Flaminia 335 presidenziale.

The following work was carried out:

a total of 15 million working days
52 million cubic meters of earth and rock; excavated on the construction site outdoors
1.8 million cubic meters of earth and rock; excavated from the tunnel construction sites
five million cubic meters of concrete and masonry
16 million square meters of floor
853 bridges, viaducts and similar works
2500 shafts
572 flyovers
35 tunnels with 2 tubes
3 tunnels with one tube

The construction of the A1 was led by Fedele Cova.

Milan – Bologna section

This section leads through the two Italian regions Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna.

Starting point of the A1

A1 near Modena

The A1 had its origin at San Donato Milanese south of Milan . Nowadays, however, the extension of the eastern bypass motorway of Milan ( A51 ; tangenziale est di Milano ) is considered the starting point of the A1, which is therefore located in the southeast of Milan. These two sections run parallel to each other until they meet in the area of San Donato Milanese.

Further course

In the vicinity of San Giuliano Milanese , the western bypass motorway from Milan ( A50 ; tangenziale ovest di Milano ) joins the A1. It crosses the Po Valley and, parallel to State Road 9 , runs six lanes past the cities of Lodi , Piacenza , Parma , Reggio nell'Emilia and Modena . Between Milano-Sud and Lodi (14.6 km) and between Piacenza Sud and Modena (length: 97.9 km) the eight-lane (four lanes in each direction) expansion of the A1 is being planned.

Modena – Bologna

The Modena - Bologna section is the busiest section in all of Italy, which is why it has already been expanded to eight lanes and in some cases ten lanes near Bologna. In the north of Modena, the A1 has a connection to the Brenner motorway , which is a tributary from northern and central Europe. The Bologna bypass motorway and the A14 , which leads to the Adriatic coast, branch off in Bologna . From Bologna, the A13 branches off towards Padua and Venice .

Bologna– Florence section

This partly four-lane, partly six-lane (sometimes even seven-lane) section, which is also known as the " Apennine section" ( tratto appenninico ), crosses the Tosco-Emiliano-Apennine and therefore has many bridges and tunnels on its course .

Casalecchio di Reno-Sasso Marconi

Between Casalecchio di Reno and Sasso Marconi , the 4.1 kilometer route has already been expanded to include six lanes (lot 0). The construction work ended in November 2009 and, in addition to the six-lane expansion, also included the construction of numerous bridges and underpasses as well as the erection of noise barriers in the Casalecchio area. The total cost was 79.8 million euros.

Sasso Marconi – La Quercia

In this section, the existing route was expanded to six lanes over around 20 kilometers. The Sasso Marconi junction was also rebuilt. On June 9, 2007, the route including the newly built Galleria Gardelletta (840 meters, heading north) was opened.

La Quercia-Barberino

Planning for this section began in 1985. In August 2001, the Council of Ministers approved the new establishment. The construction work took place from March 2004 to December 2015, on December 23, 2015 the new route was opened to traffic. The 43-kilometer section has been redesigned as follows:

New construction of the alternative route "Variant di Valico" between La Quercia and Aglio with a base tunnel, in addition to the existing motorway route. Both lines will remain in operation.
Between Aglio and Barberino a new motorway route was built in two tunnels with three lanes for traffic to the south, the old existing route was redesigned and now runs four lanes northwards in the direction of Bologna.

Six-lane expansion Barberino – Incisa

This section connects directly to the variant di Valico . There is an average traffic volume of 111,000 vehicles , including 32,000 trucks. In addition to transit traffic, there is also city traffic between the Firenze Nord and Firenze Sud junctions , as the A1 forms a tangenziale (city bypass) from Florence here. An expansion of at least six lanes (3 lanes in each direction) is planned here. The construction work on the 58.5-kilometer-long section includes the construction of 16 new tunnels and 40 kilometers of noise barriers. The total costs of this construction project amount to almost two billion euros.

This section can in turn be broken down into three smaller sections:

Barberino – Firenze Nord

In this section, a new route to the south with three lanes is under construction. Four lanes will be available for traffic to the north on the current route. The completion date is set for the end of 2021 in 2019.

Firenze Nord – Firenze Sud

Departure Firenze / Scandicci

In this 22-kilometer section, which is heavily affected by traffic jams, the motorway was expanded to three (towards Rome) or three or four lanes from 2005 to 2013.

Between March 2002 and July 2004, the ANAS examined and approved the project. The Firenze Nord-Firenze Scandicci section was opened to traffic to the south on December 21, 2006, and to the north on April 5, 2007. The new section Firenze Scandicci-Firenze Sud was opened on August 3, 2011. The route to the south is a new one A three-lane route was created, the old motorway is used as a four-lane road to the north.

Firenze Sud-Incisa

An extension to three lanes in each direction is under construction on this 19-kilometer section.

Florence-Rome section

The A1 near Florence, expanded to two lanes

Near Arezzo

The motorway has four lanes as far as Orte ( Lazio ), although expansion measures for a third lane in each direction between Florence and Incisa have already been initiated. These are currently in the planning phase. The A1 was expanded to six lanes between Orte and the Roma / Nord junction, including the construction of a new tunnel (Galleria di Nazzano, 337 m). The construction work was completed in 2002, and the Galleria di Nazzano opened in 2007. In addition, 4 kilometers of noise barriers were built. The total costs for this 37.8 kilometer section are 191.0 million euros.

In this section the motorway passes Arezzo , passes the Chiana Valley and crosses the Tiber several times . Near the town of Fiano Romano , a four-lane branch branches off to the ring road around Rome ( A90 / GRA , Grande Raccordo Anulare ), while the A1 itself continues six-lane past the capital towards Naples . The Guidonia Montecelio junction was put into operation at the end of 2011 between the Roma nord junction and the junction with the A24 .

Section Rome – Naples

In San Cesareo , a place south of Rome, the A1 joins again with another four-lane branch coming from Rome and continues to Naples. This six-lane section, which leads past the towns of Frosinone and Caserta , is characterized by an extremely straight route. It was called A2 until 1988 because it was not directly connected to the rest of the A1 until then. In the north of Naples, the A1 finally changes into the A3 . Since December 2016, the number of the A2 has been transferred to the route of the former A3 Salerno - Reggio Calabria.

In this section, the eight-lane expansion between San Cesareo and Colleferro (16.6 km) and between Colleferro and Frosinone (31.3 km) is planned. These are currently in the planning phase.

Shuttle A1 - Piazzale Corvetto

The A1-Piazzale Corvetto feeder is the original section of the A1, which began in the local area of Milan at Corvetto Square and was downgraded after the construction of the variant that seamlessly directs traffic to and from Bologna into Tangenziale Est. It runs parallel to the new section of the A1 and leads back into it at San Donato Milanese .

Branch Capodichino

The Capodichino junction , although classified as A1, is the uninterrupted continuation of the tangent from Naples towards the A1 motorway. It was once the last section of the entire A1 motorway.

literature

Enrico Menduni: L'Autostrada del Sole . Il Mulino, Bologna 1999, ISBN 88-15-06894-5

Web links

Commons : Autostrada A1 (Italy) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Planned projects
↑ Autostrade newsletter on the completion of construction lot 0 ( Memento from September 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 637 kB)
↑ Project information variant di Valico
↑ Barberino-Florence North pronta tra due anni. In: Il Sole 24 Ore . November 25, 2019, accessed February 12, 2020 .
^ Project information Barberino-Incisa
^ Project information Orte-Roma
↑ New connection points
^ Structures along the A1

[autostradeperitalia1-1] Planned projects

[2] Autostrade newsletter on the completion of construction lot 0 ( Memento from September 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 637 kB)

[autostradevariantedivalico-3] Project information variant di Valico

[24ore1911-4] Barberino-Florence North pronta tra due anni. In: Il Sole 24 Ore . November 25, 2019, accessed February 12, 2020 .

[autostradebarbarino-5] Project information Barberino-Incisa

[autostradeorte-6] Project information Orte-Roma

[autostradeandereprojekte-7] New connection points

[lotsberg.net-8] Structures along the A1


Motorways (Autostrade)	A 1 • A 2 • A 3 • A 4 • A 5 • A 6 • A 7 • A 8 • A 9 • A 10 • A 11 • A 12 • A 13 • A 14 • A 15 • A 16 • A 18 • A 19 • A 20 • A 21 • A 22 • A 23 • A 24 • A 25 • A 26 • A 27 • A 28 • A 29 • A 30 • A 31 • A 32 • A 33 • A 34 • A 35 • A 36 • A 91 • Catania – Siracusa • Sistiana – Rabuiese • Pedemontana Veneta
City bypasses (tangents) (Autostrade tangenziali)	A 50 • A 51 • A 52 • A 53 • A 54 • A 55 • A 56 • A 57 • A 58 • A 59 • A 60 • A 90 / GRA
Motorway junctions (Diramazioni autostradali)	A 1dir • A 1var • A 2dirNA • A 2dirRC • A 4 / A 5 • A 8 / A 26 • A 11 / A 12 • A 14dir • A 18dir • A 19dir • A 21dir • A 21racc • A 26 / A 4 • A 26 / A 7 • A 29dir • A 29dirA • A 29racc • A 29racc to
Motorway feeder (Raccordi autostradali)	RA 1 • RA 2 • RA 3 • RA 4 • RA 5 • RA 6 • RA 8 • RA 9 • RA 10 • RA 11 • RA 12 • RA 13 • RA 14 • RA 15 • RA 16
Tunnel highways (Trafori)	T 1 • T 2 • T 4
Highways in planning	Regional Cispadana • Nogara - Mare • Venezia - Roma • Roma - Latina
rededicated routes	A 2 • A 16 • A 17 • A 18 • RA 17 • T 3