Autostrada A1var

Autostrada A1var in Italy
Variant of Valico diretissima Bologna - Firenze
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Basic data
Operator:	Autostrade per l'Italia
Start of the street:	Marzabotto ( 44 ° 18 ′  N , 11 ° 13 ′  E )
End of street:	Barberino di Mugello ( 43 ° 59 ′  N , 11 ° 13 ′  E )
Overall length:	33 km
Regions :	Emilia-Romagna Tuscany
Requirement for use:	Toll obligation: closed system
Development condition:	2 × 2 and 3 + 2 + 2 lanes
North portal of the Sparvo tunnel on the A1var
Course of the road Region Emilia-Romagna 4-lane expansion Milano   Quercia ( 342/844 m ) La Quercia ( 333 / --- m ) Rioveggio 1 ( 348/348 m ) Ponte Rio Elle ( 40/40 m ) Rioveggio 2 ( 70/70 m ) Casino ( 117/117 m ) Casino Art. ( 353/332 m ) Rioveggio ( 300/300 m ) Setta bridge Pian di Setta ( 677/677 m ) Grizzana ( 2,311 / 2,342 m ) Lagaro ( 1,191 / 1,155 m ) Val di Sambro ( 3,866 / 3,773 m ) Setta Bridge Sparvo (456/529 m ) Sparvo ( 2,574 / 2,564 m ) Setta bridge Molino di Setta ( 490/570 m ) (17)  Badia Badia Nuova ( 320/320 m ) (18)  "Badia Nuova" service area Setta 1 ( 215/295 m ) Poggio Civitella ( 328/266 m ) Setta 2 ( 62/63 m ) Base ( 8,703 / 8,506 m ) Tuscany region Casaglia ( 560/560 m ) Firenzuola - Mugello Bollone I ( 118/80 m ) Bollone II ( 251/180 m ) Bollone III ( 148/148 m ) Bollone ( 432/527 m ) Buttoli ( 545/490 m ) Navale ( 284/296 m ) Largnano ( 668/680 m ) Fiumicello ( 225/703 m ) Sottop. A1 ( 260 / --- m ) (256)  "Aglio" service station no longer available together with from here 7 lanes (3 lanes in FR Naples; 2 lanes each 2 lanes in FR Milan) Napoli   Aglio ( 600/440/440 m ) Puliana ( 1,305 / --- / --- m ) Bue Morto ( --- / 126/126 m ) Lora ( 420/286/286 m ) Manganaccia ( 2278 / --- / --- m ) Sieve Barberino di Mugello Napoli   Under construction In planning  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The A1var is a section of the A1 motorway between Bologna and Florence that is available as an alternative to the old A1 motorway (now known as panoramica ), which used to have to accommodate 89,000 vehicles a day, including around 25,000 trucks and buses . This section through the Apennines of the A1 includes tight curve radii and outdated tunnels and bridges, and the 4-lane stretch could no longer cope with today's traffic volume. Thus, the Valico variant created a remedy.

The route has 2 lanes in each direction of travel, including hard shoulder. The 62.5 kilometer long variant di Valico included, in addition to the six-lane expansion of the existing road in sections, a 37 kilometer long alternative route between La Quercia and Barberino di Mugello not far from the existing motorway - which in this section could hardly be expanded. The total costs increased during the construction period from a planned 3.518 billion to 7 billion euros.

history

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.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Project information variant di Valico