Autostrada A2 (Italy 1962–1988)

Autostrada A2 in Italy
Autostrada Roma - Napoli
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Start of the street:	Rome ( 41 ° 51 ′  N , 12 ° 36 ′  E )
End of street:	Naples ( 40 ° 51 ′  N , 14 ° 19 ′  E )
Overall length:	202.1 km
Regions :	Lazio Campania
Status:	a part of the A1 and the A1dir rededicated  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

Autostrada A2 was until 1988 the name of an Italian motorway that runs as part of the Autostrada del Sole from the capital Rome ( Lazio ) to Naples ( Campania ). Today it corresponds to the southern section of the A1 .

The A2 was gradually opened to traffic within the period from 1956 to 1964. With the Bretella Est a direct connection between the A1 (then: Milan- Rome) and the A2 was established in 1988 , after the two motorways were previously only connected via the ring road around Rome .

As the motorway from Milan to Naples could now be used continuously without interruption, a distinction between the A1 and the A2 became superfluous. As a result, the Rome – Naples section, previously known as the A2, became part of the A1. In 2016 the number A2 was assigned to the Salerno - Reggio Calabria motorway , which originally was part of the A3 .