Autostrada Catania-Siracusa

Controlled-access highway in Italy

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Autostrada Catania-Siracusa
Route information
Part of E45
Maintained by ANAS
Existed2009–present
Section 1
Length25.1 km (15.6 mi)
North endCatania
South endAugusta
Location
CountryItaly
RegionsSicily
Highway system
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  • State
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  • Municipal

The Autostrada Catania-Siracusa is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 25.1 kilometres (15.6 mi) long[1] in eastern Sicily that connects the cities of Catania and Syracuse. It is part of the European route E45.

History

Completed in 2009, the motorway links the RA15 (Catania's bypass) to the SS114 main road to Syracuse. The northern part (12 km) of this stretch of new motorway, from the RA15 to the exit Ragusa-Lentini was opened 28 July 2009 and the remaining 13 km (Lentini-Augusta) were opened on 9 December 2009.

Catania-Augusta

Autostrada Catania-Siracusa near Ragusa.
Autostrada Catania-Siracusa near Augusta.
CATANIA – SIRACUSA
Exit ↓km↓ ↑km↑ Province European Route
RA15 – Catania's Bypass 0.0 47.7 CT E45
Rest area "San Demetrio" 11.3 36.4 SR E45
Ragusa
Lentini-Carlentini
12.5 25.2 SR E45
superstrada National road to Syracuse 25.1 22.6 SR E45

Augusta – Syracuse

The motorway is connected to Siracusa through Strada statale 114 Orientale Sicula [it], a dual carriageway that will need restyling before it can be upgraded to motorway, then it becomes Autostrada A18 Siracusa-Ispica

SS.114 Augusta–Siracusa
Exit ↓km↓ ↑km↑ Province European
Autostrada Catania-Siracusa 25.1 22.6 SR E45
superstrada Villasmundo – Augusta
di AugustaAugusta
26.1 21.6 SR E45
superstrada Zona industriale di AugustaSortino
Industrial area
29.0 18.7 SR E45
superstrada Zona industriale di MelilliPriolo
Industrial area
32.5 15.2 SR E45
Rest area Priolo est 34.7 13.0 SR E45
superstrada Priolo Gargallo Sorciaro 35.7 12.0 SR E45
Rest area Priolo ovest 42.0 5.7 SR E45
superstrada Siracusa nord Belvedere – FloridiaSolarino 42.7 5.0 SR E45
superstrada Siracusa
Siracusana
47.7 0.0 SR E45
A18 Siracusa-Ispica 47.7 0.0 SR E45

See also

  • flagItaly portal
  • Roads portal

Other Italian roads

  • State highways (Italy)
  • Regional road (Italy)
  • Provincial road (Italy)
  • Municipal road (Italy)

Notes

  1. ^ Presentation by ANAS (Italian Roads Agency) Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Media related to Autostrada Catania-Siracusa at Wikimedia Commons

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