Autostrada Catania-Siracusa

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.

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

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
CATANIA – SIRACUSA
Exit ↓km↓ ↑km↑ Province European Route
RA15 – Catania's Bypass0.047.7CT E45
Rest area "San Demetrio"11.336.4SR E45
Ragusa
Lentini-Carlentini		12.525.2SR E45
National road to Syracuse25.122.6SR E45

Augusta – Syracuse

The motorway is connected to Siracusa through Strada statale 114 Orientale Sicula, 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↑ProvinceEuropean
Autostrada Catania-Siracusa25.122.6SR E45
Villasmundo – Augusta
di Augusta – Augusta		26.121.6SR E45
Zona industriale di Augusta – Sortino
Industrial area 		29.018.7SR E45
Zona industriale di Melilli – Priolo
Industrial area 		32.515.2SR E45
Rest area Priolo est34.713.0SR E45
Priolo Gargallo Sorciaro35.712.0SR E45
Rest area Priolo ovest42.05.7SR E45
Siracusa nord Belvedere – Floridia – Solarino42.75.0SR E45
Siracusa
Siracusana		47.70.0SR E45
Siracusa-Ispica47.70.0SR E45

See also

Other Italian roads

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

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