Autostrada A1 (Italy)

The Autostrada A1 or Autostrada del Sole ("Sun Motorway") is the longest (760 kilometres (470 mi))^[1] autostrada (Italian for "motorway") in Italy,^[2][3] linking some of the largest cities of the country: Milan, Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples. It is a part of the E35 and E45 European routes.

Autostrada A1
Autostrada del Sole
Route information
Part of E35 and E45
Maintained by ANAS
Length	759.6 km (472.0 mi)
Existed	1964–present
Major junctions
North end	Milan
Major intersections	A50 and A51 in Milan A21 in Piacenza A15 in Parma A22 in Modena A13 and A14 in Bologna A11 and RA 3 in Florence RA 6 in Bettolle-Valdichiana GRA in Fiano Romano A24 and GRA in Lunghezza GRA in San Cesareo A30 in Caserta A3 and A16 in Naples
South end	Naples
Location
Country	Italy
Regions	Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio, Campania
Highway system
Roads in Italy Autostrade State Regional Provincial Municipal
← A 91 → A 2

Autostrada A1 at San Giuliano Milanese

Rest area "San Zenone"

Autostrada A1 at Reggio Emilia

Autostrada A1 at Modena

Autostrada A1 at Calenzano

Autostrada A1 at Barberino di Mugello

Autostrada A1 at Sinalunga

Autostrada A1 at Nazzano

Autostrada A1 at Cassino

Autostrada A1 at Vitulazio

Autostrada A1 at Anagni

Autostrada A1 at Caserta

History

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, successive administrations wanted this major infrastructure project to be completed as quickly as possible, as it would be a great boost for the national economy. Construction began in 1956, and the highway was opened to traffic by then-prime minister Aldo Moro on 4 October 1964.^[4]

The A1 reduced travel time between Milan and Naples from two days to just seven to eight hours. The section between Rome and Naples was originally designated A2, but it was incorporated into A1 following the opening of the bypass from Fiano Romano to San Cesareo on 21 July 1988.

Route

MILAN – NAPLES Autostrada del Sole
Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province	European Route
Raccordo     Tangenziale est di Milano   Milan Linate Airport   Milan Bergamo Airport	0.0	759.6	MI
Raccordo Piazzale Corvetto   San Donato Milanese	1.5	758.1	MI
San Giuliano Milanese	2.8	756.8	MI
Tangenziale Ovest   Milan Malpensa Airport	4.4	755.2	MI	E35
Melegnano road toll if going to Milan	8.7	750.2	MI	E35
Toll gate Milano sud	8.9	749.7	MI	E35
Rest area "San Zenone"	15.1	745	MI	E35
Lodi	22.7	737	LO	E35
Casalpusterlengo	37.9	722	LO	E35
Rest area "Somaglia"	43.5	716	LO	E35
Basso Lodigiano	50.7	710	LO	E35
Torino – Brescia	56.428		PC	E35
Torino – Brescia	57.134		PC	E35
Piacenza Sud	58.162		PC	E35
Rest area "Arda"	74.3	687	PC	E35
Brescia   Fiorenzuola	75.0	687	PC	E35
Fidenza – Salsomaggiore Terme	91.4	670	PR	E35
La Spezia	103.0	658	PR	E35
Parma	110.4	651	PR	E35
Rest area "San Martino"	115.1	646	PR	E35
Reggio Emilia	138.1	622	RE	E35
E45   Brennero	156.1	605	MO	E35
Rest area "Secchia"	157.5	604	MO	E35   E45
Modena Nord	158.6	603	MO	E35   E45
Modena Sud	171.8	589	MO	E35   E45
E45   Ancona	189.8	571	BO	E35
Tangenziale di Bologna Bologna Casalecchio –   E45   Ancona   Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport	196.1	565	BO	E35
Rest area "Cantagallo"	199		BO	E35
Sasso Marconi	207	553	BO	E35
Variante di Valico	220	540	BO	E35
Rioveggio	223	537	BO	E35
Pian del Voglio	237	523	BO	E35
Rest area "Roncobilaccio"	242	518	BO	E35
Roncobilaccio	242	519	BO	E35
Variante di Valico	255	503	FI	E35
Rest area "Aglio"	256	504	FI	E35
Barberino	262	498	FI	E35
Calenzano – Sesto Fiorentino	278	482	FI	E35
Rest area "Bisenzio"	279	481	FI	E35
Pisa nord	280	480	FI	E35
Firenze Nord   Florence Peretola Airport   Rest area "Firenze nord"	280	480	FI	E35
Firenze Scandicci     Superstrada Firenze - Pisa - Livorno	286	474	FI	E35
Villa Costanza	288	472	FI	E35
Firenze Impruneta previous "Firenze Certosa"   Siena – Autopalio	295	465	FI	E35
Firenze Sud   Tosco Romagnola	301	459	FI	E35
Rest area "Chianti"	305	455	FI	E35
Incisa	320	440	FI	E35
Rest area "Reggello"	321	439	FI	E35
Valdarno	336	424	AR	E35
Arezzo	358	402	AR	E35
Rest area "Badia al Pino"	362	398	AR	E35
Monte San Savino	372	388	AR	E35
Rest area "Lucignano"	381	379	AR	E35
Valdichiana – Bettolle – Sinalunga   Raccordo Siena – Bettolle – Perugia	385	375	SI	E35
Rest area "Montepulciano"	395	365	SI	E35
Chiusi – Chianciano	410	350	SI	E35
Rest area "Fabro"	428	332	TR	E35
Fabro	428	332	TR	E35
Orvieto	451	309	TR	E35
Rest area "Tevere"	465		VT	E35
Attigliano	479	281	TR	E35
Rest area "Giove"	481	279	TR	E35
Orte   E45     Umbro-Laziale   E45   Tiberina ex   Narni - Amelia	491	269	VT	E35
Magliano Sabinaex   Via Flaminia	501	259	RI	E35   E45
Rest area "Flaminia"	509	251	RM	E35   E45
Roma nord   Grande Raccordo Anulare di Roma   Rome Fiumicino Airport   Rome Ciampino Airport   Rome Urbe Airport	531	229	RM	E45
Rest area "Mascherone"	536	224	RM	E45
L'Aquila – Teramo	562	198	RM	E45
Rest area "Prenestina"	566	194	RM	E45
Roma sud   Grande Raccordo Anulare di Roma   Rome Fiumicino Airport   Rome Ciampino Airport   Rome Urbe Airport	576	184	RM	E45
Valmontoneex   Velletri	585	175	RM	E45
Colleferro	593	167	RM	E45
Anagni – Fiuggi	611	149	FR	E45
Rest area "La Macchia"	613	147	FR	E45
Ferentino ex   Sora	619	141	FR	E45
Frosinone ex   dei Monti Lepini	624	136	FR	E45
Ceprano	644	116	FR	E45
Pontecorvo	659	101	FR	E45
Rest area "Casilina"	660	100	FR	E45
Cassino   Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park ex   Formia	670	90	FR	E45
San Vittore   Venafro	679	81	FR	E45
Caianello   Telesina	701	59	CE	E45
Rest area "Teano"	708	52	CE	E45
Capua   Via Domitiana	729	31	CE	E45
Santa Maria Capua Vetere   della Reggia di Caserta	720	40	CE	E45
Caserta Nord	734	26	CE	E45
Rest area "San Nicola"	737	23	CE	E45
Caserta –Salerno	739	21	CE	E45
Toll gate Napoli Nord	740	20	CE	E45
Caserta Sud	741	19	CE	E45
Pomigliano – Villa Literno     Asse di Supporto	743	17	NA	E45
Afragola – Acerra   Napoli Afragola railway station     Asse Mediano	749	11	NA	E45
Bari	753	7	NA	E45
Casoria – Napoli Nord	754	4	NA	E45
Diramazione Capodichino   Tangenziale di Napoli   Naples Capodichino Airport	755	5	NA	E45
Rest area "Masseria"	755	5	NA	E45
Napoli Centro Direzionale     del Centro Direzionale Acerra -Pomigliano d'Arco - Cercola   del Vesuvio	758	2	NA	E45
Napoli   Port of Naples Naples	759.8	0.2	NA	E45
Salerno – Reggio Calabria	760	0	NA

A1-A51 connection

RACCORDO A1-A51 A1-A51 connection
Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province
Tangenziale est di Milano   Milan Linate Airport   Milan Bergamo Airport	0.0	1.7	MI
Milano-Napoli	1.7	0.0

Piazzale Corvetto connection

 

Piazzale Corvetto in Milan in 1964

RACCORDO PIAZZALE CORVETTO Piazzale Corvetto connection
Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province
Milano Piazzale Corvetto Metanopoli – Old Motorway			MI
Tangenziale est di Milano	-1.5	2.5
Rest area "San Donato"	-1.0	2.0
San Donato Milanese Poasco	0.0	1.0
Milano-Napoli	1.0	0.0

Variante di Valico

 

Variante di Valico (blue) and Autostrada A1 (green)

Variante di Valico (number A1 var) is a deviation of the Autostrada A1 opened to traffic on 23 December 2015, between Sasso Marconi and Barberino di Mugello in central Italy. The entire project covers a length of 62.5 km, of which 37 km involved adding a third lane on each side of the existing A1 and 25 km the construction of the new section, most of which consists of viaducts and tunnels, the longest tunnel being 8.7 km in length. The new section runs parallel to the central part of the Bologna-Florence Autostrada A1. The earlier motorway remains open, providing an alternative route. The A1 splits up north of the Apennines, the two sections rejoining south of the mountains.

AUTOSTRADA A1 var Variante di valico
Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province	European Route
Milan – Naples	0	32.9	BO	E35
Badia	17.4	15.5	BO	E35
Rest area "Badia Nuova" ovest	18	15	BO	E35
Firenzuola Mugello	28.1	5	FI	E35
Milan – Naples	32.9	0	FI	E35

A1 Northern Rome connection

 

A1 Northern Rome connection near Settebagni [it]

A1 DIRAMAZIONE ROMA NORD A1 Northern Rome connection
Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province	European route
Milano - Napoli	0.0	23.0	RM
Toll gate "Roma nord"	3.0	17.0		E35
Rest area "Feronia"	4.0	16.0
Fiano Romano   Rieti	4.0	16.0
Castelnuovo di Porto   Monterotondo	7.0	9.0
Settebagni [it]	19.0	4.0
Rest area "Salaria"	21.0	2.0
Grande Raccordo Anulare   Rome Fiumicino Airport   Rome Ciampino Airport   Rome Urbe Airport	23.0	0.0

A1 Southern Rome connection

A1 DIRAMAZIONE ROMA SUD A1 Southern Rome connection
Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province	European route
Milano - Napoli	0.0	20.0	RM
San Cesareo	5.0	15.0		E821
Monte Porzio Catone	10.0	10.0
Rest area "Frascati"	14.0	6.0
Toll gate "Roma sud"	15.0	5.0
Torrenova   Torrenova	17.0	3.0
Rest area "Tuscolana"	19.0	1.0
Grande Raccordo Anulare   Rome Fiumicino Airport   Rome Ciampino Airport   Rome Urbe Airport	20.0	0.0

Capodichino connection

RAMO CAPODICHINO Capodichino connection
Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province
Milano-Napoli   Napoli-Salerno   Napoli-Canosa	0.0	3.0	NA
Casoria	1.0	2.0
Rest area "San Pietro"	1.5	1.5
Tangenziale di Napoli   Naples Capodichino Airport	3.0	0.0

Sasso Marconi - SS 64 connection

A1 RACCORDO SASSO MARCONI - SS 64 Sasso Marconi - SS 64 connection
Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province
Milano-Napoli ex   di Val di Setta e Val di Bisenzio	0.0	2.7	BO
Porrettana   Sasso Marconi	2.7	0.0

References

1. "Calcolo percorsi e pedaggi - Autostrade per l'Italia" (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
2. "Autostrada A1 Milano - Napoli (tratta lombarda)" (in Italian). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
3. "L'arteria che cambiò l'Italia: i 50 anni dell'Autostrada del Sole" (in Italian). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
4. "Autostrada A1: Moro all'inaugurazione del tratto Chiusi-Orvieto - 1964" (in Italian). Retrieved 20 September 2023.

See also

•  Italy portal
•  Roads portal

• Autostrade of Italy
• Roads in Italy
• Transport in Italy

Other Italian roads

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

External links

  Media related to Autostrada A1 (Italy) at Wikimedia Commons