A90 (Italy)

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Autostrada A90

Grande Raccordo Anulare
Route information
Part of E80
Maintained by ANAS
Length68.2 km (42.4 mi)
Existed1951–present
Major junctions
Beltway around Rome
FromRome
Major intersectionsAutostrada A1 Italia.svg A1 in Rome
Autostrada A24 Italia.svg A24 in Rome
Autostrada A91 Italia.svg A91 in Rome
ToRome
Location
CountryItaly
RegionsLazio
Highway system
  • Roads in Italy
A A60 A A91
Map of the Grande Raccordo Anulare

Autostrada A90 or Grande Raccordo Anulare (lit.'Great Ring Junction') or GRA is a ring-shaped autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 68.2 kilometers (42.4 mi) long that encircles Rome. GRA is one of the most important roads in Rome, and traffic reaches 160,000 vehicles per day as of 2011.

The GRA features 14 tunnels, with lengths varying from the 66 meters of Parco di Veio II tunnel to the 1,150 m (3,770 ft) meters of the Appia Antica tunnel as well as eight rest areas. It has 42 junctions, with the Via Aurelia numbered 1 and the rest following clockwise.

The motorway has always been toll-free. However, there are plans to introduce a fee for vehicles entering the GRA from highways. Maintenance costs are around 11 million per year.

Its acronym was given after one of its main designers and supporters, Eugenio Gra, chairman of Anas, the Italian roads Authority, at the time of construction. The official number among the Italian motorways is Autostrada A90, but is widely known by Romans as Il Raccordo (lit.'The Junction').

History

Grande Raccordo Anulare in the 1950s

Plans for an orbital road around Rome were proposed by the end of World War II. One of the designers' main purposes was to build the road as most equally distant as possible from the geographic centre of town, the Campidoglio, 11.4 kilometers (7.1 mi) away from the motorway.

Construction works started in 1948. The first section, Flaminia to Tiburtina (north-to-east section) opened in 1952, later extended in stages. The last section to be opened was the west-to-north section (Aurelia to Flaminia), in 1970.

Although the GRA was initially planned and built as a single-carriageway road, it was soon clear that traffic was rapidly growing well beyond the expectations. Construction works to motorway standards started in late 1950s with first dual-carriageway, four-lane section (Salaria to Tuscolana) opened 1962. Further works were carried over throughout the 1970s, and by 1979, the remainder sections were widened to four-lane and the entire ring classified as toll-free highway.

Widening works to 6-lane started in 1983 and were completed in stages throughout the 1990s and 2000s. As of April 2008 97% of the GRA was 6-lane with final sections (new tunnel under Via Cassia) opened 2011.

Timeline

  • 1948: Building works began.
  • 1951: The Appia-Aurelia section is opened.
  • 1952: The Flaminia-Tiburtina section is opened.
  • 1955: The Tiburtina-Appia section is opened.
  • 1960: The road was part of the marathon course of the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1]
  • 1962: The lane number is doubled in Salaria-Tuscolana section
  • 1970: The Aurelia-Flaminia section is opened, the ring is completed.
  • 1979: GRA is now officially a highway.
  • 1983: Works to a 6-lane set begin.
  • 1997: 50% of the GRA track is on a 6-lane (2x3) set
  • 2000: 75% of the GRA track is on a 6-lane set
  • 2007: 97% of the GRA track is on a 6-lane set
  • 2011: End of works to the 6-lane set

Future expansion

It has been suggested that a second ring might be constructed in the future,[2] firstly as an attempt to alleviate congestion on the old one and secondly to offer access to a number of new industrial, commercial and residential zones built around it. Such a project would imply a new external ring-shaped orbital motorway of about 120 kilometers (75 mi), denominated NIA (Nuova infrastruttura anulare, "New ring infrastructure"), which would cost over €5 billion.

In popular culture

The road was the subject of the 2013 documentary film Sacro GRA which won the Golden Lion at the 70th Venice International Film Festival.[3]

Trivia

Although the name GRA officially stands for Grande Raccordo Anulare ("Great Ring Junction"), the name was actually coined in order to make its acronym be the name of the head of the project, engineer Eugenio Gra.

Route

Grande Raccordo Anulare near Fiumicino exit
Grande Raccordo Anulare near Isola Farnese
Grande Raccordo Anulare near Via Anagnina exit
Grande Raccordo Anulare near Strada statale 1 Via Aurelia exit
Autostrada A90 Italia.svg GRANDE RACCORDO ANULARE
Autostrada A90
Exit ↓km↓ ↑km↑ Province European Route
AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Statale 1 Italia.svg Via Aurelia
Aurelio
Vatican City
Ladispoli
Autostrada A12 Italia.svg Italian traffic signs - strada europea 80.svg Civitavecchia
Italian traffic signs - icona porto.svg Port of Civitavecchia
0.0
68.2
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AB-AS-grün.svg Montespaccato
2.3
65.9
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AB-AS-grün.svg Via della Maglianella - Via di Boccea
Montespaccato
Via della Maglianella
2.6
65.6
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AB-AS-grün.svg Via di Boccea
Primavalle
Casalotti
3.4
64.8
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AB-AS-grün.svg Via di Casal del Marmo
Via di Selva Candida
Palmarola
Primavalle
Casalotti
Selva Candida
4.4
60.6
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AB-Tank.svgAB-Rast.svg Rest area "Selva Candida"
8.6
59.6
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AB-AS-grün.svg Via Trionfale
Ferrovia regionale laziale FL3.svg Ipogeo degli Ottavi
Ferrovia regionale laziale FL3.svg Ottavia
Primavalle
Italian traffic signs - icona ospedale.svg San Filippo Neri Hospital
Ferrovia regionale laziale FL3.svg La Giustiniana
Italian traffic signs - icona mare fiume lago.svg Lake Bracciano
Ferrovia regionale laziale FL3.svg Ferrovia Roma-Viterbo.svg Viterbo
10.0
58.2
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AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Statale 2 Italia.svg Via Cassia
Tomba di Nerone
Corso Francia
Ferrovia regionale laziale FL3.svg La Giustiniana
Italian traffic signs - icona mare fiume lago.svg Lake Bracciano
Ferrovia regionale laziale FL3.svg Viterbo
12.2
56.0
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AB-AS-grün.svg Italian traffic signs - icona ospedale.svg Sant'Andrea Hospital
Via di Grottarossa
17.3
50.7
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AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Statale 2bis Italia.svg Via Cassia Veientana
Viterbo
17.5
50.9
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AB-AS-grün.svg Labaro
Ferrovia Roma-Viterbo.svg Labaro
17.8
51.2
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AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Statale 3 Italia.svg Via FlaminiaFerrovia Roma-Viterbo.svg Saxa Rubra
RAI radio and television centre
Italian traffic signs - icona stadio.svg Stadio Olimpico
Ferrovia Roma-Viterbo.svg Flaminio
Italian traffic signs - icona cimitero.svg Cimitero Flaminio
Prima Porta
Terni
Fano
Perugia
18.1
50.1
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AB-AS-grün.svg Castel Giubileo
Via di Castel Giubileo

Labaro
18.8
49.4
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AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Statale 4 Italia.svg Via Salaria
Ferrovia regionale laziale FL1.svg Salario

Italian traffic signs - icona aeroporto.svg Rome Urbe Airport

Rieti

Italian traffic signs - icona foresta.svg Monte Terminillo

Ascoli Piceno
20.0
48.2
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AB-AS-grün.svg Via di Settebagni
Colle Salario

Ferrovia regionale laziale FL1.svg Fidene

Ferrovia regionale laziale FL1.svg Settebagni

Bel Poggio
20.7
47.5
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AB-Kreuz-grün.svg Autostrada A1 Italia.svgItalian traffic signs - strada europea 35.svg Italian traffic signs - strada europea 45.svg GRA-Fiano Romano
Autostrada A1 Italia.svgItalian traffic signs - strada europea 45.svg Firenze
21.0
47.2
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AB-AS-grün.svg Via della Bufalotta
Via delle Vigne Nuove

Monte Sacro Alto
22.3
45.9
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AB-Tank.svgAB-Rast.svg Rest area "Settebagni"
23.3
44.9
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AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Provinciale 22a Italia.svg Via Nomentana
Talenti

Monte Sacro

Mentana

Monterotondo

Palombara Sabina

Fonte Nuova
26.6
41.6
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AB-AS-grün.svg Centrale del Latte
Torraccia

San Basilio

Via di Sant'Alessandro

Casal Monastero
28.3
39.9
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AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Statale 5 Italia.svg Via Tiburtina
Metropolitana di Roma B.svg Ponte Mammolo

Italian traffic signs - icona ospedale.svg Policlinico Umberto I

Settecamini

Tivoli
29.9
38.3
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AB-Kreuz-grün.svg Autostrada A24 Italia.svgItalian traffic signs - strada europea 80.svg L'Aquila - Teramo
Tangenziale Est

Autostrada A1 Italia.svgItalian traffic signs - strada europea 45.svg Firenze-Napoli

Autostrada A25 Italia.svgItalian traffic signs - strada europea 80.svg Pescara
31.5
36.7
AB-AS-grün.svg La Rustica
Ferrovia regionale laziale FL2.svg La Rustica

Ferrovia regionale laziale FL2.svg Tor Sapienza
32.8
35.4
AB-AS-grün.svg Uffici Finanziari
Via Capranesi

Via Boglione
34.0
34.2
AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Provinciale 49a Italia.svg Via Prenestina
Centocelle

Prenestino

Villaggio Falcone

Palestrina
34.6
33.6
AB-AS-grün.svg Tor Bella Monaca
Torre Angela
35.0
31.2
AB-U-grün.svg Via Prenestina bis
Centocelle

Prenestino
36.0
30.2
AB-Tank.svgAB-Rast.svg Rest area "Casilina"
37.5
30.3
AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Statale 6 Italia.svg Via Casilina
Metropolitana di Roma C.svg Giardinetti

Metropolitana di Roma C.svg Torre Maura

Casilino

Torre Angela

Frosinone

Cassino
38.0
30.2
AB-Kreuz-grün.svg Autostrada A1 Italia.svgItalian traffic signs - strada europea 821.svg GRA-San Cesareo
Autostrada A1 Italia.svgItalian traffic signs - strada europea 45.svg Napoli
39.3
28.9
AB-AS-grün.svg La Romanina
Italian traffic signs - icona università.svg University of Rome Tor Vergata

Torrenova
39.9
28.3
AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Statale 215 Italia.svg Via Tuscolana
Metropolitana di Roma A.svg Cinecittà

Metropolitana di Roma A.svg Tuscolano

Frascati
40.9
27.3
AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Statale 511 Italia.svg Via Anagnina
Metropolitana di Roma A.svg Cinecittà

Metropolitana di Roma A.svg Tuscolano

Osteria del Curato

Gregna Sant'Andrea

Casal Morena

Grottaferrata
41.6
26.6
AB-AS-grün.svg Gregna Sant'Andrea
Ferrovia regionale laziale FL4.svg Ciampino
43.2
43.2
AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Statale 7 Italia.svg Via Appia
Metropolitana di Roma A.svg Appio

Metropolitana di Roma A.svg Metropolitana di Roma C.svg San Giovanni

Italian traffic signs - icona aeroporto.svg Rome Ciampino Airport

Ferrovia regionale laziale FL4.svg Cisterna di Latina Ferrovia regionale laziale FL7.svg Velletri
44.4
23.8
AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Provinciale 3e Italia.svg Via Ardeatina
Ardeatino

Metropolitana di Roma B.svg EUR

Divino Amore

Santa Palomba

Ardea
48.0
20.2
AB-Tank.svgAB-Rast.svg Rest area "Ardeatina"
51.0
17.2
AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Provinciale 95b Italia.svg Via Laurentina
Metropolitana di Roma B.svg Laurentina

Italian traffic signs - icona università.svg Università Campus Bio-Medico

Trigoria

Ardea
52.6
15.6
AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Statale 148 Italia.svg Via Pontina
Metropolitana di Roma B.svg EUR

Italian traffic signs - icona ospedale.svg Sant'Eugenio Hospital

Metropolitana di Roma B.svg Italian traffic signs - icona centro sportivo.svg Palazzo dello sport

Ferrovia regionale laziale FL7.svg Ferrovia regionale laziale FL8.svg Pomezia

Ferrovia regionale laziale FL8.svg Aprilia

Ferrovia regionale laziale FL8.svg Anzio

Ferrovia regionale laziale FL7.svg Latina

Terracina
54.8
13.4
AB-AS-grün.svg Via Cristoforo Colombo
Ferrovia Roma-Lido.svg Casal Palocco

Ferrovia Roma-Lido.svg Italian traffic signs - icona pineta + mare.svg Lido di Ostia
55.3
12.9
AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Statale 8 Italia.svg Via del Mare
Strada Statale 8bis Italia.svg Via Ostiense
Metropolitana di Roma B.svg Ferrovia Roma-Lido.svg Ostiense

Metropolitana di Roma B.svg Ferrovia Roma-Lido.svg Italian traffic signs - icona chiesa.svg Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

Ferrovia Roma-Lido.svg Acilia

Ferrovia Roma-Lido.svg Ostia Antica
Ferrovia Roma-Lido.svg Italian traffic signs - icona pineta + mare.svg Lido di Ostia
57.8
10.4
AB-AS-grün.svg Parco de' Medici
Viale Parco de' Medici
59.9
8.3
AB-Kreuz-grün.svg Autostrada A91 Italia.svgItalian traffic signs - strada europea 80.svg Fiumicino
Metropolitana di Roma B.svg EUR

Metropolitana di Roma B.svg Ferrovia Roma-Lido.svg Magliana

Ferrovia regionale laziale FL1.svgItalian traffic signs - icona esposizione-fiera.svg Fiera di Roma [it]

Autostrada A12 Italia.svgItalian traffic signs - strada europea 80.svg Civitavecchia

Italian traffic signs - icona porto.svg Port of Civitavecchia

Ferrovia regionale laziale FL1.svg Leonardo Express

Italian traffic signs - icona aeroporto.svg Rome Fiumicino Airport
60.6
7.6
AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Provinciale 1a Italia.svg Via della Magliana
Trullo

Metropolitana di Roma B.svg Ferrovia Roma-Lido.svg Magliana

Via Portuense

Autostrada A12 Italia.svgItalian traffic signs - strada europea 80.svg Fiumicino

Italian traffic signs - icona porto.svg Port of Fiumicino

Ferrovia regionale laziale FL1.svg Leonardo Express

Italian traffic signs - icona aeroporto.svg Rome Fiumicino Airport
61.1
7.1
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AB-AS-grün.svg Centro direzionale
Via Marchetti
62.1
6.1
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AB-AS-grün.svg Via della Pisana
Gianicolense

Portuense

Ferrovia regionale laziale FL1.svg Ponte Galeria
64.5
3.7
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AB-Tank.svgAB-Rast.svg Rest area "Pisana"
66.1
2.1
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AB-AS-grün.svg Via di Casal Lumbroso
Via del Pescaccio

Casal Lumbroso
66.5
1.7
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AB-AS-grün.svg Strada Statale 1 Italia.svg Via Aurelia
Aurelio
Vatican City
Ladispoli
Autostrada A12 Italia.svg Italian traffic signs - strada europea 80.svg Civitavecchia
Italian traffic signs - icona porto.svg Port of Civitavecchia
68.2
0.0
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See also

Other Italian roads

References

  1. ^ 1960 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 118.
  2. ^ L'ANAS vuole un secondo Raccordo Anulare (in Italian)
  3. ^ "Italian documentary Sacro GRA wins Golden Lion". BBC News. 8 September 2013.

Bibliography

External links

Media related to A90 (Italy) at Wikimedia Commons