A18 (Italy)

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Autostrada A18

Route information
Part of E45
Maintained by ANAS
Existed1971–present
Section 1
Length77 km (48 mi)
North endMessina
Major intersectionsAutostrada A20 Italia.svg A20 in Messina
Italian traffic signs - raccordo autostradale 15.svg RA15 in Catania
South endCatania
Section 2
Length59.1 km (36.7 mi)
North endSyracuse
South endModica
Location
CountryItaly
RegionsSicily
Highway system
  • Roads in Italy
A A17 A A19

The Autostrada A18 is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 77 kilometers (48 mi) long on the Ionian coast of Sicily that links Messina to Catania. The motorway is linked to the A20 Messina-Palermo at its northern end and to the A19 Palermo-Catania through the RA15 Catania's Ring Road at its southern end. There is also a second stretch of the Autostrada A18, 59.1 kilometers (36.7 mi) long, on the south part of the island, running from Syracuse to Modica, and with the plan to extend it to Gela.

From the beginning it was planned to unite the two sections into a single motorway, from Messina to Gela, which would make it possible to optimize connections with the tourist areas and those in the eastern area of Sicily at the time undergoing industrialisation. The two sections of the Autostrada A18 are connected to each other, without interruption, through the Catania's Ring Road (from Catania Nord to the Passo Martino district), the Autostrada Catania-Siracusa (from the Passo Martino district to Augusta-Villasmundo) and the strada statale 114 Orientale Sicula [it] (from Augusta-Villasmundo to Syracuse).

Route

Messina – Catania

Autostrada A18 near Giardini Naxos
Autostrada A18 near Catania
Autostrada A18 Italia.svg MESSINA – CATANIA
Exit ↓km↓ ↑km↑ Province European route
Italian traffic signs - autostrada.svg Autostrada A20 Italia.svg Messina-Palermo 0.0 77.0 ME E 45
AB-AS-grün.svg Messina Sud – Tremestieri 1.4 75.6 ME
Italian traffic signs - stazione.svg Toll gate Messina Sud 1.6 75.4 ME
AB-AS-grün geschlossen.svg Itala (in project) 11.0 66.0 ME
AB-AS-grün geschlossen.svg Alì Terme (in project) 17.7 59.3 ME
AB-AS-grün.svg Roccalumera 21.3 54.3 ME
AB-AS-grün geschlossen.svg Santa Teresa di Riva - Valle d'Agrò [it] (in project) 26.4 50.5 ME
Italian traffic signs - simbolo area servizio.svg Rest area "Barracca" 25.6 50.0 ME
AB-AS-grün.svg Taormina 35.2 40.4 ME
AB-AS-grün.svg Giardini Naxos 41.0 34.6 ME
Italian traffic signs - simbolo area servizio.svg Rest area "Calatabiano" 42.2 33.4 CT
AB-AS-grün.svg Fiumefreddo 47.4 28.2 CT
AB-AS-grün geschlossen.svg Mascali - Giarre nord (in project) 53.4 23.6 CT
AB-AS-grün.svg Giarre 58.7 16.9 CT
AB-AS-grün.svg Acireale 68.9 6.7 CT
Italian traffic signs - simbolo area servizio.svg Rest area "Aci Sant'Antonio" 71.3 4.3 CT
Italian traffic signs - stazione.svg Toll gate Catania Nord 75.6 0.7 CT
AB-AS-grün.svg Paesi etnei 76.7 0.3 CT
AB-Kreuz-grün.svg A18 Catania Centre – San Gregorio
Italian traffic signs - raccordo autostradale 15.svg Catania's Ring Road
77.0 0.0 CT

A18 Northern Catania connection

Autostrada A18dir Diramazione Catania - Italia.svg A18 DIRAMAZIONE CATANIA NORD
A18 Northern Catania connection
Exit ↓km↓ ↑km↑ Province
AB-Kreuz-grün.svg Italian traffic signs - strada europea 45.svg A18 to Messina
Italian traffic signs - strada europea 45.svg Italian traffic signs - raccordo autostradale 15.svg RA15 – Catania's Bypass
0.0 3.7 CT
AB-AS-grün.svg San Gregorio 0.1 3.6 CT
AB-AS-grün.svg Canalicchio 2.0 1.7 CT
Sinnbild Innerorts.svg Catania Centro 3.7 0.0 CT

Siracusa – Ragusa – Gela

Autostrada A18 near Ispica
Autostrada A18 near Modica
Autostrada A18 Italia.svg SIRACUSA – MODICA
Exit ↓km↓ ↑km↑ Province European route
Italian traffic signs - inizio strada extraurbana principale (figura II 345).svg Strada Statale 114 Italia.svg Orientale Sicula
Italian traffic signs - autostrada.svg Syracuse
0.0 132.7 SR E 45
AB-AS-grün.svg Canicattini Bagni 0.1 132.6
AB-AS-grün.svg Cassibile 9.5 123.2
AB-AS-grün.svg Avola 14.9 117.8
AB-AS-grün.svg Noto 24.6 108.1
Italian traffic signs - simbolo area servizio.svg Rest area "Tellaro" (in project) 36.8 104.9
AB-AS-grün.svg Rosolini 40.0 92.7
AB-AS-grün.svg Ispica - Pozzallo
Italian traffic signs - icona traghetto.svg Ferries to Flag of Europe.svg Flag of Malta.svg Malta
47.5 85.2 RG
AB-AS-grün.svg
Italian traffic signs - fine autostrada.svg Modica - Strada Statale 194 Italia.svg Ragusana
59.1 73.6
End of motorway in operation
AB-AS-grün geschlossen.svg Scicli 70.5 62.2 RG Edit-copy green.svg
in project
Italian traffic signs - simbolo area servizio.svg Rest area "Irminio" 81.0 51.7
AB-AS-grün geschlossen.svg Ragusa 84.4 48.3
AB-AS-grün geschlossen.svg Santa Croce Camerina - Vittoria sud 93.8 38.9
AB-AS-grün geschlossen.svg Vittoria nord - Comiso
Italian traffic signs - icona aeroporto.svg Comiso Airport
106.7 26.0
Italian traffic signs - simbolo area servizio.svg Rest area "Acate nord" 118.0 14.7
AB-AS-grün geschlossen.svg Acate 120.6 12.1
Italian traffic signs - stazione.svg Toll gate Gela est 132.5 0.2 CL
Italian traffic signs - fine autostrada.svg Gela est - Italian traffic signs - strada europea 45.svg Strada Statale 115 Italia.svg Sud Occidentale Sicula 132.7 0.0

See also

Other Italian roads

External links

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