Autostrada A8 (Italy)
Autostrada A8 | |
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Autostrada dei Laghi | |
Route information | |
Part of E35 and E62 | |
Maintained by A60 in Varese | |
To | Varese |
Location | |
Country | Italy |
Regions | Lombardy |
Highway system | |
The Autostrada A8 or Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway") is an
Autostrada A8 is commonly defined, together with the Autostrada A9, as the "Autostrada dei Laghi". The Autostrada A9 connects to the Autostrada A8 at Lainate, near Milan, and it reaches Como, on the Lake Como, and Chiasso, on the Italy–Switzerland border, where it connects to the Swiss road network. Built in 1924, Autostrada dei Laghi is the first motorway built in the world.[1][2]
History
The term "
Italy was the first country in the world to build motorways reserved for fast traffic and for motor vehicles only.[1][2] The Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway"), the first built in the world, connecting Milan to Lake Como and Lake Maggiore, and now parts of the Autostrada A8 and Autostrada A9, was devised by Piero Puricelli and was inaugurated in 1924.[2] Piero Puricelli, a civil engineer and entrepreneur, received the first authorization to build a public-utility fast road in 1921, and completed the construction (one lane in each direction) between 1924 and 1926. Piero Puricelli decided to cover the expenses by introducing a toll.[4]
It was a futuristic project because there were few cars in circulation in Italy at that time. In 1923 there were a total of 53,000 cars circulating on
Route
MILAN – VARESE Autostrada dei Laghi | |||||
Exit | ↓km↓ | ↑km↑ | Province | European route | |
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-1.0 | 43.6 | MI |
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E64 Torino - Venezia | -0.9 | 43.5 | |||
Cascina Merlata Raccordo per A4 Torino e A50 |
- | 42.1 | |||
2.0 | 40.6 | ||||
Milano Nord |
5.6 | 38.0 | |||
Tangenziale Ovest di Milano | - | 36.8 | E35 E62 | ||
Lainate-Arese | 7.2 | - | |||
Rest area "Villoresi Ovest" | 7.6 | 35.0 | |||
Lainate | 8.1 | 34.5 | |||
Como - Chiasso | 10.3 | 32.3 | |||
Origgio ovest | 14.0 | - | VA | E62 | |
Legnano |
16.3 | 26.3 | MI
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Castellanza | 18.0 | 24.6 | VA
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Busto Arsizio Strada statale 336 dell'Aeroporto della Malpensa Milan Malpensa Airport |
24.5 | 18.2 | |||
Lentate sul Seveso |
26.0 | 15.0 | |||
Gallarate | 29.9 | 12.7 | |||
Gallarate - Gattico connection | 30.9 | 11.7 | |||
Toll gate Gallarate Nord | 31.9 | 11.7 | |||
Cavaria | 33.9 | 8.7 | |||
Solbiate Arno | 35.7 | 6.9 | |||
Castronno | 40.1 | 2.5 | |||
Rest area "Brughiera" | 40.7 | 1.9 | |||
est | 41.7 | 0.9 | |||
Azzate - Buguggiate
Varese ovest |
42.0 | 0.6 | |||
Raccordo Gazzada-Varese | 42.6 | 0.0 |
A8/A26 Gallarate-Gattico connection
AUTOSTRADA A8/A26 Gallarate - Gattico connection | |||||
Exit | ↓km↓ | ↑km↑ | Province | European route | |
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Milano - Varese |
0.0 | 24.0 | VA | E62 | |
Toll gate Gallarate Ovest | 2.5 | 21.5 | |||
Besnate | 4.0 | 20.0 | |||
Rest area "Verbano" | 6.1 | 17.9 | |||
Lake Monate |
11.9 | 12.1 | |||
17.9 | 6.1 | NO
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Gravellona Toce - Genova | 24.0 | 0.0 |
References
- ^ a b c Lenarduzzi, Thea (30 January 2016). "The motorway that built Italy: Piero Puricelli's masterpiece". The Independent. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d "The "Milano-Laghi" by Piero Puricelli, the first motorway in the world". Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Le prime autostrade su Strade ANAS" (in Italian). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "1924 Mile Posts". Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2006.
- ^ a b c d "Storia dell'automobile: quando c'era un'auto ogni 230 abitanti" (in Italian). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
See also
Other Italian roads
External links
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