Autostrada Catania-Siracusa Explained

Country:ITA
Type:A
Route:CT-SR
Established:2009
Direction A:North
Direction B:South
Terminus A1:Catania
Terminus B1:Augusta
Length Km1:25.1
Regions:Sicily
Map:Italia - mappa autostrada Catania-Siracusa.svg
E-Road:E45

The Autostrada Catania-Siracusa is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") long[1] in Italy in eastern Sicily that connects the cities of Catania and Syracuse. It is part of the E45 European route.

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↑ProvinceEuropean Route
RA15 – Catania's Bypass0.0 47.7 CT
Rest area "San Demetrio" 11.3 36.4 SR
Ragusa
Lentini-Carlentini
12.5 25.2 SR
National road to Syracuse25.1 22.6 SR

Augusta – Syracuse

The motorway is connected to Siracusa through, 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-Siracusa 25.1 22.6 SR
Villasmundo – Augusta
di AugustaAugusta
26.1 21.6 SR
Zona industriale di AugustaSortino
Industrial area
29.0 18.7 SR
Zona industriale di MelilliPriolo
Industrial area
32.5 15.2 SR
Rest area Priolo est34.7 13.0 SR
Priolo Gargallo Sorciaro35.7 12.0 SR
Rest area Priolo ovest42.0 5.7SR
Siracusa nord Belvedere – FloridiaSolarino42.7 5.0 SR
Siracusa
Siracusana
47.70.0SR
Siracusa-Ispica47.70.0SR

See also

Other Italian roads

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stradeanas.it/index.php?/content/index/arg/catania_siracusa/page/1 Presentation by ANAS (Italian Roads Agency)