Autostrada A4 (Italy) Explained

Country:ITA
Type:A
Route:4
Alternate Name:Autostrada Serenissima
Serenissima motorway
Established:1927
Direction A:West
Terminus A:Turin
Junction: A55 in Turin
A5 in Borgo d'Ale
A26 in Greggio
A50 and A52 in Rho
A8 in Pero
A51 in Carugate
A58 in Agrate Brianza
A35 in Ospitaletto
A21 in Brescia
A22 in Verona
A31 in Vicenza
A13 in Padova
A57 in Venice
A27 in Preganziol
A28 in Santo Stino di Livenza
A23 in San Giorgio di Nogaro
A34 in Palmanova
RA13 in Sistiana
Direction B:East
Terminus B:Trieste
Length Km:523.1
Regions:Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Map:Italia - mappa autostrada A4.svg
E-Road:E55, E64 and E70
Previous Type:A
Previous Route:3
Next Type:A
Next Route:5

The Autostrada A4, or Autostrada Serenissima ("Serenissima motorway"), is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") long in Italy located in the regions of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia which connects Turin and Trieste via Milan and Venice crossing the entire Po Valley from west to east.

The city of Venice (or rather, Mestre, a mainland frazione of Venice) originally formed a bottleneck on the A4, but is now bypassed by the Passante di Mestre (the old route through Mestre was renumbered A57). The A4 passes just north of the city of Milan, where it is toll-free. It is a part of the E55, E64 and E70 European routes.

Overview

Due to the different companies that manage the different parts of the motorway, it is often referred to as formed by five sections: Turin-Milan, Milan-Brescia, Brescia-Padua, Padua-Venice and Venice-Trieste. As it runs through the whole Pianura Padana, which is a densely populated and highly industrialized area, A4 is one of the most trafficked motorways of Italy.

Before World War II, three sections of the motorway were built: Turin-Milan, Milan-Brescia and Padua-Venice. The first section built was Milan-Bergamo, which opened on 24 September 1927, being just the second motorway to open, following the Autostrada dei Laghi in 1924/25. On 29 August 1931, it was extended to Brescia. On 25 October 1932, the Turin-Milan section opened, and on 15 October 1933, the Padua-Venice section.

The two sections became connected on 10 February 1962, when the Brescia-Padua section opened. The Venice-Trieste section was opened on 22 February 1970. The original road through Mestre, now designated A57 and named "Tangenziale di Mestre", opened on 3 September 1972.[1]

A4 is a dual-carriageway, six-lane motorway for most of its length. The stretch between Milano Est tollgate and Bergamo has been an eight-lane motorway since 30 September 2007. The stretch from Venice to Trieste is instead still a four-lane motorway, but it is planned to upgrade this stretch over motorway to six lanes.

Operators

Passante di Mestre

The passante di Mestre is a part of the A4 motorway, opened to traffic on 8 February 2009. The objective of the route is to reduce the volume of auto- and truck-based traffic passing through Mestre (a mainland frazione of Venice) to reach non-local destinations like Austria, Slovenia and other Eastern European countries.

The new includes three lanes plus one emergency lane. Each lane measures apart from the emergency lane which measures only, and the new stretch of motorway totals .

Major cities

Autostrada A4 Passes through Turin, Settimo Torinese, Novara, Cusano Milanino, Cinisello Balsamo, Monza, Bergamo, Brescia, Verona,Vicenza, and Padua.

Route

TURIN - TRIESTE
Autostrada Serenissima
Exit↓km↓↑km↑ProvinceEuropean Route
Torino C.so Giulio Cesare0.0523.1 TO
Torino Abbadia di Stura
Tangenziale Nord
Turin Caselle Airport
Aosta
Traforo del Frejus - France–Italy border
2.0521.1TO
Rest area "Settimo Torinese"3.0520.1 TO
Settimo Torinese4.0519.1TO
Brandizzo
Leinì, Volpiano
10.0513.1 TO
Chivasso ovest14.0 509.1 TO
Chivasso centro
Caluso, Ivrea
16.0 507.1 TO
Chivasso est
Raccordo Chivasso est
19.0 504.1 TO
Rondissone24.0499.1 TO
Toll gate Rondissone24.3498.8 TO
Rest area "San Rocco"24.4align="right"-- VC
Rest area "Cigliano"--491.2 VC
Cigliano32.9490.2VC
Borgo d'Ale36.8486.3VC
Diramazione Ivrea - Santhià
Diramazione Stroppiana-Santhià
Aosta
Aosta
Genova
43.8479.3
Santhià
Biella
45.2477.9
Carisio
Biella
54.4468.7
60.0463.1 VC
Rest area "Villarboit" 64.2458.9 VC
67.5455.6 VC
Genova - Gravellona T.72.4450.7 NO
73.6449.5 NO
Novara Ovest 82.9440.2 NO
Rest area "Novara" 88.7434.4NO
Novara Est90.5432.6 NO
Marcallo-Mesero
Strada statale 336 dell'Aeroporto della Malpensa
Milan Malpensa Airport
104.5418.6 MI
Arluno110.9412.2 MI
Rho118.4404.7 MI
Toll gate Milano Ghisolfa120.8402.3 MI
Tangenziale Ovest di Milano
Bologna
Genova
Varese, Sesto C.
Milan Malpensa Airport
Como, Chiasso
120.9402.2 MI
Rest area "Pero" 122.7400.4 MI
Pero
122.9400.2 MI
Varese
Milano V.le Certosa
Fiera Milano
125.0398.1MI
Cormano
Bresso - Milano Niguarda
Superstrada Milano-Meda-Cermenate
129.5393.6 MI
Rest area "Lambro" 133.6389.5 MI
Cinisello Balsamo-Sesto San Giovanni
Superstrada Milano-Lecco-Morbegno
Milano V.le Zara
136.1387.0 MI
Toll gate Milano est 138.0385.1 MB
Tangenziale Nord Milano
Monza
138.0385.1 MB
Tangenziale Est Milano
Milan Linate Airport
144.5378.6 MB
145.5377.6 MB
Tangenziale est esterna di Milano
Milan Linate Airport
146.3376.8 MB
Rest area "Brianza" 148.4374.7 MB
149.7373.4 MB
156.8366.3 MI
160.3362.8 BG
Rest area "Brembo" 165.7357.4 BG
165.4357.7 BG
Bergamo
Milan Bergamo Airport
172.1351.0 BG
178.7344.4 BG
187.3335.8 BG
190.6332.5 BG
192.8330.3 BS
Rest area "Sebino" 197.5325.6 BS
201.0 322.1 BS
206.0317.1 BS
210.0 313.1 BS
Rest area "Val Trompia" 213.7309.4 BS
Brescia Ovest
Fiera di Brescia
214.9308.2 BS
Piacenza
Brescia Centro
Brescia Sud

Poliambulanza
222.3300.8BS
Rest area "S. Giacomo" 226.5296.6 BS
Brescia Est
Brescia Montichiari Airport
228.8294.3 BS
243.9279.2 BS
Rest area "Monte Alto" 244.6278.5 BS
251.3271.8 BS
258.8264.3 VR
Castelnuovo del Garda (under construction)
Strada Statale 450 di Affi
263.1260.0 VR
Sommacampagna
Verona Villafranca Airport
270.4252.7 VR
Rest area "Monte Baldo" 271.7251.4 VR
Autostrada A22
Verona nord
Verona Villafranca Airport
275.3247.8 VR
Verona Sud 279.8243.3 VR
Verona Est
Transpolesana: Legnago - Rovigo
289.7233.4 VR
Rest area "Scaligera" 300.7222.4 VR
302.4220.7 VR
311.4211.7 VI
320.6202.5 VI
Rest area "Villa Morosini ovest" 324.8198.3VI
Vicenza Ovest 326.6196.5 VI
Vicenza Est 334.2188.9 VI
Piovene Rocchette
Vicenza nord
335.6187.5 VI
Rest area "Tesina est" 336.0187.1VI
343.3179.8 VI
Rest area "Limenella" 354.5168.6 PD
Padova Ovest
Tangenziale di Padova
356.2166.9 PD
Padova Est
Tangenziale di Padova
363.3159.8 PD
Bologna - Padova
Padova industrial area
364.2158.9 PD
Rest area "Arino" 372.5150.6 VE
Tangenziale di Venezia - Mestre (west)374.6148.5VE
380.9142.2 VE
389.4 133.7VE
Preganziol400.0123.1TV
Belluno
Venezia Tessera Aiport
Tangenziale di Venezia (north)
402.0121.1 TV
Tangenziale di Venezia - Quarto d'Altino (east)
Venezia Tessera Aiport
407.0 116.1VE
Meolo-Roncade416.0 107.1 VE-TV
San Donà di Piave-Noventa424.0 99.1VE
Rest area "Calstorta" 431.092.1VE
Cessalto432.0 91.1TV
Santo Stino di Livenza439.0 84.1 VE
Conegliano452.0 71.1VE
Rest area "Fratta" 456.0 67.1VE
Latisana
Bretella Latisana
467.0 56.1 UD
San Giorgio di Nogaro-Porpetto483.040.1 UD
Rest area "Gonars" 487.0 36.1VE
Tarvisio
Austria–Italy border - Villach - Vienna
490.0 33.1UD
Palmanova491.0 32.1UD
Villesse - Gorizia
Italy–Slovenia border - Nova Gorica
501.0 22.1 GO
Redipuglia - Monfalcone Ovest
di Ronchi dei Legionari
Trieste Ronchi dei Legionari Airport
506.017.1GO
Toll gate Lisert515.08.1 GO
Monfalcone Est515.0 8.1GO
Rest area "Duino" 519.0 4.1TS
Duino520.0 3.1TS
Sistiana
Trieste - Italy–Slovenia border - Rabuiese - Istria
523.0 0.1
Spur Sistiana - Padriciano Italy–Slovenia border
Ljubljana
523.10.0 TS

A4/A5 Ivrea-Santhià connection

AUTOSTRADA A4/A5
Ivrea-Santhià connection
Exit↓km↓↑km↑ProvinceEuropean route
0.023.6TO
Albiano
ex del Lago di Viverone - Ivrea
7.915.7 TO
Rest area "Viverone"13.010.6 TO
Torino - Milano
Santhià
23.50.1 VC
Diramazione Stroppiana - Santhià
Genova - Gravellona Toce
23.60.0VC

A4/A26 Stroppiana-Santhià connection

AUTOSTRADA A4/A26
A4/A26 Stroppiana-Santhià connection
Exit↓km↓↑km↑ProvinceEuropean route
0.030.7VC
Rest area "Le Risaie" -29.3
Vercelli Ovest8,022.7
Rest area "Cavour"29.0-
Torino - Milano
Santhià
30.60.1
A4/5 Ivrea
Torino - Aosta
30.70.0

Chivasso connection

RACCORDO EST DI CHIVASSO
Chivasso connection
Exit↓km↓↑km↑Province
Torino - Milano
Exit Chivasso Est
0.0 5.0TO
Rondissone Ovest
Padana Superiore
1.63.4
Verolengo
del Monferrato
5.00.0

Latisana connection

BRETELLA DI LATISANA
Latisana connection
Exit↓km↓↑km↑Province

Exit Latisana
0.0 2.6UD
Roundabout SP75 1.61.0
della Venezia Giulia 2.60.0

See also

Other Italian roads

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Merzagora . Eugenio . Motorways in Italy (numbering) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160331202900/http://www.lotsberg.net/data/italia/autostrade.html . 2016-03-31 . 2024-08-05 .