Autostrada Catania-Siracusa

Catania-Syracuse Motorway
Section 1
Length: 25 km (16 mi)
North end: Catania
South end: Augusta
Location
Regions: Sicily
Highway system

Autostrade of Italy

The Autostrada Catania-Siracusa is a motorway 25 km long[1] in eastern Sicily that connects the cities of Catania and Syracuse. It is part of the European route E45.

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History

Completed in 2009 the motorway links the RA15 (Catania's bypass) to the Strada statale 114 Orientale Sicula 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
Type Exit ↓km↓ ↑km↑ Province European Road
RA15 – Catania's Bypass 0,0 CT
Service station 11,3 SR
Ragusa
Lentini-Carlentini
12,5 , SR
National road to Syracuse 25,1 , SR

Augusta – Syracuse

The motorway is connect to Siracusa through the SS.114, a dual carriageway that will need restyling before it can be upgraded to motorway.

SS.114 Augusta–Siracusa
Type Exit ↓km↓ ↑km↑ Province European
Autostrada Catania-Siracusa SR
Villasmundo – Augusta SS193 26,1 21,6 SR
Zona industriale di AugustaSortino 29,0 18,7 SR
Zona industriale di MelilliPriolo 32,5 15,2 SR
Area servizio Priolo est - 13,0 SR
Priolo Gargallo Sorciaro 35,7 12,0 SR
Area servizio Priolo ovest 42,0 - SR
Siracusa nord Belvedere – FloridiaSolarino 42,7 5,0 SR
Siracusa 47,7 0 SR
Siracusa-Rosolini 47,7 0 SR

Note

  1. ^ Presentation by ANAS (Italian Roads Agency)