Autostrada_A2_(Italy)

Autostrada A2 (Italy)

Autostrada A2 (Italy)

Controlled-access highway in Italy

For the Rome–Naples road, see Autostrada A2 (Italy, 1962–1988).

Autostrada A2, otherwise known as the Autostrada del Mediterraneo ("Mediterranean Motorway") or Salerno–Reggio Calabria, is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") long 432 kilometres (268 mi) in southern Italy. Running between the towns of Fisciano, in the Province of Salerno, and Villa San Giovanni, in the Province of Reggio Calabria, the motorway forms part of European roads E45, E841 and E90.

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History

For the history of the motorway before 2017, including all the incomplete sections, see Autostrada A3 (Italy) § History.

The A2 was created in 2017 by merging the Fisciano to Salerno section of the spur route RA 2 (part of European route E841) with the Salerno to Villa San Giovanni section of the A3 motorway (part of E45). The spur route to Reggio Calabria is part of E90. At the same time, an advertising campaign for tourism purposes was launched, with ten cultural routes[2] and an advertising spot starring Giancarlo Giannini.

Route

Autostrada A2 near Nocera Terinese
Autostrada A2, Rosarno exit, indicating the reachable locations.
Sfalassà Viaduct in Bagnara Calabra
Autostrada A2 near Cosenza
Autostrada A2 near Lauria

The motorway starts in Fisciano, in Campania region, where there is a junction between the RA2 and the A30 motorway.

The provincial capital cities served by the A2 motorway are:

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Spur routes

The A2 has two spurs; both of them were until 2017 part of the Autostrada A3:

  • A2 diramazione Napoli (2.335 km) connects the A2 at the Salerno-Fratte junction with the present A3 at the Salerno centro junction and is part of European route E45;
  • A2 diramazione Reggio Calabria (9.048 km) is a prolongation of the A2 from its southern terminus at Villa San Giovanni to the city of Reggio Calabria and is part of European route E90. It is part of EUR 3 from Villa San Giovani to Fisciano.

References

  1. [1]
    "LA RETE ANAS" (in Italian). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. [2]
    "La Sa-Rc cambia nome, nasce l'Autostrada del Mediterraneo: dieci vie per il turismo" (in Italian). Retrieved 14 June 2017.

See also

Other Italian roads

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