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Autostrada RA15 (Italy)

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Autostrada Connection 15
Raccordo autostradale 15
Route information
Part of E45
Maintained by ANAS
Length23.3 km (14.5 mi)
Existed1985–present
Major junctions
Beltway around Catania
North endSan Gregorio di Catania
Major intersections A18 in San Gregorio di Catania
A19 in Catania
South endMisterbianco
Location
CountryItaly
RegionsSicily
Highway system
RA 14 RA 16
The Autostrada RA15 and the connecting motorways

The Autostrada RA15, also known as Raccordo autostradale 15 (RA 15; "Motorway connection 1") or Tangenziale di Catania ("Catania ring road") or Catania's By Pass (West), is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 23.3 kilometres (14.5 mi) long to contour Catania in Sicily, running from north to south, west of the city. It is managed by ANAS.[1] It is also part of the European route E45. It was opened on 28 May 1985 and was called T09 until the 1990s.

By Pass (West)

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The RA15 is connected to the A18 to Messina, the A19 to Palermo and to all of the major national roads of Eastern Sicily. Since 2009 it is also linked to the A CT-SR to Syracuse.

RA15

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RACCORDO AUTOSTRADALE 15
Autostrada RA15
Tangenziale di Catania
Exit ↓km↓ ↑km↑ Province European Route
A18 Messina-Catania
A18 Diramazione Catania nord
0.0 23.3 CT E45
Gravina 2.8 20.5
Catania - San Giovanni Galermo 4.5 18.8
Catania Ovest - Misterbianco 9.6 13.7
Catania San Giorgio 12.4 10.9
Rest area "San Giorgio" 13.4 9.9
Palermo - Catania
Asse attrezzato
14.9 8.4
Catania Sud
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
Asse dei servizi
16.1 7.2
Zona industriale I (Nord)
Asse di spina Est-Ovest
17.1 6.2
Catania-Siracusa 19.9 3.5
Zona industriale II (Sud) 20.7 2.6 --
Orientale Sicula 23.3 0.0

By Pass (East)

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The initial project had on the plans a second service road going through the city called By Pass East (today's A18dir) but due to the highly urbanized situation of Catania the project has never been completed leaving the road to terminate in the northern part of the city.
In the southern part of Catania, in July 2010 was completed another 5,0 km of service road called "Asse attrezzato", part of the initial project of the 1970s. This service road connects the motorway A19 to Palermo and the RA 15 to the southern part of the city. This second stretch of service road is not classified as motorway.

A18 Northern Catania connection

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A18 DIRAMAZIONE CATANIA NORD
A18 Northern Catania connection
Exit ↓km↓ ↑km↑ Province European Route
A18 Messina
RA15 – Catania's Bypass
0.0 3.7 CT --
San Gregorio 0.1 3.6 CT
Canalicchio 2.0 1.7 CT
Catania Centro 3.7 0.0 CT

Asse attrezzato

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ASSE ATTREZZATO
Exit ↓km↓ ↑km↑ Province European Route
Catania - Corso Indipendenza 0.0 5.0 CT --
San Giorgio 1.3 3.7 CT
Librino 2.5 2.5 CT
Zona industriale 4.0 1.0 CT
Palermo - Catania 5,0 0,0 CT E932

See also

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Other Italian roads

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References

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Media related to Raccordo autostradale RA15 at Wikimedia Commons