Autostrada A56 (Italy)

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The Autostrada A56 or Tangenziale di Napoli ("Naples ring road") is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 20.2 kilometres (12.6 mi) long bypassing the urban center and suburban developments of Naples, Italy — connecting Pozzuoli at the west to the Autostrada A1 at the east. The most eastward section, from Doganella to the Autostrade A1, is toll-free.

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Autostrada A56
Tangenziale di Napoli
Route information
Maintained by ANAS
Length20.2 km (12.6 mi)
Existed1972–present
Major junctions
Beltway around Naples
East endCapodichino
Major intersections A1 in Capodichino
A2 in Capodichino
A3 in Capodichino
A16 in Capodichino
West endPozzuoli
Location
CountryItaly
RegionsCampania
Highway system
A 55 A 57

History and features

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Designed in the 1960s, the contract to build the road was executed on 31 January 1968, and the first section opened on 8 July 1972[1] — from Domitiana to Fuorigrotta and moving east — with the section to Vomero opening on 24 January 1973; the section to Arenella opening on 1 February 1975, and the section to Capodichino opening on 16 November 1975.

Subsequent exit interchanges opened at Corso Malta on 30 March 1976, at Capodimonte on 22 January 1977 and at Zona Ospedaliera on 26 May 1992, the latter facilitating access to the Cotugno, Monaldi and Pascale Hospitals.

The Autostrada A56 skirts closely to Naples hillsides; passes through a series of tunnels totaling 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) in length; and passes over several older neighborhoods with a series of flyovers totalling 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) in length. As one of the most congested motorways in Italy, over 270,000 vehicles use the Autostrada A56 daily,[2] with traffic levels rivaling those of the Autostrada A4 through Milan and the Autostrada A8 near the Milan barrier toll plaza.

On 9 February 2009 an automated speed enforcement system began operating around the clock, using a system of 30 over-highway gantry-mounted cameras and 34 ceiling-mounted cameras in the tunnels. After a vehicle passes a camera, the system times the interval between the camera and a correlating set of road-embedded coils, to calculate the vehicle speed. Marketed as the Safety Tutor system (or simply Tutor), the infrastructure monitors speeds at five eastbound locations (at the Solfatara tunnel entrance, Agnano, Fuorigrotta, Arenella and Capodichino) — as well as four westbound locations (at Camaldoli, Vomero, Fuorigrotta and Agnano). A map of the camera locations is available from Tangenziale di Napoli website. [3].

Along the entire ring road there are sound-absorbing barriers as well as centrally managed information displays. Maximum speed limited to 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph). Tangenziale di Napoli SpA manages the road, with approximately 350 employees, including toll collectors and administrators. Four vehicular service areas are located on the westbound lanes, and three additional areas serve eastbound traffic.

Route

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Autostrada A56 near Secondigliano
 
Autostrada A56 bypassing Vomero
  TANGENZIALE DI NAPOLI
Autostrada A56
Exit ↓km↓ ↑km↑ Province European Route
        Ramo Capodichino
  Asse Mediano
    Bari-Avellino-Benevento
    Salerno    Reggio Calabria
0.0 20.2 NA --
    Aeroporto Internazionale di Napoli
  Circumvallazione Esterna di Napoli
0.2 20.0
  Capodichino - Secondigliano 0.5 19.7
   Rest area "Doganella ovest" 0.7 19.5
  Doganella 0.8 19.4
  Toll gate Doganella[4] 1.0 19.2
  Corso Malta
Poggioreale
  Napoli Centrale railway station
  Port of Naples

  del Centro direzionale
Ponticelli - Barra
Cercola
  del Vesuvio
Pomigliano
Acerra
1.7 18.5
   Rest area "Scudillo" 4.0 16.2
  Capodimonte
Rione Sanità
  San Gennaro dei Poveri
4.4 15.8
  Arenella
  Ospedale Santobono
Quartieri Spagnoli
4.8 15.4
  Zona Ospedaliera  
  Linea 1 Colli Aminei
5.0 15.2
  Camaldoli 6.5 13.7
  Vomero
Posillipo
Asse Viario
via Pigna
Soccavo
Pianura
7.9 12.3
  Fuorigrotta
  Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
  Scandone swimming pool
  Edenlandia

Mergellina
Bagnoli
Pianura
10.3 9.9
   Rest area "Agnano agli Astroni" 12.5 7.7
  Agnano - "Italia 90"
  Spa
  Agnano racecourse
  Edenlandia
  Cratere degli Astroni nature reserve
Pianura
13.2 7.0
  Toll gate Pozzuoli[5] 14.8 5.4
   Rest area "Antica Campana" 17.0 3.2
  Via Campana
Pozzuoli
17.5 2.7
  Cuma
  Cumae
  Spa
19.3 0.9
  Arco Felice - Pozzuoli - Bacoli 19.7 0.5
    Domiziana 20.2 0.0

See also

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Other Italian roads

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References

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  1. ^ "Via libera sulla tangenziale di Napoli". Autostrade (in Italian). anno XIV (6). Rome: 36. 1972. ISSN 0005-1756.
  2. ^ Dati sito Tangenziale di Napoli s.p.a Archived 17 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Chilometria_Tutor_Tangenziale_di_Napoli.pdf
  4. ^ Only in the direction of Autostrada A1.
  5. ^ Direction only Pozzuoli
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