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| Autostrada dei Laghi Lakes motorway | ||||
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| Part of E35 | ||||
| Maintained by ANAS | ||||
| Length | 31.5 km (19.6 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1924–present | |||
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| South end | Lainate | |||
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| North end | Como | |||
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| Country | Italy | |||
| Regions | Lombardy | |||
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The Autostrada A9 or Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes motorway") is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 31.5 kilometres (19.6 mi) long in Italy located in the region of Lombardy. It connects to the Autostrada A8 at Lainate, near Milan, and it reaches Como, on the Lake Como, and Chiasso, on the Italy–Switzerland border, where it connects to the Swiss road network (Gotthard Motorway). It is a part of the E35 European route.
Autostrada A9 is commonly defined, together with the Autostrada A8, as the "Autostrada dei Laghi". The Autostrada A8 connects Milan to Varese (on the Lake of Varese) and connects Milan to Gallarate and Sesto Calende on Lake Maggiore and on Lake Monate (now part of the Gallarate - Gattico connection, also part of the Autostrada dei Laghi). Inaugurated in 1924, Autostrada dei Laghi is the first motorway built in the world.[1][2]
- ^ Lenarduzzi, Thea (30 January 2016). "The motorway that built Italy: Piero Puricelli's masterpiece". The Independent. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "The "Milano-Laghi" by Piero Puricelli, the first motorway in the world". Retrieved 10 May 2022.