Autostrada A18 (Italy)

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Autostrada A18 (Italy) - Wikipedia

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Autostrada A18

Route information

Part of E45

Maintained by ANAS

Existed

1971–present

Section 1

Length

77 km (48 mi)

North end

Messina

Major intersections

A20 in Messina

RA15 in Catania

South end

Catania

Section 2

Length

59.1 km (36.7 mi)

North end

Syracuse

South end

Modica

Location

Country

Italy

Regions

Sicily

Highway system

Roads in Italy

←

A 17

→

A 19

The Autostrada A18 is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 77 kilometres (48 mi) long in Italy on the Ionian coast of Sicily that links Messina to Catania. The motorway is linked to the A20 Messina-Palermo at its northern end and to the A19 Palermo-Catania through the RA15 Catania's Ring Road at its southern end. There is also a second stretch of the Autostrada A18, 59.1 kilometres (36.7 mi) long, on the south part of the island, running from Syracuse to Modica, and with the plan to extend it to Gela. It is a part of the E45 European route.

From the beginning it was planned to unite the two sections into a single motorway, from Messina to Gela, which would make it possible to optimize connections with the tourist areas and those in the eastern area of Sicily at the time undergoing industrialisation. The two sections of the Autostrada A18 are connected to each other, without interruption, through the Catania's Ring Road (from Catania Nord to the Passo Martino district), the Autostrada Catania-Siracusa (from the Passo Martino district to Augusta-Villasmundo) and the strada statale 114 Orientale Sicula [it] (from Augusta-Villasmundo to Syracuse).

Route

Messina – Catania

Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province	European route
MESSINA – CATANIA
Messina-Palermo	0.0 km (0 mi)	77.0 km (47.8 mi)	ME	E45
Messina Sud – Tremestieri	1.4 km (0.87 mi)	75.6 km (47.0 mi)	ME
Toll gate Messina Sud	1.6 km (0.99 mi)	75.4 km (46.9 mi)	ME
Itala (in project)	11.0 km (6.8 mi)	66.0 km (41.0 mi)	ME
Alì Terme (in project)	17.7 km (11.0 mi)	59.3 km (36.8 mi)	ME
Roccalumera	21.3 km (13.2 mi)	54.3 km (33.7 mi)	ME
Santa Teresa di Riva - Valle d'Agrò [it] (in project)	26.4 km (16.4 mi)	50.5 km (31.4 mi)	ME
Rest area "Barracca"	25.6 km (15.9 mi)	50.0 km (31.1 mi)	ME
Taormina	35.2 km (21.9 mi)	40.4 km (25.1 mi)	ME
Giardini Naxos	41.0 km (25.5 mi)	34.6 km (21.5 mi)	ME
Rest area "Calatabiano"	42.2 km (26.2 mi)	33.4 km (20.8 mi)	CT
Fiumefreddo	47.4 km (29.5 mi)	28.2 km (17.5 mi)	CT
Mascali - Giarre nord (in project)	53.4 km (33.2 mi)	23.6 km (14.7 mi)	CT
Giarre	58.7 km (36.5 mi)	16.9 km (10.5 mi)	CT
Acireale	68.9 km (42.8 mi)	6.7 km (4.2 mi)	CT
Rest area "Aci Sant'Antonio"	71.3 km (44.3 mi)	4.3 km (2.7 mi)	CT
Toll gate Catania Nord	75.6 km (47.0 mi)	0.7 km (0.43 mi)	CT
Paesi etnei	76.7 km (47.7 mi)	0.3 km (0.19 mi)	CT
Catania Centre – San Gregorio Catania's Ring Road	77.0 km (47.8 mi)	0.0 km (0 mi)	CT

A18 Northern Catania connection

Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province
A18 DIRAMAZIONE CATANIA NORD A18 Northern Catania connection
to Messina RA15 – Catania's Bypass	0.0 km (0 mi)	3.7 km (2.3 mi)	CT
San Gregorio	0.1 km (0.062 mi)	3.6 km (2.2 mi)	CT
Canalicchio	2.0 km (1.2 mi)	1.7 km (1.1 mi)	CT
Catania Centro	3.7 km (2.3 mi)	0.0 km (0 mi)	CT

Siracusa – Ragusa – Gela

Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province	European route
SIRACUSA – MODICA
Orientale Sicula Syracuse	0.0 km (0 mi)	132.7 km (82.5 mi)	SR	E45
Canicattini Bagni	0.1 km (0.062 mi)	132.6 km (82.4 mi)
Cassibile	9.5 km (5.9 mi)	123.2 km (76.6 mi)
Avola	14.9 km (9.3 mi)	117.8 km (73.2 mi)
Noto	24.6 km (15.3 mi)	108.1 km (67.2 mi)
Rest area "Tellaro" (in project)	36.8 km (22.9 mi)	104.9 km (65.2 mi)
Rosolini	40.0 km (24.9 mi)	92.7 km (57.6 mi)
Ispica - Pozzallo Ferries to Malta	47.5 km (29.5 mi)	85.2 km (52.9 mi)	RG
Modica - Ragusana	59.1 km (36.7 mi)	73.6 km (45.7 mi)	RG
End of motorway in operation
Scicli	70.5 km (43.8 mi)	62.2 km (38.6 mi)	RG	in project
Rest area "Irminio"	81.0 km (50.3 mi)	51.7 km (32.1 mi)
Ragusa	84.4 km (52.4 mi)	48.3 km (30.0 mi)
Santa Croce Camerina - Vittoria sud	93.8 km (58.3 mi)	38.9 km (24.2 mi)
Vittoria nord - Comiso Comiso Airport	106.7 km (66.3 mi)	26.0 km (16.2 mi)
Rest area "Acate nord"	118.0 km (73.3 mi)	14.7 km (9.1 mi)
Acate	120.6 km (74.9 mi)	12.1 km (7.5 mi)
Toll gate Gela est	132.5 km (82.3 mi)	0.2 km (0.12 mi)	CL
Gela est - Sud Occidentale Sicula	132.7 km (82.5 mi)	0.0 km (0 mi)	CL

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v t e Motorways in Italy
Roads in Italy
Major routes	A1 A2 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 ~~A17~~ A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30 A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A53 A91 Catania-Siracusa Sistiana-Rabuiese SPV
Beltways	A50, A51, A52, A58 (Milan) A54 (Pavia) A55 (Turin) A56 (Naples) A57 (Venice) A59 (Como) A60 (Varese) A90–GRA (Rome) RA 1 (Bologna) RA 4 (Reggio Calabria) RA 15 (Catania)
Road tunnels	T1 Mont Blanc T2 Great St Bernard T3 Bargagli-Ferriere Tunnel T4 Fréjus
Junctions	RA 2 RA 3 RA 5 RA 6 RA 7 RA 8 RA 9 RA 10 RA 11 RA 12 RA 13 RA 14 RA 16 ~~RA 17~~

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Route

Messina – Catania

A18 Northern Catania connection

Siracusa – Ragusa – Gela

See also

Other Italian roads

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