Autostrada RA15 (Italy)

RA15 Motorway
Autostrada RA15
Catania By Pass
Route information
Length:	24 km (15 mi)
Existed:	28 May 1985 – present
Major intersections
Beltway around Catania
Location
Regions:	Sicily
Highway system
Autostrade of Italy

The motorway RA15, also known as Tangenziale di Catania or Catania's By Pass (West), is a motorway at the service of Catania in Sicily, running from north to south, west of the city. It is 23.3 km long and it is managed by ANAS. It is also part of the European route E45. It was opened on 28 May 1985 and was called T09 until the 1990s.

Contents 1 By Pass (West) 1.1 RA15 2 By Pass (East) 2.1 A18dir Diramazione Catania Nord 3 External links

By Pass (West)

The RA15 is connected to the A18 (North) to Messina, the A19 to Palermo and to all of the major sicilian national roads of east Sicily. By the end of 2009 it will also be connected to the A18 (South) to Syracuse.

RA15

RA15 Catania's By Pass
Tipo	Type	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province	European
	Messina - Toll station	0	0,0	CT
	Paesi etnei			CT
	A18dir Diramazione Catania Nord - San Gregorio	0,0	0,0	CT
	Gravina	2,8	20,5	CT
	Catania - San Giovanni Galermo	4,5	18,8	CT
	Catania Ovest - Misterbianco	9,6	13,7	CT
	Catania San Giorgio	12,4	10,9	CT
	Service station "San Giorgio"	13,4	9,9	CT	‎
	Palermo	14,9	8,4	CT
	Catania Sud - Asse dei servizi Catania Airport	16,1	7,2	CT
	Zona industriale I (Nord)	17,1	6,2	CT
	Syracuse	19,9	3,5	CT
	Zona industriale II (Sud)	20,7	2,6	CT
	Strada Statale 114 Orientale Sicula	23,3	0,0	CT

By Pass (East)

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.

A18dir Diramazione Catania Nord

A18 dir CATANIA NORD
..	Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province	European
	- RA15	0,0	4,5	CT
	San Gregorio	0,5	4,1	CT
	Canalicchio	2,6	1,4	CT
	Catania Centro	4,5	0,0	CT

External links

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