Autostrada A9 (Italy)
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The Autostrada A9 or Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway") is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 42.3 kilometres (26.3 mi) long in northern Italy. 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.
Autostrada A9 | |
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Autostrada dei Laghi | |
Route information | |
Part of E35 | |
Maintained by ANAS | |
Length | 42.3 km (26.3 mi) |
Existed | 1924–present |
Major junctions | |
South end | Lainate |
Major intersections | A8 in Lainate A36 in Lomazzo/Turate Gotthard Motorway in Chiasso |
North end | Chiasso |
Location | |
Country | Italy |
Regions | Lombardy |
Highway system | |
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]