Autostrada A26 (Italy)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template other[[Category:Infobox road instances Template:Infobox road/meta/mask/category]] The Autostrada A26 is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") long in Italy located in the regions of Liguria and Piedmont. It is named the Autostrada dei Trafori ("Tunnels motoway") after the numerous tunnels through which it passes, both Apennine and Subalpine. It runs northwards from Genoa on the Ligurian coast, over the Apennines, and across the wide plain of the Po valley to the environs of Lake Maggiore and the mouth of the Val d’Ossola. In addition to this ‘main trunk’ of the road, there are three side branches, also of motorway class which function as link roads between the A26 and the A7, the A4 and the A8. The A26, together with these link roads, is managed by Autostrade per l'Italia S.p.A. It is a part of the E25 and E62 European routes.

Route

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Gorsexio Viaduct

File:Alessandria-L'autostrada A-26-tratto appenninico.jpg

The A26 near Alessandria, heading south towards the Apennines.

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The cloverleaf junction at Gravellona Toce

The A26 begins from the Genoese town of Pra', which lies on the coast to the west of the city centre. (Note that the gate of Pra' is still wrongly named "Voltri", nevertheless, Voltri has anything to do with the motorway gate and that the City of Genova has formally asked for the change of its name in "Gate of Pra' "). It crosses the Apennines at the Passo del Turchino (532m) and passes through Ovada. Near Castelferro (frazione of Predosa) an eastern branch, the Autostrada A26/A7, provides links to Novi Ligure and to the Autostrada A7 (Genoa – Milan) which it joins near Spineto Scrivia, to the south of Tortona.

The A26 continues northwards until near Alessandria there is an interchange with the Autostrada A21 (Turin – Brescia). The road crosses the Po River just east of Casale Monferrato. South of Vercelli a western branch, the Autostrada A4/26, provides a connection to the Autostrada A4 (Turin – Trieste) near Santhià, and continues as the Autostrada A4/A5 to the Autostrada A5 (Turin – Aosta – Monte Bianco) which it joins at Pavone Canavese, just south of Ivrea.

Further north, between Greggio and Biandrate Vicolungo to the west of Novara, the A26 intersects with the Autostrada A4 (Turin – Trieste), and at Sesto Calende with the Autostrada A8. The road passes close to Romagnano Sesia and Ghemme where there is an exit for the Valsesia. It proceeds north-east and follows the shore of Lago Maggiore with exits for Arona, Brovello-Carpugnino, Baveno - Stresa, Verbania and Gravellona Toce. From here the Template:Ill continues the route northwards, initially as a superstrada (a form of expressway), to Domodossola and then via the Val Divedro to the Swiss border, affording access to the Simplon Pass.

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Autostrada A26 near San Salvatore Monferrato

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Autostrada A26 near Arona

Template:Symbol GENOVA - GRAVELLONA TOCE Autostrada dei Trafori
Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province	European Route
Template:Symbol Template:Symbol Template:Symbol Genova - Ventimiglia Template:Symbol Livorno			GE
File:AB-Tank.svgFile:AB-Rast.svg Rest area "Turchino"
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Masone
File:AB-Tank.svgFile:AB-Rast.svg Rest area "Stura"			AL
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Ovada
File:AB-Kreuz-grün.svg Template:Symbol Diramazione Predosa - Bettole
File:AB-Tank.svgFile:AB-Rast.svg Rest area "Bormida"
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Alessandria Sud
File:AB-Kreuz-grün.svg Template:Symbol Template:Symbol Torino - Piacenza - Brescia
File:AB-Tank.svgFile:AB-Rast.svg Rest area "Monferrato"
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Casale Monferrato Sud
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Casale Monferrato Nord
File:AB-Kreuz-grün.svg Template:Symbol Diramazione Stroppiana - Santhià			VC
File:AB-Tank.svgFile:AB-Rast.svg Rest area "Sesia"
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Vercelli Est
File:AB-Kreuz-grün.svg Template:Symbol Template:Symbol Torino - Trieste			NO
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Romagnano Sesia - Ghemme
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Borgomanero
{File:AB-Tank.svgFile:AB-Rast.svg Rest area "Agogna"
File:AB-Kreuz-grün.svg Template:Symbol Template:Symbol Diramazione Gallarate - Gattico
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Arona
Template:Symbol Toll gate Lago Maggiore
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Meina
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Carpugnino			VB
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Baveno - Stresa
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Verbania Template:Symbol del Lago Maggiore Template:Symbol Lake Maggiore
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Gravellona Toce Template:Symbol del Lago Maggiore Template:Symbol Lake Orta
Template:Symbol Template:Symbol Ornavasso Template:Symbol Template:Symbol del Sempione

A7/A26 Bettole-Predosa connection

Template:Infobox road small The Autostrada A7/A26 Diramazione Bettole-Predosa (A7/A26) is a 17 km motorway which links the A26 near Predosa with the Autostrada A7 near Bettole (a frazione of Pozzolo Formigaro). The entire autostrada is within the Province of Alessandria. Its sole exit is for Novi Ligure and it provides a convenient means of access to both the A7 and the A26 from that town.

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A7/A26 Bettole-Predosa connection near Novi Ligure

Template:Symbol AUTOSTRADA A26/A7 A7/A26 Bettole-Predosa connection
Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province	European route
Template:Symbol Template:Symbol Template:Symbol Genova - Gravellona Toce			AL	--
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Novi Ligure
File:AB-Tank.svgFile:AB-Rast.svg Rest area "Marengo"
Template:Symbol Template:Symbol Template:Symbol Milano - Genova

A4/A26 Stroppiana-Santhià connection

Template:Infobox road small The Autostrada A4/A26 Diramazione Stroppiana-Santhià (A4/A26) is a 32 km motorway which links the A26 near Stroppiana with the Autostrada A4 near Santhià. It forms part of the 1,547 km European route E25 which connects Hook of Holland in the Netherlands to Palermo in Sicily. The layout of the road is level with two lanes in each direction.

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A4/A26 Stroppiana-Santhià connection near Vercelli

Template:Symbol AUTOSTRADA A4/A26 A4/A26 Stroppiana-Santhià connection
Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province	European route
File:AB-Kreuz-grün.svg Template:Symbol Genova - Gravellona Toce			VC
File:AB-Tank.svgFile:AB-Rast.svg Rest area "Le Risaie" Template:Efn	-
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Vercelli Ovest
File:AB-Tank.svgFile:AB-Rast.svg Rest area "Cavour"Template:Efn		-
File:AB-Kreuz-grün.svg Template:Symbol Template:Symbol Torino - Milano Santhià
File:AB-Kreuz-grün.svg Template:Symbol A4/5 Ivrea Template:Symbol Torino - Aosta

A8/A26 Gallarate-Gattico connection

Template:Infobox road small The Autostrada A8/A26 Diramazione Gallarate-Gattico (A8/A26) is a motorway which connects the A26 near Gattico with the Autostrada A8 near Gallarate. It forms part of the 1,290 km European route E62 which connects Nantes in western France to Genova. The road was built to provide a route for traffic from Domodossola and the Simplon Pass to Milan and thence to the parts of the peninsula to the east of the Apennines. It has two lanes in each direction from Gallarate to Sesto Calende and three from Sesto Calende to Gattico.

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A8/A26 Gallarate-Gattico connection near Besnate

Template:Symbol AUTOSTRADA A8/A26 Gallarate - Gattico connection
Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province	European route
Template:Symbol Template:Symbol Milano - Varese			VA
Template:Symbol Toll gate Gallarate Ovest
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Besnate
File:AB-Tank.svg File:AB-Rast.svg Rest area "Verbano"
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Sesto Calende - Vergiate Template:Symbol del Sempione: Template:Symbol Lake Maggiore Template:Symbol del Lago di Monate: Template:Symbol Lake Monate
File:AB-AS-grün.svg Castelletto Ticino Template:Symbol Ticinese Template:Symbol del Sempione: Template:Symbol Lake Maggiore			NO
Template:Symbol Template:Symbol Genova - Gravellona Toce

See also

• Autostrade of Italy
• Roads in Italy
• Transport in Italy
• A24

Other Italian roads

• State highways (Italy)
• Regional road (Italy)
• Provincial road (Italy)
• Municipal road (Italy)

External links

• Autostrade per l'Italia Template:In lang
• Structures on A 26 provides a list of the autostrada's viaducts and tunnels.