Autostrada A26 (Italy)
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| Autostrada A26 | |
| Autostrada dei Trafori | |
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| Length: | 197 km (122 mi) |
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| South end: | Genoa |
| North end: | Gravellona Toce |
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| Regions: | Liguria, Piedmont |
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| Autostrade of Italy | |
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| Location: | Bettole – Predosa Link |
| Length: | 17 km (11 mi) |
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| Location: | Stroppiana-Santhià Link |
| Length: | 32 km (20 mi) |
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| Location: | Gallarate-Gattico Link |
| Length: | 24 km (15 mi) |
The Autostrada A26 is a motorway in the northwestern Italian regions of Liguria and Piedmont. It is named the Autostrada dei Trafori (the Autostrada of the Tunnels) 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 road, is managed by Autostrade per l'Italia S.p.A.
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.
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