Autostrada A18 (Italy)
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| Route information | |
| Part of E45 | |
| Maintained by ANAS | |
| 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 | |
The Autostrada A18 is is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 77 kilometres (48 mi) long 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.
From the beginning it was in fact planned 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 (from Augusta-Villasmundo to Syracuse).
Route[edit]
Messina – Catania[edit]
| MESSINA – CATANIA
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| Exit | ↓km↓ | ↑km↑ | Province | European route | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Messina-Palermo |
0.0 | 77.0 | ME |  E45
| |
 Messina Sud – Tremestieri |
1.4 | 75.6 | ME | ||
 Toll gate Messina Sud |
1.6 | 75.4 | ME | ||
| Roccalumera |
21,3 | 54,3 | ME | ||
 Rest area "Barracca" |
25.6 | 50.0 | ME | ||
| Taormina |
35.2 | 40.4 | ME | ||
| Giardini Naxos |
41.0 | 34.6 | ME | ||
| Rest area "Calatabiano" |
42.2 | 33.4 | CT | ||
| Fiumefreddo |
47.4 | 28.2 | CT | ||
| Giarre |
58.7 | 16.9 | CT | ||
| Acireale |
68.9 | 6.7 | CT | ||
| Rest area "Aci Sant'Antonio" |
71.3 | 4.3 | CT | ||
| Toll gate Catania Nord |
75.6 | 0.7 | CT | ||
| Paesi etnei |
76.7 | 0.3 | CT | ||
  Catania Centre – San Gregorio Catania's Ring Road |
77.0 | 0.0 | CT | ||
A18 Northern Catania connection[edit]
 A18 DIRAMAZIONE CATANIA NORDA18 Northern Catania connection | |||||
| Exit | ↓km↓ | ↑km↑ | Province | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 to Messina RA15 – Catania's Bypass |
0.0 | 3.7 | CT | ||
| San Gregorio |
0.1 | 3.6 | CT | ||
| Canalicchio |
2.0 | 1.7 | CT | ||
 Catania Centro |
3.7 | 0.0 | CT | ||
Siracusa – Ragusa – Gela[edit]
| SIRACUSA – MODICA
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| Exit | ↓km↓ | ↑km↑ | Province | European route | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg){kind=small}  Orientale Sicula Syracuse
|
0.0 | 132.7 | SR | E45
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| Canicattini Bagni
|
0.1 | 132.6 | |||
| Cassibile
|
9.5 | 123.2 | |||
| Avola
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14.9 | 117.8 | |||
| Noto
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24.6 | 108.1 | |||
| Rest area "Tellaro" (in project)
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36.8 | 104.9 | |||
| Rosolini
|
40.0 | 92.7 | |||
Ispica - Pozzallo  Ferries to   Malta
|
47.5 | 85.2 | RG | ||
.svg){kind=small} Modica -  Ragusanaend of motorway in operation |
59.1 | 73.6 | |||
 Scicli
|
70.5 | 62.2 | RG |  in project | |
| Rest area "Irminio"
|
81.0 | 51.7 | |||
| Ragusa
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84.4 | 48.3 | |||
| Santa Croce Camerina - Vittoria sud
|
93.8 | 38.9 | |||
Vittoria nord - Comiso.svg){kind=small} Comiso Airport
|
106.7 | 26.0 | |||
| Rest area "Acate nord"
|
118.0 | 14.7 | |||
| Acate
|
120.6 | 12.1 | |||
| Toll gate Gela est
|
132.5 | 0.2 | CL | ||
Gela est -  Sud Occidentale Sicula
|
132.7 | 0.0 | |||
See also[edit]
Other Italian roads[edit]
External links[edit]
Media related to Autostrada A18 (Italy) at Wikimedia Commons
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