Autostrada RA15 (Italy)

The motorway RA15, also known as Tangenziale di Catania or Catania's By Pass (West), is a motorway to contour 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.

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Autostrada Connection 15
Raccordo autostradale 15
Catania By Pass
The motorway RA15 and the connecting motorways
Route information
Maintained by ANAS
Length24 km (15 mi)
Existed28 May 1985–present
Major junctions
Beltway around Catania
Location
CountryItaly
RegionsSicily
Highway system
  • Roads in Italy

By Pass (West)

The RA15 is connected to the A18 to Messina, the A19 to Palermo and to all of the major national roads of Eastern Sicily. Since 2009 it is also linked to the A CT-SR to Syracuse.

RA15
RA15 Catania's By Pass
TypeType↓km↓↑km↑ProvinceEuropean
A18 to Messina
A18 Catania Nord		0,00,0CT
Gravina2,820,5
Catania - San Giovanni Galermo4,518,8
Catania Ovest - Misterbianco9,613,7
Catania San Giorgio12,410,9
Service station "San Giorgio"13,49,9
to Palermo
Asse attrezzato		14,98,4
Catania Sud - Catania Airport
Asse dei servizi		16,17,2
Zona industriale I (Nord)
Asse di spina Est-Ovest		17,16,2
to Syracuse19,93,5
Zona industriale II (Sud)20,72,6
Orientale Sicula23,30,0

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.
In the southern part of Catania, in July 2010 was completed another 5,0 km of service road called "Asse attrezzato", part of the initial project of the 1970s. This service road connects the motorway A19 to Palermo and the RA 15 to the southern part of the city. This second stretch of service road is not classified as motorway.

A18dir Diramazione Catania nord
A18 dir Catania nord
..Exit↓km↓↑km↑ProvinceEuropean
A18 Messina A18 Messina
RA15 By Pass (West)		0,04,5CT
San Gregorio0,54,1CT
Canalicchio2,61,4CT
Catania Centro4,50,0CT

Asse attrezzato
Asse attrezzato
..Exit↓km↓↑km↑ProvinceEuropean
Catania - Corso Indipendenza0,05,0CT
San Giorgio1,33,7CT
Librino2,52,5CT
Zona industriale4,01,0CT
A19 Palermo5,00,0CT
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