Strada statale 36 del Lago di Como e dello Spluga

The Italian highway 36, Lake Como and Spluga (SS 36) is a major road in Lombardy. It provides the main access route to the Valtellina and the Swiss canton of Grisons from Milan and other cities in southern Lombardy.

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State Highway 36
Strada statale 36
Route information
Maintained by ANAS
Location
CountryItaly
Highway system
  • Roads in Italy

The Path
Exit at Lecco-Bione
An older photo of SS36 in Monza during 2009, before the construction of the tunnel
Work in progress for the tunnel of SS36 in March 2011
The Tunnel in 2013
SS36 above Chiavenna

The road begins from Lagosta square in Milan along Viale Zara and Viale Fulvio Testi, north of Milan. ANAS manages the road starting at 8590 km, near the exit Sesto San Giovanni of the A4 (Highway A4). In Monza the road takes the name Viale Lombardia and goes underground since 2013.

In Monza it turns into the New Valassina, a six-lane highway that crosses the entire Brianza passing near Muggiò, Lissone, Desio, Seregno, Carate Brianza, Verano Brianza and Giussano. In Giussano, lanes become four. The road then shifts east towards Lecco. From Civate, where the highway ended until 2000, the road continues to Lecco through a tunnel in the Monte Barro and a tunnel that crosses the center of the city, with the two directions being place one above the other. In Lecco it's an urban road with two carriageways facing Lake Como.

Near the centre of Abbadia Lariana the Colico-Lecco highway, four lanes total, while the old route, a single carriageway, along the lake through all the coastal stations. The two paths meet at the junction of Piantedo. From Chiavenna the road climbs up to the Spluga Pass.

History

The name New Valassina is due to the original design of the road, which aimed to connect Erba with low Brianza and Milan, along the course of the Valassina, crossed the river Lambro.

The section going through the Monte Barro tunnel and the tunnel below the center of Lecco was opened in 1999. Previously, the path from Civate went along Valmadrera, Malgrate and through the Kennedy bridge to Lecco City.

Viale Lombardia tunnel

Since 2013, the road goes through an urban tunnel in Monza, about 1800 meters long, under viale Lombardia. As of 2016, the tunnel was used 20 million times per year.[1]

The tunnel was pushed since 1996 by the "Committee San Fruttuoso" and others.[2] The project was accepted by the ministry of transportation in 2008; works began in January 2009 and completed in April 2013. The project cost 330 million euros[3] (revised to 345)[4] and was funded by State, Region, province, and municipalities of Monza, Cinisello Balsamo and Muggiò ALSI and Spa (South Lambro Spa water - the wastewater company of Monza and Brianza).

Speed limits

The speed limit on SS36 is 90 km/h, although it is reduced to 70 km/h between Abbadia Lariana and Lecco itself.

Detailed path
STRADA STATALE 36
Superstrada Milano-Lecco-Colico
TypologyIndication↓km↓Province
Monza autodromo0,0MB
Lissone sud0,5MB
Muggiò1,5MB
Lissone centro2,5MB
Desio4,0MB
Lissone nord - Seregno sud6,0MB
Seregno7,5MB
Carate Brianza9,2MB
Verano Brianza sud10,9MB
Giussano–Erba (via vecchia valassina)11,8MB
Verano Brianza nord12,8MB
Arosio - Briosco15,9MB
Fornaci17,0MB
Capriano18,1MB
Como–Bergamo - Nibionno21,1LC
Costa Masnaga23,8LC
Molteno25,1LC
Bosisio Parini28,4LC
Annone30,1LC
Suello–Erba31,6LC
Civate34,1LC
Olginate
SS 342 dir Garlate		38,1LC
Lecco Bione39,1LC
Lecco Ospedale - Valsassina sud39,6LC
Lecco Centro40,7LC
Lecco Lungolago45,9LC
Abbadia Lariana48,4LC
Bellano - Valsassina nord71,4LC
Dervio - Val Varrone75,9LC
Piona81,4LC
Colico
SS38 Sondrio - Passo dello Stelvio		87,4LC

References
  1. "Monza: 2.400 veicoli ogni ora sotto il tunnel di viale Lombardia". www.ilcittadinomb.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "I segreti del Tunnel" (in Italian). 2013.
  3. Rosa, Riccardo. "Monza, venti minuti di coda nel tunnel "Prigionieri in una camera a gas"". Corriere della Sera Milano (in Italian). Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  4. Montella, Marco (27 December 2013). "Milano | Monza - La risistemazione a verde sopra il tunnel" (in Italian). Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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