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Strait of Messina Bridge. An artist's impression of the planned bridge from the Calabrian coast. / 38.24750°N 15.63917°E / 38.24750; 15.63917. Six lanes and two emergency lanes. Two rails and two railway sidewalks. The Strait of Messina Bridge ( Italian: Ponte sullo stretto di Messina) is a planned 3.6-kilometre suspension bridge ...
Italy is part of the Northern Hemisphere. Two of the Pelagie Islands(Lampedusa and Lampione) are located on the African continent. The total area of Italy is 301,230 km2(116,310 sq mi), of which 294,020 km2(113,520 sq mi) is land and 7,210 km2(2,784 sq mi) is water. It lies between latitudes 35°and 47° N, and longitudes 6°and 19° E.
The Brenner Pass (German: Brennerpass [ˈbʁɛnɐpas], shortly Brenner; Italian: Passo del Brennero [ˈpasso del ˈbrɛnnero]) is a mountain pass over the Alps which forms the border between Italy and Austria. It is one of the principal passes of the Eastern Alpine range and has the lowest altitude among Alpine passes of the area.
Map of Italy and its major cities. The following is a list of Italian municipalities with a population over 50,000.The table below contains the cities populations as of 31 December 2021, [1] as estimated by the Italian National Institute of Statistics, [2] and the cities census population from the 2011 Italian Census. [3]
The Autostrada A1 or Autostrada del Sole ("Sun motorway") is the longest (760 kilometres (470 mi)) [ 1] autostrada ( Italian for "motorway") in Italy, [ 2][ 3] linking some of the largest cities of the country: Milan, Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples. The Autostrada A1 is located in the regions of Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria ...
Italy has a well developed transport infrastructure. The Italian rail network is extensive (16,723 km (10,391 mi)), especially in the north, and it includes a high-speed rail network that joins the major cities of Italy from Naples through northern cities such as Milan and Turin. The Florence–Rome high-speed railway was the first high-speed ...
one-way driving: the lanes driving in the opposite direction are separated by a crash barrier; there are no intersecting roads but overpasses and underpasses; wider carriageways, with at least 2 (often 3) lanes driving in the same direction, with a larger turning radius. Each lane is 3.75 metres (12.3 ft) wide. [23]
Strada statale 48 delle Dolomiti Strada statale 131 Carlo Felice Strada statale 7 Via Appia. Since the reforms following the birth of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, the State took charge of the construction and maintenance of a primary network of roads for connections between the main cities; in 1865 the Lanza law introduced the classification of roads as national, provincial or municipal (see ...