Autostrada RA15 (Italy)

Controlled-access highway in Italy

Raccordo autostradale 15

Motorway connection 15

Route information

Part of E45

Maintained by ANAS

Length

23.3 km (14.5 mi)

Existed

1985–present

Major junctions

Beltway around Catania

North end

San Gregorio di Catania

Major intersections

A18 in San Gregorio di Catania

A19 in Catania

South end

Misterbianco

Location

Country

Italy

Regions

Sicily

Highway system

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The Autostrada RA15, also known as Raccordo autostradale 15 (RA 15; "Motorway connection 1") or Tangenziale di Catania ("Catania ring road") or Catania's By Pass (West), is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 23.3 kilometres (14.5 mi) long in Italy to contour Catania in Sicily, running from north to south, west of the city. It is managed by ANAS.^[1] It is a part of the E45 European route. The Raccordo autostradale 15 was opened on 28 May 1985 and was called T09 until the 1990s.

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

Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province	European Route
RACCORDO AUTOSTRADALE 15 Autostrada RA15 Tangenziale di Catania
Messina-Catania Diramazione Catania nord	0.0	23.3	CT	E45
Gravina	2.8	20.5
Catania - San Giovanni Galermo	4.5	18.8
Catania Ovest - Misterbianco	9.6	13.7
Catania San Giorgio	12.4	10.9
Rest area "San Giorgio"	13.4	9.9
Palermo - Catania Asse attrezzato	14.9	8.4
Catania Sud Catania–Fontanarossa Airport Asse dei servizi	16.1	7.2
Zona industriale I (Nord) Asse di spina Est-Ovest	17.1	6.2
Catania-Siracusa	19.9	3.5
Zona industriale II (Sud)	20.7	2.6		--
Orientale Sicula	23.3	0.0		--

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.

A18 Northern Catania connection

Exit	↓km↓	↑km↑	Province	European Route
A18 DIRAMAZIONE CATANIA NORD A18 Northern Catania connection
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