Autostrada A17 (Italy)

Autostrada A17
Autostrada A17
Route information
	Maintained by ANAS
Length	242 km (150 mi)
Existed	1969–1973
Major junctions
West end	Naples
East end	Bari
Location
Country	Italy
Regions	Campania and Apulia
Highway system
	Roads in Italy; Autostrade; State; Regional; Provincial; Municipal;

The Autostrada A17 was the name of the autostrada (Italian for "motorway") section 242 kilometres (150 mi) long between Naples and Bari, used from its opening in 1969 until the inauguration of the Lanciano-Canosa di Puglia section of the Autostrada A14 in 1973,^[1] which created a continuous connection between Bologna and Bari. Autostrada A17 crossed the Italian Peninsula from west to east and thus connected the Tyrrhenian Sea with the Adriatic Sea.

The section from Naples to Canosa di Puglia was later renamed Autostrada A16, while the section connecting Canosa di Puglia to Bari was integrated into Autostrada A14.^[2]

The reasoning behind the renaming of the Naples to Canosa section is unclear, however an urban legend was formed in which, due to the high accident rate of the section, it was renamed to dispel the bad fortune brought on by the number 17, which signifies bad luck in Italy.^[3]

Until then the A16 numbering was used by the motorway section that connected Rome to Civitavecchia which, as a consequence, took on the new A12 numbering. After being decommissioned, A17 numbering was never used for any other Italian motorway.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Dani, Filiberto (April 5, 1973). "É completata l'autostrada "Adriatica" (si andrà veloci dal Nord fino in Puglia)". La Stampa. p. 8. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
^ Merzagora, Eugenio A. "Strade". TeleTransport. Archived from the original on December 13, 2004. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Di Fiore, Gigi (July 30, 2013). "Pullman nella scarpata, la strana storia del viadotto voluto dai politici". il Messaggero. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

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[1] Dani, Filiberto (April 5, 1973). "É completata l'autostrada "Adriatica" (si andrà veloci dal Nord fino in Puglia)". La Stampa. p. 8. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

[2] Merzagora, Eugenio A. "Strade". TeleTransport. Archived from the original on December 13, 2004. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

[messaggero-3] Di Fiore, Gigi (July 30, 2013). "Pullman nella scarpata, la strana storia del viadotto voluto dai politici". il Messaggero. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

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Major routes	A1 A2 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 ~~A17~~ A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30 A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A53 A91 Catania-Siracusa Sistiana-Rabuiese SPV
Beltways	A50, A51, A52, A58 (Milan) A54 (Pavia) A55 (Turin) A56 (Naples) A57 (Venice) A59 (Como) A60 (Varese) A90–GRA (Rome) RA 01 (Bologna) RA 15 (Catania)
Road tunnels	T1 Mont Blanc T2 Great St Bernard T3 Bargagli-Ferriere Tunnel T4 Fréjus
Junctions	RA 2 RA 3 RA 4 RA 5 RA 6 RA 7 RA 8 RA 9 RA 10 RA 11 RA 12 RA 13 RA 14 RA 16 ~~RA 17~~

Autostrada A17 (Italy)

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