[I] Autostrade e Superstrade • Italian highways and freeways

[GENIUS LOCI]

Originally Posted by Verso

Umm, dude, no offence, but this is Shanghai.

[GENIUS LOCI]

Originally Posted by Rohne

Also, I'm interested in the AADT numbers of Italian Autostradas.

This could be an interesting website http://www.aiscat.it/

[GENIUS LOCI]

A curious system (adopted even in other countries, as I saw in a very old thread here on SSC) to shift rapidly the barriers which divide the two directions

Here used for a provisional barrier due to the works to enlarge a viaduct on A6 Torino Savona; the stretch is between Mondovì and Carrù and they shift the barriers to leave the direction with more traffic (e.g. the direction to Savona, to the sea, during w.e., the direction to Torino Sunday afternoon/evening) always with one more lane





http://www.snoline.com/sicurezzatraffico/qmb.html

[TohrAlkimista]

impressive the last pic!


where is it?

[mgk920]

That is what is called a 'Zipper' barrier. There are several such installations here in the USA, some of them semi-permanent. A few permanent ones that I know of are on the Tappan Zee bridge (I-87 over the Hudson River north of NYC), I-H1 west of the main airport (between I-H2 and I-H201) in Honolulu and along I-93 south of downtown Boston. There are a few other temporary construction zone 'Zippers' in the USA, too.

Mike

[Wilhem275]

Imagine using that in the opposite way, reducing and not widening the road, what a mess

[GENIUS LOCI]

Time for Roma now (I really like its network of urban/suburban expressways/motorways)

[radi6404]

fucking awesome BLACK motorways.

[SCWTC4]

the viaduct in the last picture probaby will be torn down sometime in the next years

[GENIUS LOCI]

Originally Posted by SCWTC4

the viaduct in the last picture probaby will be torn down sometime in the next years

Yeah: when the new stretch of 'tangenziale' (u/c just a pic before) will be ready they will tear down this 'historical' monsterpiece... ehm... masterpiece of Italian Capital 'architecture'

[TohrAlkimista]

Does anybody knows what's the translation of Tangenziale in english? I mean is only an italian thing?

[wyqtor]

Originally Posted by TohrAlkimista

Does anybody knows what's the translation of Tangenziale in english? I mean is only an italian thing?

Well, I guess it would be "bypass", as in a motorway bypassing a city. Then again, I'm not Italian so I might be wrong

[TohrAlkimista]

They are like motorways, mostly free, that sorrounds the cities, they are a link between the urban roads and the motorways.

Dunno...I'm confused...

[Verso]

Tangenziale = tangent. Hehe, it may be funny, but that's it. They are like a tangent of a city/town. They are still motorways though, they just wanna tell you it's a bypass. Sth more about your country from me.

[Alien x]

I wish I could find some pictures of the tunnel (or map) under Monte Mario (4km) and its intersections. Its one of the most impressive newer project in Rome (including GRA and increased capacity of Ro-Fiu for the purposes of the Nuova fiera di Roma to name some) which connects tangenziale est to the northern section of Rome including 4 underground intersections.

[GENIUS LOCI]

Originally Posted by SCWTC4

the viaduct in the last picture probaby will be torn down sometime in the next years

Some pics of the so called 'sopraelevata'









Work in progress for new 'Tangenziale Est'
(april 2007)







plan





http://www.acj.it/tangest/

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangenziale_Est_di_Roma

now


in the future




http://www.amicidelmostro.org/m_stori/stori.htm

[GENIUS LOCI]

Originally Posted by Alien x

I wish I could find some pictures of the tunnel (or map) under Monte Mario (4km) and its intersections.

Here a map of Giovanni XXIII tunnel

[Wilhem275]

The "sopraelevata" triangle is the one you see from train, entering Termini station from Pescara or Napoli AV lines?

Aren't those the (in)famous viaducts where poor Fantozzi catched the bus "on the run"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62dh8wz5oj0

[GENIUS LOCI]

Originally Posted by Wilhem275

Aren't those the (in)famous viaducts where poor Fantozzi catched the bus "on the run"?

correct

[Wilhem275]

LOL they should be kept as historical pieces