The Autostrada A5 or Autostrada della Valle d'Aosta ("Aosta Valley motorway"), in French Autoroute de la Vallée d'Aoste, is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway"), which connects Turin and the Aosta Valley to France via Ivrea, through the Mont Blanc Tunnel, in northern Italy.
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| Autostrada della Valle d'Aosta French: Autoroute de la Vallée d'Aoste | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Part of E25, E64 and E612 | ||||
| Maintained by ANAS | ||||
| Length | 143.4 km (89.1 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1961–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | Turin | |||
 A4 in Turin A55 in Turin | ||||
| West end | Mont Blanc Tunnel | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Italy | |||
| Regions | Piedmont, Aosta Valley | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Ranked among the most advanced motorways in the country, as it is equipped with special heating systems to prevent the formation of ice on the road surface, it is 143.4 kilometres (89.1 mi) long and is the most expensive motorway in Italy.[1]
Major cities edit
Autostrada A5 passes through Volpiano, Ivrea, Pont-Saint-Martin, Châtillon, Aosta and Courmayeur.
Route edit
| TORINO - AOSTA - MONT BLANC Autostrada della Valle d'Aosta | |||||
| Exit | ↓km↓ | ↑km↑ | Province | European Route | |
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  Torino C.so Giulio Cesare |
0.0 | 143.4 | TO |  E64 E612
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  Torino - Trieste tangenziale di Torino Torino Abbadia di Stura.svg){kind=small} Turin Caselle Airport Padana Superiore |
1.6 | 141.8 | TO | E612
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| Settimo Torinese |
3.8 | 139.6 | TO | E612
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 Toll gate Torino nord |
4.0 | 139.4 | TO | E612
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| Volpiano |
11.0 | 132.4 | TO | E612
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| San Giorgio Canavese |
25.0 | 118.4 | TO | E612
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| Scarmagno |
33.0 | 110.4 | TO | E612
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 Rest area "Scarmagno" |
35.0 | 108.4 | TO | E612
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  Diramazione Ivrea - Santhià Torino - Trieste  Genova - Gravellona Toce |
37.0 | 106.4 | TO |  E25 E612
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| Ivrea |
40.0 | 103.4 | TO | E25 E612
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| Quincinetto |
53.0 | 90.4 | TO | E25
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| Pont-Saint-Martin |
58.0 | 85.4 | AO | E25
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| Verrès |
70.0 | 73.4 | AO | E25
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| Châtillon - Saint-Vincent |
81.5 | 61.9 | AO | E25
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| Rest area "Châtillon - Saint-Vincent" |
81.6 | 61.8 | AO | E25
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| Nus |
93.0 | 50.4 | AO | E25
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| Rest area "Les Îles de Brissogne"[2] |
99.0 | 44.4 | AO | E25
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| Toll gate Aosta / Aoste |
101.0 | 42.4 | AO | E25
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Aosta est / Aoste est  del Gran S. Bernardo / du Grand-St-Bernard Traforo del Gran S. Bernardo / Tunnel du Grand-St-Bernard.svg){kind=small} Italy–Switzerland border |
101.0 | 42.4 | AO | E25
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| Rest area "Autoporto / Autoport"[3] |
102.0 | 41.4 | AO | E25
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| Aosta ovest / Aoste ouest - Saint-Pierre |
113.0 | 30.4 | AO | E25
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| Morgex |
131.0 | 12.4 | AO | E25
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| Courmayeur |
139.0 | 4.4 | AO | E25
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.svg){kind=small}   Traforo del Monte Bianco / Tunnel du Mont-Blanc  France–Italy border |
143.4 | 0.0 | AO | E25
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A4/A5 Ivrea-Santhià connection edit
| AUTOSTRADA A4/A5 Ivrea-Santhià connection | |||||
| Exit | ↓km↓ | ↑km↑ | Province | European route | |
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| Torino - Aosta |
0.0 | 23.6 | TO | E25
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| Albiano ex  del Lago di Viverone - Ivrea |
7.9 | 15.7 | TO | E25
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| Rest area "Viverone" |
13.0 | 10.6 | TO | E25
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| Torino - Milano Santhià |
23.5 | 0.1 | VC | E25
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 Diramazione Stroppiana - Santhià Genova - Gravellona Toce |
23.6 | 0.0 | VC | E25
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A5-SS 27 connection edit
| RACCORDO A5-SS 27 A5-SS 27 connection | |||||
| Exit | ↓km↓ | ↑km↑ | Province | ||
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| Torino - Aosta - Monte Bianco |
0 | 7.9 | AO | ||
 del Gran San Bernardo |
6,1 | 1.8 | |||
| del Gran San Bernardo Great St Bernard Tunnel Italy–Switzerland border |
7.9 | 0.0 | |||
See also edit
Other Italian roads edit
References edit
External links edit
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