History
It was called A2 from the time during its construction (1956–1964) until 21 July 1988, when the direct connection link between the A2 and the A1 from Milan to Rome was completed. The renaming of the whole stretch followed soon after. The direct connection allows a way to avoid the
Grande Raccordo Anulare of Rome (the A90 highway).
Motorway of the Mediterranean (2017)
On 22 December 2016
ANAS announced that the
A3 highway This is a list of roads designated A3. Roads entries are sorted in the countries alphabetical order.
* A003 road (Argentina), a road connecting the junction with National Route 9 and Camino de Cintura to Tigre
* ''A3 road (Australia)'' may refer ...
, along the
Salerno
Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...
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Reggio Calabria
Reggio di Calabria ( scn, label= Southern Calabrian, Riggiu; el, label= Calabrian Greek, Ρήγι, Rìji), usually referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the largest city in Calabria. It has an estimated popul ...
section and a section of the
RA2 would change its name to A2 "''Autostrada del Mediterraneo''" (literally "Motorway of the Mediterranean").
The new name was officially put into effect by a ministerial decree on 13 June 2017.
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Autostrada A2 Italy 1962-1988
Autostrade in Italy