Autostrada A50, also called ''tangenziale Ovest di Milano'', is a
motorway
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway. Other similar terms i ...
that connects the suburban area of
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
from south-east to north-west, managed by
Milano Serravalle – Milano Tangenziali.
Together with the
A51 (Milan east ring road), the
A58 (Milan external east ring road) and the
A52 (the northern ring road of Milan), it is the largest system of ring roads around a city, for a total length greater than . By adding the urban sections of
A1 and
A4, which runs parallel to the northern ring road by connecting A51 and A50, to the three ring roads, a system of urban motorways is obtained that totally surrounds the city. The traffic flow that affects this stretch of highway is around 250,000 daily transits.
Bilancio 2007 della Milano Serravalle Milano Tangenziali Spa
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References
Buildings and structures completed in 1968
1968 establishments in Italy
A50
Transport in Milan
Ring roads in Italy
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