Strada statale 44 del Passo di Giovo (SS 44) is a motorway which connects

Etschtal The Etschtal, it, Val d'Adige or Valle dell'Adige, italic=no, is the name given to that part of alpine valley of the Adige in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, which stretches from Merano to Bolzano and from Salorno to Rovereto. South of Rovereto, ...

(Valle dell'Adige) with

Eisacktal Eisack Valley ( it, Valle Isarco ; german: Eisacktal) is a district ( it, comprensorio; german: Bezirksgemeinschaft) in South Tyrol, Italy. It comprises the middle part of the valley of the Eisack, from Franzensfeste in the north to Waidbruck in t ...

(Valle Isarco) passing through

Passeier Valley The Passeier Valley (german: Passeier or ; it, Passiria or Val Passiria ) is the valley of the Passer river, in the mountains of South Tyrol, northern Italy. The Passer river is a left-bank tributary to the Adige. At the mouth of the valley, whe ...

and Jaufen Valley. It originates in

Merano Merano (, , ) or Meran () is a city and ''comune'' in South Tyrol, northern Italy. Generally best known for its spa resorts, it is located within a basin, surrounded by mountains standing up to above sea level, at the entrance to the Passeier V ...

from the Strada statale 38 dello Stelvio and ends in

Sterzing Sterzing (; it, Vipiteno ) is a comune in South Tyrol in northern Italy. It is the main town of the southern Wipptal, and the Eisack River flows through the medieval town. History Origin The town traces its roots to 14 B.C., when Nero Claudius ...

joining the

Strada statale 12 dell'Abetone e del Brennero Strada statale 12 dell'Abetone e del Brennero (SS 12) (german: Brennerstaatsstraße)Esempio concreto di utilizzo negli atti normativi ufficiali: in Bollettino Ufficiale n. 36/I-II del 1.9.2009 - Regione Autonoma Trentino-Alto Adige (http://www.r ...

. The road, detached from the SS 38 dello Stelvio, goes up Passeier Valley up to

St. Leonhard in Passeier St. Leonhard in Passeier (; it, San Leonardo in Passiria ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Passeier Valley in South Tyrol, northern Italy, located about north of Bolzano. Geography As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 3,547 and ...

; here begins the ascent to

Jaufen Pass The Jaufen Pass (german: Jaufenpass, it, Passo di Monte Giovo) (el. 2,094 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the South Tyrol in Italy. It connects Meran and Sterzing on the road to the Brenner Pass. It is the northernmost p ...

, whence the name, where it reaches its maximum altitude. The stretch between St. Leonhard in Passeier and Sterzing was built by the Austrian military in 1912. From here, the road descends to Jaufen Valley until it joins SS 12 del Brennero. In St. Leonhard in Passeier, the main valley branches off to the north-west, through which the SS 44 bis continues, leading to

Timmelsjoch Timmelsjoch ( it, Passo del Rombo), (elevation ) is a high mountain pass that creates a link through the Ötztal Alps along the border between Austria and Italy. The Timmelsjoch connects the Ötztal valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), ...

and to the border with the

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

References

{{State highways in Italy 44 bis Transport in South Tyrol