The ''Tangenziale di Bologna'', or Bologna ring road (officially known as RA 1), is an Italian
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 ...
serving the urban area
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...
.
It runs parallel to
Autostrada A14 from
Casalecchio di Reno
Casalecchio di Reno ( Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.
History
Casalecchio's name is derived from ''Casaliculum'' ("collection of little houses"), and from the presence of ...
, west of Bologna, to
San Lazzaro di Savena
San Lazzaro di Savena ( Bolognese: ) is an Italian ''comune'' (municipality) of some 32,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna.
Geography
The town is located on the Via Emilia, a major thoroughfare for town traffic, ...
, east of Bologna.
It was projected by engineers Francesco Fantoni and Giorgio Mondini; construction works lasted three years, and the infrastructure was inaugurated on 12 July 1967.
References
Buildings and structures completed in 1967
Autostrade in Italy
Transport in Emilia-Romagna
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