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Italian:
“automobile road”,
Plural:
Autostrade
Related Topics:
road
expressway
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autostrada

Italian highway
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History

autostrada, national Italian expressway system built by the government as toll roads. The first, from Venice to Turin, was begun in 1924; construction was continuing in the early 1980s. The autostrada has three undivided lanes on a 33-foot (10-metre) roadway with 3-ft shoulders. Access is limited, with restrictions on commercial vehicles.