Autostrada A9 (Italy)

Autostrada A9
Autostrada A9
Autostrada dei Laghi
Route information
	Part of E35
	Maintained by ANAS
Length	31.5 km (19.6 mi)
Existed	1924–present
Major junctions
South end	Lainate
	A8 in Lainate; A36 in Lomazzo/Turate; A59 in Como
North end	Como
Location
Country	Italy
Regions	Lombardy
Highway system
	Roads in Italy; Autostrade; State; Regional; Provincial; Municipal;

The Autostrada A9 or Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway") is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 31.5 kilometres (19.6 mi) long in northern Italy. It connects to the Autostrada A8 at Lainate, near Milan, and it reaches Como, on the Lake Como, and Chiasso, on the Italy–Switzerland border, where it connects to the Swiss road network (Gotthard Motorway).

Autostrada A9 is commonly defined, together with the Autostrada A8, as the "Autostrada dei Laghi". The Autostrada A8 connects Milan to Varese (on the Lake of Varese) and connects Milan to Gallarate and Sesto Calende on Lake Maggiore and on Lake Monate (now part of the Gallarate - Gattico connection, also part of the Autostrada dei Laghi). Inaugurated in 1924, Autostrada dei Laghi is the first motorway built in the world.^[1]^[2]

^ Lenarduzzi, Thea (30 January 2016). "The motorway that built Italy: Piero Puricelli's masterpiece". The Independent. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
^ "The "Milano-Laghi" by Piero Puricelli, the first motorway in the world". Retrieved 10 May 2022.

[independent-1] Lenarduzzi, Thea (30 January 2016). "The motorway that built Italy: Piero Puricelli's masterpiece". The Independent. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

[motorwebmuseum-2] "The "Milano-Laghi" by Piero Puricelli, the first motorway in the world". Retrieved 10 May 2022.

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