Autostrada A9 (Italy)
| Autostrada A9 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autostrada dei Laghi (Lakes Motorway) | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Part of E35 | ||||
| Maintained by ANAS | ||||
| Length | 31.5 km (19.6 mi) | |||
| Existed | 21 September 1924–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | Lainate (A8) | |||
| A8 in Lainate A36 in Turate A59 in Grandate (Como) | ||||
| North end | Chiasso, Switzerland (Swiss A2) | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Italy | |||
| Regions | Lombardy | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The Autostrada A9 is an Italian motorway approximately 31.5 kilometres (19.6 mi) long, located entirely within the Lombardy region of northern Italy. It connects the A8 motorway at Lainate, near Milan, to Como and the Swiss border at Chiasso, where it joins the Swiss A2 motorway. The route is part of the European route E35.
Together with the A8 motorway (which connects Milan to Varese), the A9 forms part of the Autostrada dei Laghi ("Lakes Motorway"). This network, whose first section (Milan–Varese) was inaugurated on 21 September 1924, was the world's first purpose-built motorway reserved for motor vehicles.