The GRA or Grande Raccordo Anulare (literally, "Greater Ring Junction") is a toll-free, ring-shaped orbital motorway, 68,2 km (42,6 mi) in circumference that encircles Rome. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Its acronym was given after one of its main designers and supporters, Eugenio Gra, chairman of ANAS, the Italian roads Authority, at the time of construction.
The official number among the Italian motorways is A90, although barely known and not found anywhere on road signs. It's widely known by Romans as Il Raccordo ("The Junction").
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History
Plans for an orbital road around Rome were proposed by the end of the World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including One of the designers' main purposes was to build the road as most equally distant as possible from the geographic centre of town, the Campidoglio, 11,4 km (7 mi) away from the motorway. The Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the seven hills of Rome.
Construction works started in the late 1940s. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be The first section, Flaminia to Tiburtina (north-to-east section) opened in 1952, later extended in stages. The Via Flaminia was a Roman road leading from Rome to Ariminum ( Rimini) and was the most important route to the north Via Tiburtina is an ancient road of Italy leading east-northeast from Rome to Tivoli (Latin Tibur) Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The last section to be opened was the west-to-north section (Aurelia to Flaminia), in 1970. The Via Aurelia was a Roman road constructed around the year 241 BC. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Although the GRA was initially planned and built as a single-carriageway road, it was soon clear that traffic was rapidly growing well beyond the expectations. Upgrade works to motorway standards started in late 1950s with first dual-carriageway, four-lane section (Salaria to Tuscolana) opened 1962. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive A dual carriageway or divided highway is a road or Highway in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a central barrier or strip of land known as a Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Upgrade works to 6-lane started in 1983 and were completed in stages throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 As of April 2008 97% of the GRA is 6-lane with final sections expected to open by late 2008. International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
A New GRA
It has been suggested that a second ring might be constructed in the future, firstly as an attempt to alleviate congestion on the old one and secondly to offer access to a number of new industrial, commercial and residential zones built around it. Such a project would imply a new external ring-shaped orbital motorway of about 120 kilometers (75 mi), which would cost over €5 billion.
See also
- Périphérique (Paris)
- M25 motorway (London)
- Capital Beltway (Washington, DC)
- Highway 407 ETR (Toronto)
- MKAD (Moscow)
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Boulevard Périphérique is a Ring road ( Périphérique) around Paris. To see information about the M25 motorway under construction in Ireland, see N25 road. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Interstate 495 (abbreviated I-495) is a Freeway -class Interstate highway which circles Washington D Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Highway 407, officially called the 407 Express Toll Route (ETR, is a Tollway located in the Greater Toronto Area, southern Ontario, Canada Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario MKAD is a Beltway encircling the City of Moscow. The name is a transliteration of the Russian word МКАД, an Acronym Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of
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