Fifty years ago marked the inauguration of one of the public works that helped shorten distances in Central Italy: on July 10, 1969, the first section of the A24 highway was opened, between the Rome Ring Road – Tivoli – Castel Madama. A few months later, on September 14, the Torano – L’Aquila section was opened to traffic.
This shortened the distances between the Capital and the centers of Abruzzo, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Adriatic Sea, which is why the A24 was called the “Two Seas” highway.
The years ’68-’69 included work on the Torano L’Aquila section, which was to be opened to traffic on September 14, 1969.
It lengthens the route from the highway that connects the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seas and brings two regions, Lazio and Abruzzo, closer together.
Photos show construction work between the Torano and l’Aquila interchanges on the A24.
