{"id":81756,"date":"2019-09-27T10:26:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T08:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stradadeiparchi.it\/a24-and-a25-fifty-years-of-highways-the-first-major-work-the-lo-stonio-tunnel\/"},"modified":"2019-09-27T10:26:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T08:26:10","slug":"a24-and-a25-fifty-years-of-highways-the-first-major-work-the-lo-stonio-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stradadeiparchi.it\/en\/a24-and-a25-fifty-years-of-highways-the-first-major-work-the-lo-stonio-tunnel\/","title":{"rendered":"A24 and A25, fifty years of highways. The first major work: the Lo Stonio Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 605px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-81756-1\" width=\"605\" height=\"605\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stradadeiparchi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A24-E-A25-CINQUANTANNI-DI-AUTOSTRADA-Le-immagini-che-raccontano-i-lavori-pe....mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stradadeiparchi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A24-E-A25-CINQUANTANNI-DI-AUTOSTRADA-Le-immagini-che-raccontano-i-lavori-pe....mp4\">http:\/\/www.stradadeiparchi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A24-E-A25-CINQUANTANNI-DI-AUTOSTRADA-Le-immagini-che-raccontano-i-lavori-pe....mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Fifty years ago marked the inauguration of one of the public works that helped shorten distances in Central Italy: on <strong>July 10, 1969, the first section of the A24 highway was opened<\/strong>, between the Rome Ring Road &#8211; Tivoli &#8211; Castel Madama. A few months later, on September 14, the Torano &#8211; L&#8217;Aquila section was opened to traffic.<br \/>\nThis shortened the distances between <strong>the Capital and the centers of Abruzzo<\/strong>, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Adriatic Sea, which is why the A24 was called the &#8220;Two Seas&#8221; highway. <\/p>\n<p>We have collected images chronicling the work to build the A24 and A25 highways from the late 1960s, to the opening of the Gran Sasso Tunnel, to the New Complanari<\/p>\n<p><strong>The first major work was the Lo Stonio Tunnel on the A24 between Tivoli and Castel Madama, built between 1967 and 1968.<\/strong> It was the first among the 54 tunnels on the entire highway network. It is 1240 meters long  <\/p>\n<p>The initiative that led to the construction of this highway, and also of the A25, dates back to 1960, with the establishment of the Societ\u00e0 Autostrada Roma &#8211; Civitavecchia, which later, in 1961, became the Societ\u00e0 Autostrade Romane. The A24 highway is immersed in an extraordinary naturalistic landscape, and offers <strong>the fastest and most direct connection between the city of Rome,<\/strong> penetrating like no other highway a few kilometers away from the historic center, and <strong>Abruzzo<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8211; Tivoli &#8211; &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stradadeiparchi.it\/en\/a24-and-a25-fifty-years-of-highways-the-first-major-work-the-lo-stonio-tunnel\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A24 and A25, fifty years of highways. 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