Autostrada A5 (Italy)
Controlled-access highway in Italy
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The Autostrada A5 or Autostrada della Valle d'Aosta ("Aosta Valley motorway"), in French Autoroute de la Vallée d'Aoste, is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") in Italy located in the regions of Piedmont and Aosta Valley, which connects Turin to France via Ivrea and Aosta, through the Mont Blanc Tunnel. It is a part of the E25, E64 and E612 European routes.
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| Italian: Autostrada della Valle d'Aosta French: Autoroute de la Vallée d'Aoste Aosta Valley motorway | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Part of E25, E64 and E612 | ||||
| Maintained by ANAS | ||||
| Length | 143.4 km (89.1 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1961–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | Turin | |||
 A4 in Turin A55 in Turin | ||||
| West end | Mont Blanc Tunnel | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Italy | |||
| Regions | Piedmont, Aosta Valley | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Ranked among the most advanced motorways in the country, as it is equipped with special heating systems to prevent the formation of ice on the road surface, it is 143.4 kilometres (89.1 mi) long and is the most expensive motorway in Italy.[1]
Major cities
Autostrada A5 passes through Volpiano, Ivrea, Pont-Saint-Martin, Châtillon, Aosta and Courmayeur.
Route
| TURIN - AOSTA - MONT BLANC Autostrada della Valle d'Aosta | |||||
| Exit | ↓km↓ | ↑km↑ | Province | European Route | |
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  Turin C.so Giulio Cesare | 0.0 km (0 mi) | 143.4 km (89.1 mi) | TO |  E64 E612 | |
  Turin - Trieste tangenziale di Torino Turin Abbadia di Stura Turin Airport Padana Superiore | 1.6 km (0.99 mi) | 141.8 km (88.1 mi) | TO | E612 | |
| Settimo Torinese | 3.8 km (2.4 mi) | 139.6 km (86.7 mi) | TO | E612 | |
 Toll gate Turin nord | 4.0 km (2.5 mi) | 139.4 km (86.6 mi) | TO | E612 | |
| Volpiano | 11.0 km (6.8 mi) | 132.4 km (82.3 mi) | TO | E612 | |
| San Giorgio Canavese | 25.0 km (15.5 mi) | 118.4 km (73.6 mi) | TO | E612 | |
| Scarmagno | 33.0 km (20.5 mi) | 110.4 km (68.6 mi) | TO | E612 | |
 Rest area "Scarmagno" | 35.0 km (21.7 mi) | 108.4 km (67.4 mi) | TO | E612 | |
  Diramazione Ivrea - Santhià Turin - Trieste  Genoa - Gravellona Toce | 37.0 km (23.0 mi) | 106.4 km (66.1 mi) | TO |  E25 E612 | |
| Ivrea | 40.0 km (24.9 mi) | 103.4 km (64.2 mi) | TO | E25 E612 | |
| Quincinetto | 53.0 km (32.9 mi) | 90.4 km (56.2 mi) | TO | E25 | |
| Pont-Saint-Martin | 58.0 km (36.0 mi) | 85.4 km (53.1 mi) | AO | E25 | |
| Verrès | 70.0 km (43.5 mi) | 73.4 km (45.6 mi) | AO | E25 | |
| Châtillon - Saint-Vincent | 81.5 km (50.6 mi) | 61.9 km (38.5 mi) | AO | E25 | |
| Rest area "Châtillon - Saint-Vincent" | 81.6 km (50.7 mi) | 61.8 km (38.4 mi) | AO | E25 | |
| Nus | 93.0 km (57.8 mi) | 50.4 km (31.3 mi) | AO | E25 | |
| Rest area "Les Îles de Brissogne"[a] | 99.0 km (61.5 mi) | 44.4 km (27.6 mi) | AO | E25 | |
| Toll gate Aosta / Aoste | 101.0 km (62.8 mi) | 42.4 km (26.3 mi) | AO | E25 | |
Aosta est / Aosta est  del Gran S. Bernardo / du Grand-St-Bernard Traforo del Gran S. Bernardo / Tunnel du Grand-St-Bernard.svg){kind=small} Italy–Switzerland border | 101.0 km (62.8 mi) | 42.4 km (26.3 mi) | AO | E25 | |
| Rest area "Autoporto / Autoport"[b] | 102.0 km (63.4 mi) | 41.4 km (25.7 mi) | AO | E25 | |
| Aosta ovest / Aoste ouest - Saint-Pierre | 113.0 km (70.2 mi) | 30.4 km (18.9 mi) | AO | E25 | |
| Morgex | 131.0 km (81.4 mi) | 12.4 km (7.7 mi) | AO | E25 | |
| Courmayeur | 139.0 km (86.4 mi) | 4.4 km (2.7 mi) | AO | E25 | |
.svg){kind=small}   Traforo del Monte Bianco / Tunnel du Mont-Blanc  France–Italy border | 143.4 km (89.1 mi) | 0.0 km (0 mi) | AO | E25 | |
A4/A5 Ivrea-Santhià connection
| AUTOSTRADA A4/A5 Ivrea-Santhià connection | |||||
| Exit | ↓km↓ | ↑km↑ | Province | European route | |
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| Turin - Aosta - Mont Blanc | 0.0 km (0 mi) | 23.6 km (14.7 mi) | TO | E25 | |
| Albiano ex  del Lago di Viverone - Ivrea | 7.9 km (4.9 mi) | 15.7 km (9.8 mi) | TO | E25 | |
| Rest area "Viverone" | 13.0 km (8.1 mi) | 10.6 km (6.6 mi) | TO | E25 | |
| Turin - Milan Santhià | 23.5 km (14.6 mi) | 0.1 km (0.062 mi) | VC | E25 | |
 Diramazione Stroppiana - Santhià Genoa - Gravellona Toce | 23.6 km (14.7 mi) | 0.0 km (0 mi) | VC | E25 | |
A5-SS 27 connection
| RACCORDO A5-SS 27 A5-SS 27 connection | |||||
| Exit | ↓km↓ | ↑km↑ | Province | ||
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| Turin - Aosta - Mont Blanc | 0.0 km (0 mi) | 7.9 km (4.9 mi) | AO | ||
 del Gran San Bernardo | 6.1 km (3.8 mi) | 1.8 km (1.1 mi) | |||
| del Gran San Bernardo Great St Bernard Tunnel Italy–Switzerland border | 7.9 km (4.9 mi) | 0.0 km (0 mi) | |||
