Autostrada dei Laghi (first toll motorway)
Autostrada dei Laghi (primera autopista de peaje)
- Date
- 21 de septiembre de 1924 · confidence high
- Place
- Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- Credited to
- Piero Puricelli
- Field
- Movement
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
A road exclusively for motor vehicles between Milan and Varese opened in 1924, with a single carriageway, limited access and tolls, devised by the engineer Piero Puricelli. It is the first toll motorway designed for fast traffic with no crossings.
Berlin's AVUS (1921) is often cited as the first motorway, but it was built as a racetrack; the Autostrada dei Laghi is the first open to general traffic and tolled.
What it led to
- European motorways from the German Autobahn to the Autostrada del Sole
- car-based long-distance planning