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From: Options for reducing external costs from freight transport along the Brenner corridor
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IN SOUTH TYROL | |||||
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Infrastructure | Length | Management | Infrastructural features | Limits set | Ongoing projects |
Brenner Railway | 120 km | Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) [Italian Railway Network] | Structure: double track; Gauge: 1435 mm; Power supply: electricity (3000 V); Stations: 15 (4 main; 6 intermediate; 5 local); Maximum slope: 25‰ | Varies according to train classification | New High-Capacity/High-Speed Helsinki-La Valletta Palermo Railway, Brenner Base Tunnel |
A22 Motorway | 116 km | Autostrada del Brennero S.p.A. | Structure: dual carriageway, 2 lanes in each direction Maximum slope: 45.9‰ Tollbooths: 24 Safety Centres: 6 Service Centres: 6 Service Areas: 22 Variable Message Signs: 105 | Light vehicles: 130 km/h (Modena-Bolzano); 110 km/h (Bolzano-Brenner) Heavy vehicles: 80 km/h 60 km/h (between 54 km and 85 km) | BrennerLEC (2015–2021) C-ROADS Italy (2017–2020) URSA MAJOR II (2014–2018) |
SS12 state road | 120 km | Autonomous Province of Bolzano | Structure: single carriageway, 1 lane in each direction Maximum slope: 45.9‰ Connections with the A22 motorway: 9 Traffic detection stations: 11 | Light vehicles: 90 km/h (variable) Heavy vehicles: 80–50 km/h Brenner-Vipiteno (maximum limit of 20 t southbound) 80–50 km/h Bressanone Varna-Bressanone Albes: maximum limit of 7.5 t | Risk mitigation works Ring roads and Bressanone, Varna, Bronzolo, Laives, and Pineta di Laives tunnels |