Saturday, August 17, 2024: Intense Traffic and Disruptions on Italian Highways
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the day of Saturday 17 August 2024 is experiencing notably heavy traffic on major Italian highways, with numerous slowdowns, queues, and disruptions due to vacation travel and unforeseen events like fires and system failures. Notable incidents include a 4 km tailback between Carpi and the A22/A1 Milan-Napoli junction due to heavy traffic on the A22,and a critical situation on the A1 Milan-Napoli,where a fire between the A1/Northern Rome junction and Guidonia Montecelio has caused traffic to be blocked with queues extending up to 3 km. Below is a detailed overview of the current situation and reported incidents.
A14 Bologna-Taranto
12:55 PM: Intermittent queues between Faenza and forlì towards Taranto due to heavy traffic. The affected stretch spans from km 81.6 to km 64.5, covering 17.1 km.
12:55 PM: Intermittent queues between Rimini Nord and the A14/Ravenna branch junction towards Bologna due to heavy traffic. The affected section extends from km 56.7 to km 117.3, a length of 60.6 km.
12:52 PM: Strong winds between Cattolica and Ancona Sud in both directions. The affected section is 86.2 km, from km 230.4 to km 144.2.
12:33 PM: Intermittent queues between Vasto Sud and Porto Sant’Elpidio towards Ancona due to heavy traffic.The affected stretch is 183 km, from km 270.8 to km 453.8. 11:29 AM: Queue forming at Vasto Sud in both directions due to heavy traffic.
09:17 AM: Camper service closed at the Sangro West service area towards taranto.
A1 Milan-Napoli
12:55 PM: Slow traffic between A1-Variant and Badia junction towards Florence due to heavy traffic. The affected section is 17 km, from km 17.0 to km 0.0.
12:52 PM: Queue of 2 km between Sasso Marconi Nord and the A1-Variant junction towards Naples due to a disabled vehicle. The affected stretch spans from km 210.1 to km 206.0.
12:50 PM: Queue of 1 km between Guidonia Montecelio and the A1/northern Rome junction towards Milan due to a fire. The affected section ranges from km 539.0 to km 540.0.
12:50 PM: Queue of 3 km between the A1/Northern Rome junction and Guidonia Montecelio towards Naples due to a fire.Recommended entry to naples: South Rome on A1 ROME ROME SUD – GRA. Recommended exit from Florence: A1 Roma Nord.
Italian Highway Traffic Updates – 2024/07/03 14:35:00
A1 Milan-Naples
Ore 12:58: Slowed traffic Between Piacenza Sud and Corte Sant’Andrea in the direction of Bologna for intense traffic. The section ranges from km 104.0 to km 111.0 for a length of 7.0 km.Drivers are advised to proceed with caution and take advantage of both directions for intense traffic.
A12 Genoa-Roma
Ore 11:32: Coda Between Genoa est and crossroads A12/A7 Milan-Genova towards Genoa for intense traffic. The section ranges from 1.0 km to km 4.2 for a length of 3.2 km.
A23 Palmanova-Tarvisio
Ore 12:36: Coda 4 km between Pontebba and Ugovizza In the direction of the State border for congested traffic. The section ranges from 105.2 km to km 101.2.
Ore 12:08: Coda 1 km between Tarvisio Sud and Ugovizza towards Autostrada Torino-Trieste for highway for congested traffic. The section ranges from 105.2 km to km 107.0.
Ore 11:07: Coda Incoming to the barrier of Omotizza towards Autostrada Torino-Trieste for highway for intense traffic.
Ore 10:45: Slowed traffic Between Udine Nord and Gemona Osoppo In the direction of the State border for intense traffic. The section involved is 2 km from km 42.0 to km 40.0.
Ore 10:15: Coda out of the barrier of Omotizza In the direction of the State border for intense traffic.
Ore 08:57: Strong wind Between Gemona Osoppo and Carnia In both directions. The affected section is 14.7 km from km 59.6 to km 44.9.
A4 Turin-Trieste
ore 12:01: Coda