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The Autostrada A3 Napoli-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Naples to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. It runs through three regions: Campania (171 km), Basilicata (30 km) and Calabria (293.9 km). Due to sections not being originally constructed to anywhere near Motorway standard and to the notoriously poor conditions of maintenance, and also to the extremely difficult terrain along some of the route, EG Sfalassa Gorge, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy. Italian historian Leandra D'Antone has defined it "a true Italian shame".〔 ''...una vera e propria «vergogna italiana»'', in (La storia della Salerno Reggio Calabria ), book about Salerno-Reggio Calabria〕 The European Union declines to classify the road as a “motorway” due to the decades-long roadwork restrictions on a supposedly modern road〔''Organised crime may be behind problems with southern motorway: Awkward questions remain about Italian infrastructure'', in ()〕 and seeks recompense for its financial contributions.〔http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/07/the-mafia-built-highway-that-could-cost-italy-471-million.html〕 ==History== The first stretch of the road to be completed was the Naples-Pompeii section, finished on 22 June 1929. The connection onward to Salerno was completed on 16 July 1961. In 1964 the Italian government decided to build a motorway which connected the rest of Italy to Calabria, so far considered a kind of "Third Island" (together with Sicily and Sardinia), due to the nature of its terrain, which made it problematic to reach the region. The new motorway was built in a total of 8 years, the works being delivered on 13 June 1974. The road built by 1974 is more similar to a sub-standard freeway (Italian: ''strada statale'', "state road") than to the other ''autostrade'' (motorways) in Italy.〔 ''l'autostrada, completamente statale e senza pedaggio, con le sue due corsie, somiglia più ad una strada statale'' (Salerno-Reggio Calabria: L’autostrada che non c'è ), La Soria siamo noi, Rai Educational, in which the A3 is defined "the most devastated motorway stretch in Italy".〕 Queues became a common feature, especially in summer. To solve the situation, the Italian government funded renovation works in 1997. , many of them are still ongoing, despite it being announced in 1993 that the works would be completed by 2003.〔Completion of the upgrade work has been, as of 2010, postponed to 2012-13, see: (Autostrade: Salerno-Reggio Calabria pronta per 2012-2013 ), ItaliaInformazione, July 8, 2009〕 The EU antifraud investigation of works undertaken between 2007 and 2010 together with the repayment of over €300m to the EU in July 2012 have delayed completion of the upgrade works even further.〔〔() Italy Repays €307m to EU after Road Project Mafia Corruption.〕 The cost of the upgrade to date (August 2013) is projected to reach over €10bn by the time it is eventually completed, perhaps by 2018. The section from Salerno and Reggio Calabria alone, 442 km long, will cost €10bn with the rest spent on widening/upgrades already completed between Naples and Salerno. €7.443 Bn has been spent so far on parts of the 442 km section between Salerno and Reggio Calabria 〔() Stradaneanas Works Update (in Italian)〕〔(repubblica.it ) Around €10bn projected for Salerno = Reggio upgrade 06 March 2011 (in Italian)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Autostrada A3 (Italy)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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