Road haulage
Useful information for hauliers
Autostrade per l'Italia stands by the hauliers to ensure utmost safety and increase the comfort of motorway users.
Information for overpass transits
This section contains a list of motorway overpasses (pertaining to the road network of other Entities), whose design and construction characteristics (1960s/80s) do not allow the transit of vehicles with a gross laden mass exceeding a specific threshold, indicated next to each overpass, within the document.
Any occasional transit of vehicles with a gross laden mass exceeding this threshold must be priorly authorised by the authority owning the overpassing roadway, which must obtain the technical authorisation of the Motorway Regional Headquarters.
To ensure that road haulage operators are provided with correct and complete information, please be informed that the transit authorisation must be requested from the Entity owning and/or managing the road (Art. 10 paragraph 6 of the Motorway Code) overpassing the motorway. The Entity concerned will ask the Company to conduct the technical assessments required to verify the compatibility of the load pattern to be authorised with the structural characteristics of the asset, granting the Entity a specific authorization upon favourable outcome. This authorisation may be used by the Entity to authorise all the special heavy vehicles having the same load pattern. Please note that Autostrada per l'Italia may not directly grant transit authorisations on roads outside its jurisdiction and in no way can the road-owning Entity delegate to third parties the power to issue authorisations.
Network-wide services
Autostrade per l'Italia provides hauliers with 18 Service Areas with dedicated spaces and car parks with over 6,000 spaces reserved for trucks and coaches.
9 Service Areas along the network also offer dedicated areas with toilets and showers.
Moreover, there are 7,530 parking spaces for trucks and coaches located along the operated routes.
An important initiative dedicated to truck drivers is the Health Check Facility: an innovative and free service, offered by Autostrade per l'Italia in collaboration with the Italian Red Cross, which allows hauliers to undergo a health check in the Service Area, thanks to the on-site assistance of qualified Italian Red Cross personnel. The service is available from Monday to Friday from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, in the Brianza Nord Service Area (A4 Milan-bound, km 148.4) and Cantagallo Ovest (A1 Naples-bound, km 199).
Winter operations
In the event of snowfall along Autostrade per l'Italia's network, joint Protocols with the Traffic Police are enforced to ensure the safety of users and the operation of snow prevention vehicles. Autostrade per l'Italia invites all road hauliers to properly equip themselves for the winter season.
In this regard, from November until 15 April, on all motorway sections most exposed to the risk of snowfall or ice, users are required to have snow tyres fitted or snow chains on board, in compliance with the orders issued by the Autostrade per l’Italia’s Regional Headquarters locally in charge.
Users are informed of the obligation to have snow tyres fitted or snow chains on board through road signs placed along motorway sections and entry toll gates covered by the orders.
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