Autostrada A16 (Italy)

The Autostrada A16 or Autostrada dei Due Mari ("Two seas motorway") is an autostrada (Italian for "motorway") 172.5 kilometres (107.2 mi) long in Italy located in the regions of Campania and Apulia connecting Naples to Canosa di Puglia, before merging with the Autostrada A14.

Autostrada A16
Autostrada dei Due Mari Two seas motorway
Route information
Part of E842
Maintained by ANAS
Length	172.5 km (107.2 mi)
Existed	1969–present
Major junctions
West end	Naples
Major intersections	A1 in Afragola A1, A2 and A30 in Nola A2 and RA 2 in Avellino RA 9 in Benevento A12 in Cerignola
East end	Canosa di Puglia
Location
Country	Italy
Regions	Campania, Apulia
Highway system
Roads in Italy Autostrade State Regional Provincial Municipal
← A 15 → A 17

The road is also known as "Autostrada dei Due Mari" ("Two seas motorway") because it connects Naples, on the Tyrrhenian coast, with Bari, on the Adriatic coast. It is a part of the E842 European route.

On the night of 28 July 2013, a serious traffic accident occurred on the A16 near Avellino when a coach carrying pilgrims fell off a flyover into a ravine. At least 39 people, including the driver, were killed and many others injured.^[1]

The acclaimed^[2] A16 Restaurants in San Francisco and Oakland, California, feature food from Campania region and are named for this motorway.