Editing Abruzzo (section)

== Transport ==
{{See also|Abruzzo International Airport|Port of Pescara|Adriatic railway|Autostrada A14 (Italy)|Autostrada A24 (Italy)|Autostrada A25 (Italy)}}

=== Airports ===
*[[Abruzzo International Airport]] is the only international airport in the region. Open to civilian traffic since 1996, the number of passengers has increased over the years because of low-cost air carriers' use of the facility. Today, the airport has a catchment area of over 500,000 passengers annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abruzzoairport.com/default.aspx?lang=en |title=Abruzzo International Airport – flights information Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy |publisher=Abruzzoairport.com |access-date=12 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312111118/http://www.abruzzoairport.com/default.aspx?lang=en |archive-date=12 March 2013 }}</ref>
*[[L'Aquila-Preturo Airport]] is located near L'Aquila, but remains underused.

=== Ports ===

[[File:Marina di Pescara, December 2014.jpg|The [[port of Pescara]] | thumb | right]]
There are four main ports in Abruzzo: [[Port of Pescara|Pescara]], [[Ortona]], [[Vasto]] and [[Giulianova]].

Over the years, the Port of Pescara has become one of the most important tourist ports of Italy and the [[Adriatic Sea]]. Heavily damaged in World War II, it underwent major renovations for some sixty years. It now consists of a modern marina with advanced moorings and shipbuilding facilities. It has been awarded the [[European Union]]'s blue flag for its services. The port of Pescara has lost passenger traffic because of its shallowness and silting, but its fishery and [[aquaculture]] activities are thriving.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marinape.com/eng/index.aspx |title=Marina of Pescara |publisher=Marinape.com |date=31 January 2011 |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615044113/http://www.marinape.com/eng/index.aspx |archive-date=15 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Railways===
There is a significant disparity between the railways of the Abruzzo coast and the inland areas, which badly need modernization to improve the service, in particular, the [[Rome]]-[[Pescara]] line.

Existing railway lines:

* [[Adriatic railway]] runs through the whole of Italy from north to south, along the Adriatic Sea.<!-- The question that interests the Abruzzo region is included in the Towns of [[Martinsicuro]] and [[San Salvo]]. Unless, that delimit the borders with [[Marche]] and [[Molise]] regions, namely, the {{convert|113|km|2|abbr=on}} between the stations of intercurrent [[Alba Adriatica]]-[[Nereto]]-[[Controguerra]] and [[San Salvo]]. The interchanges are made by the respective railway lines [[Giulianova]], [[Teramo]] and Pescara-Rome.-->
* [[Rome]] – [[Sulmona]] – [[Pescara]]<!-- Pescara-Rome railway line is along the railway line [[Bologna]]-[[Bari]] on the Adriatic sea other line is important because through the [[Tyrrhenian Sea|Tyrrhenian]] coast, passing through the provinces of Pescara, Chieti and L'Aquila and ends the path to [[Roma Tiburtina railway station]]. The railway, which covers the Abruzzo Region, extends for {{convert|170|km|mi}}, ranging from municipalities to the province of [[Pescara]] [[Carsoli]], [[Oricola]] and [[Pereto]]. The infrastructure in question is the following interchanges: [[Sulmona]], [[Isernia]], [[Terni]] – Sulmona, [[Avezzano]]- [[Roccasecca]], [[Bologna]] and [[Bari]].-->
* Sulmona – [[Carpinone]]<!--: the infrastructure in question is a continuation to the south of Terni-[[Sulmona]], as part of the intermediate cross-Pescara – [[Naples]]. After that [[Brenner, South Tyrol|Brenner]] is the highest railway station in Italy, whose tortuous path, characterized by steep slopes, passing through the station [[Rivisondoli]]-[[Pescocostanzo]] and wedges in the Abruzzo National Park and the [[Maiella]]. The line is the interchanges of railway lines Rome-Pescara and [[Sulmona]] – L'Aquila – [[Rieti]] – Terni. Reached [[Carpinone]], divides west to east to [[Benevento]] and [[Caserta]].-->
* [[Terni–Sulmona railway|Sulmona–Terni railway]]<!--: Trafficking in question connects the regions of [[Umbria]], [[Lazio]], Abruzzo and [[Molise]] and then along the line-Carpinone [[Sulmona]]. It, therefore, crosses the inner Abruzzo, finding interchanges Avezzano and Pescara-Rome-[[Roccasecca]], in their respective provinces of L'Aquila, Terni and Rieti. It concerns a type of regional traffic in that, across the [[Tyrrhenian Sea|Tyrrhenian]] perpendicular colleague Abruzzo, Umbria, Lazio and [[Molise]]. The question of interest is included in the Abruzzo town of [[Sulmona]] and [[Tornimparte]] and more precisely in the stations {{convert|75|km|mi}} intercurrent [[Sulmona]] and saddle horn.-->
* Avezzano railroad – Roccasecca<!--: infrastructure test starts on the track in the town of Avezzano, crosses the territory of Marsica, passes through the valley and Bush get into the Lazio region, in the town of [[Sora, Lazio|Sora]]. Her journey ends in the town of Roccasecca which marks the end of Lazio and the entry in the [[Campania]] region towards [[Cassino]]. Therefore, the only online exchange that meets the railway line is Pescara – Rome station Avezzano.-->
* [[Giulianova]] – [[Teramo]]<!-- (a branch railway line Adriatic you forward towards the interior until Teramo) railway line Giulianova – Teramo, the network is complementary to the Adriatic, fulfilling a liaison function between the capital and the coast. Therefore, the only rail interchange is characterized by the Adriatic railway line [[Bologna]] – [[Bari]], Abruzzo is [[Martinsicuro]] rail-Broad-[[San Salvo]]. With its {{convert|24|km|mi}} journey infrastructure is the result, an SS80 along the path to the location of the industrial districts of Teramo, before merging the SS 16 that accesses the port Giulianova.-->
* Sangritana ([[Lanciano]] – [[Castel di Sangro]])<!--''': The infrastructure in question are an important transition between the [[Tyrrhenian Sea|Tyrrhenian]] and Adriatic Sea, as in Pescara station meets the respective points of connection of the FS [[Bologna]] – [[Bari]] and Pescara – Rome, while that of [[Sulmona]], L'Aquila lines FS – Terni and [[Sulmona]] – [[Carpinone]]. This position transition, attributed to the infrastructure an important strategic military role in [[World War II]], a stage when the bombing of the German armed forces air, marked the temporary suspension of the subject line of repair work. Like other regional railways direct L'Aquila, Sulmona and Roccasecca, through a circuitous route mountain typically characterized by steep slopes, although in terms of localization of production facilities is to signal the passage of the railway in the industrial area of Valle del Sangro.-->

===Highways===
[[File:Ponte Salinello.jpg|thumb|Salinello Bridge on the [[Autostrada A14 (Italy)|A14]] ]]

There are three highways that serve the region:
* [[Autostrada A24 (Italy)|A24]] ([[Rome]] – [[L'Aquila]] – [[Teramo]]) was built in the 1970s and connects Rome with the Adriatic coast in less than two hour-drive. The [[Traforo del Gran Sasso|Gran Sasso tunnel]], the longest road tunnel entirely on Italian territory, was opened in 1984.

<!--Numerous roads connecting adjacent junction as directional Torano it branches in the [[Autostrada A25 (Italy)|A25]] to [[Pescara]], [[Teramo]] to [[Giulianova]] on SS80, SS81 to Chieti and on the [[Autostrada A14 (Italy)|A14]] [[Bologna]]-[[Taranto]], exit on the freeway Rieti Valley Jump -Terni, exit west on SS80 to L'Aquila-Teramo, near [[Tivoli, Lazio|Tivoli]] and the connection to the [[Autostrada A1 (Italy)|A1]] motorway allows easy connections with Naples and [[Milan]], the highway construction has contributed greatly to the economic development of the region.-->
* [[Autostrada A25 (Italy)|A25]] (Torano – Avezzano – Pescara) connects Rome with Pescara. The road branches off A24 in [[Torano di Borgorose|Torano]], spans the [[Fucino]] basin, crosses the Apennines, and merges with [[Autostrada A14 (Italy)|A14]] near Pescara.
* [[Autostrada A14 (Italy)|A14]] [[Bologna]] – [[Taranto]] known as the [[Autostrada A14 (Italy)|"Adriatica"]], includes {{convert|743|km|2|abbr=on}} of dual-carriage motorway between [[Bologna]] and [[Taranto]].<!-- Abruzzo is the infrastructure in question, including the toll road of South Broad and Val Vibrata, which marks the border between the Marche and Molise. Regarding the links, the [[Autostrada A14 (Italy)|A14]] meets the SS16 and the SS652 Bottom Sangro Valley near Broad and SS80 in [[Giulianova]].-->