Editing Lombardy (section)

===Roads===
[[File:A8-A26 Besnate.jpg|thumb|The ''[[Autostrada dei Laghi]]'' ("Lakes Motorway"; now parts of the [[Autostrada A8 (Italy)|Autostrada A8]] and the [[Autostrada A9 (Italy)|Autostrada A9]]) near [[Besnate]], the first [[motorway]] built in the world<ref name=independent>{{Cite news |first=Thea |last=Lenarduzzi |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/the-worlds-first-motorway-piero-puricellis-masterpiece-is-the-focus-of-an-unlikely-pilgrimage-a6840816.html|title=The motorway that built Italy: Piero Puricelli's masterpiece|date=30 January 2016|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=12 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="motorwebmuseum">{{cite web|url=https://www.motorwebmuseum.it/en/places/varese/the-milano-laghi-by-piero-puricelli-the-first-motorway-in-the-world/|title=The "Milano-Laghi" by Piero Puricelli, the first motorway in the world|access-date=10 May 2022}}</ref>]]

The [[Controlled-access highway|motorway]] network in Lombardy extends for {{convert|700|km|mi|abbr=on}} to which approximately {{convert|1000|km|mi|abbr=on}} of [[State highways (Italy)|state highways]] are added.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Regione Lombardia|title=Programma Regionale della Mobilità e dei Trasporti|date=20 September 2016|url=https://www.regione.lombardia.it/wps/wcm/connect/9bca40cd-dd7f-4c32-af86-30681e8267a4/PRMT+CON+SEGNALIBRI+dicembre+2016.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-9bca40cd-dd7f-4c32-af86-30681e8267a4-meMqa02|access-date=13 March 2021|page=73|language=it}}.</ref> The [[Autostrada A4 (Italy)|A4 motorway]] crosses the entire regional territory for {{convert|155|km|mi|abbr=on}} from east to west, connecting the cities of [[Brescia]], [[Bergamo]], [[Monza]] and [[Milan]]. It is characterized by particularly intense traffic throughout the year and is flanked by the [[Autostrada A35|BreBeMi]], which connects Brescia to the [[Autostrada A58|Milan external east ring road]] of Milan passing through [[Treviglio]], rather than Bergamo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lombardia.portale-infrastrutture.it/infrastruttura.php?id=331|title=Autostrada A4 Torino - Trieste (tratta lombarda)|access-date=15 March 2021|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lombardia.portale-infrastrutture.it/infrastruttura.php?id=2017|title=Autostrada A35 Brescia-Milano BreBeMi|access-date=15 March 2021|language=it}}</ref> 

The Milan [[ring road]] system is the largest in Italy, {{convert|74.4|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} long in total and is made up of three ring roads: [[Autostrada A50|West]], [[Autostrada A51|East]] and [[Autostrada A52|North]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=15 March 2021|title=Autostrada A50 - Tangenziale Ovest Milano|url=https://lombardia.portale-infrastrutture.it/infrastruttura.php?id=954|language=it}}</ref> The [[Autostrada A1 (Italy)|A1]], [[Autostrada A7 (Italy)|A7]], [[Autostrada A35|A35]], [[Autostrada A8 (Italy)|A8]] and [[Autostrada A9 (Italy)|A9]] connect Lombardy with [[Switzerland]]. The ''[[Autostrada dei Laghi]]'' ("Lakes Motorway"), connecting [[Milan]] to [[Lake Como]] and [[Lake Maggiore]], and now parts of the A8 and A9 motorways, was devised by [[Piero Puricelli]] and was inaugurated in 1924.<ref name="motorwebmuseum"/> It is the first [[motorway]] built in the world.<ref name=independent /><ref name="motorwebmuseum"/> In the region there are also the [[Autostrada A21 (Italy)|A21]], [[Autostrada A22 (Italy)|A22]], [[Autostrada A36|A36]] motorways, the [[Autostrada A53 (Italy)|A53]] and [[Autostrada A54|A54]] [[Pavia]] ring roads, the [[Bergamo]] ring road system, the [[Brescia]] south ring road, the Brescia west ring road, the [[Varese]] ring road system and the of [[Como]] ring road ([[Autostrada A59|A59]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Infrastrutture Lombardia|url=https://lombardia.portale-infrastrutture.it/infrastrutture.php|language=it|access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref>