autostrada
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Meaning
an expressway in an Italian-speaking country
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A later word of Italian origin is autostrada (from Italian "autostrada", highway).
Autobahn (plural: Autobahnen) is the German name; in French-speaking Switzerland they are known as autoroutes, and in Italian-speaking Switzerland they are known as autostrade (singular: autostrada).
Currently there are only small stretches of autostrada in the area.
The most important element is the Interstate Highway system, first commissioned in the 1950s by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and modeled after the Italian autostrada and the German Autobahn system.
The most prominent Sicilian roads are the motorways (known as autostrada main) running through the northern section of the island.