ANAS S.p.A. is an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 government-owned company deputed to the construction and maintenance of Italian motorways

Autostrade of Italy

The Autostrada is the Italian national system of motorways. The total length of the system is about 6,400 km. In North and Central Italy this is mainly as tollways, with the biggest portion in concession to the Atlantia group which operates some 3,408 km...

 and state highway

State highway (Italy)

The Strade Statali, abbreviated SS, is the Italian national network of state highways. The total length for the network is about 18.000 km.The Italian state highway network are maintained by ANAS...

s under the control of Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport

Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy)

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport is the government ministry for transport in the Republic of Italy. It is responsible for all transport infrastructure as well as general transport planning and logistics, especially for urban transport schemes...

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History

Founded on June 27, 1946, the company took immediately a government granting for the reconstruction of Italian road network, seriously damaged in the Aftermath of World War II

Aftermath of World War II

After World War II a new era of tensions emerged based on opposing ideologies, mutual distrust between nations, and a nuclear arms race. This emerged into an environment dominated by a international balance of power that had changed significantly from the status quo before the war...

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Currently manages a network of 20,532 kilometers of motorways (which 890,3 km directly with 25,4 km of tunnels) and state-roads.