The Autostrada A29 or Autostrada del Sale ("Salt motorway") is an ''

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") long in

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on the island of

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that links

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Mazara del Vallo Mazara del Vallo (; is a city and in the province of Trapani, northwestern Sicily, Italy. It lies mainly on the left bank at the mouth of the Mazaro river. It is an agricultural and fishing centre and its port gives shelter to the largest fi ...

. It is a part of the E90 and E933 European routes. The motorway is also called Autostrada del Sale ("Salt Motorway") because one of its branches ends at the salt pans between

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and

Trapani Trapani ( ; ; ) is a city and municipality (''comune'') with 54,887 inhabitants, on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an important fishing port and the mai ...

. It's a four-lane motorway in its whole length. Autostrada A29 is entirely toll-free and is managed by

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. A segment of the motorway near

Capaci Capaci () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. In 2011 the comune had a population of 11,045, with a density of 1,804.7 people per square kilometre. The A29 ''autostrada'' running from Palermo to Punta ...

was the site of the fatal bombing on Italian magistrate

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and his wife

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by the

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Route

Alcamo-Trapani connection

Birgi Airport connection

Palermo Airport connection

A29-Palermo connection

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{{Autostrade A29 Transport infrastructure completed in 1972 1972 establishments in Italy Transport in Sicily