Autostrade ranks among the first in Europe among the concessionaires for the construction and management of toll motorways with over 3,000 km of the network operated in Italy. Autostrade per l'Italia is the largest private investor in the country, with 27 billion euros of investment for the upgrading and improvement of 1066 km of network, of which 480 km already built. Founded in the early 1950s, the Autostrade per l'Italia network and its Italian subsidiaries are one of Europe's most extensive toll motorway networks: with 3,020 km of network and 217 service areas, it serves 15 regions and 60 Italian provinces.