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[[File:Katy-Freeway.jpg|thumb|left|200px|VDOT builds extensive highways.]]
[[File:Katy-Freeway.jpg|thumb|left|200px|VDOT builds extensive highways.]]


The first Verona freeway was the Bay Freeway, opened in 1948 and running the length of the state adjacent to the Bay of Verona from northeastern Sierra County to Volusia County. As of 2024, 136,336 kilometers (84,715 miles) of public highway criscrossed Verona. To fund recent growth in the state highways, Verona has 14 toll roads with several additional tollways proposed. In central Verona, [[Verona State Highway 295|SH-295]] (Varina Tollway) has an advisory speed limit of 195 kilometers per hour (121 mph), the highest in the nation, but also does not have a posted speed limit for most of its length. Before it was opened, the highest speed in Verona was {{convert|145|kmh|mph}} on SH-210, which had it tied with Santiago's [[Santiago#Transportation|SR-600]]. All federal and state highways in the commonwealth are paved.
The first Verona freeway was the Bay Freeway, opened in 1948 and running the length of the state adjacent to the Bay of Verona from northeastern Sierra County to Volusia County. As of 2024, 136,336 kilometers (84,715 miles) of public highway criscrossed Verona. To fund recent growth in the state highways, Verona has 14 toll roads with several additional tollways proposed. In central Verona, [[Verona State Highway 295|SH-295]] (Varina Tollway) has an advisory speed limit of {{convert|195|km/h|mph}}, the highest in the nation, but also does not have a posted speed limit for most of its length. Before it was opened, the highest speed in Verona was {{convert|145|km/h|mph}} on SH-210, which had it tied with Santiago's [[Santiago#Transportation|SR-600]]. All federal and state highways in the commonwealth are paved.


Located northerly in Sarpedon, the state is an important transportation hub. Verona has 26 foreign trade zones (FTZ) and in 2022, a combined total of €330 billion of goods passed through Verona land FTZs alone.
Located northerly in Sarpedon, the state is an important transportation hub. Verona has 26 foreign trade zones (FTZ) and in 2022, a combined total of €330 billion of goods passed through Verona land FTZs alone.