{
  "name": "Futa and Raticosa Passes",
  "slug": "futa-raticosa-passes",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/futa-raticosa-passes/",
  "summary": "The last driveable stretch of the 1955 Mille Miglia, crossing the Futa and Raticosa passes through chestnut forest between Florence and Bologna on a road that now carries almost no traffic.",
  "roadNumbers": [
    "SP65"
  ],
  "location": {
    "country": "Italy",
    "region": "Tuscan-Emilian Apennines",
    "start": {
      "name": "Mugello",
      "lat": 43.986722,
      "lon": 11.273406
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Pianoro",
      "lat": 44.370003,
      "lon": 11.338369
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 34.5,
    "lengthKm": 55.5,
    "driveMinutes": 72,
    "corners": 146,
    "hairpins": 0,
    "maxGradientPercent": 12,
    "summitMetres": 962.7,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "demanding",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 6
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "spring",
      "summer",
      "autumn"
    ]
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Patchy surface and gravel on shaded bends",
    "Motorcycles at speed on weekends",
    "Fog on the higher passes",
    "Ice in winter on the cols"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "mountain",
    "forest",
    "valley"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Lapide a Giuseppe Garibaldi",
    "Colonna leopoldina di Montecarelli",
    "Lapide a Giulio Masetti"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 423
  },
  "attribution": {
    "source": "Routes - bestdrivingroads.com",
    "citation": "Cite with a link to the road page. Stats are measured from the mapped line, not copied from other lists; where elevationConfidence is \"approximate\" the 30 m DEM cannot resolve that line and the elevation figures are indicative.",
    "roadGeometry": "(c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
    "terms": "Facts are free to cite with attribution; bulk reproduction of the catalogue requires permission (simon@keane.studio)."
  },
  "updated": "2026-08-03"
}