Founded in 1946 with the name Azienda Nazionale Autonoma delle Strade (ANAS), this acronym became a proper name with the transformation first into a public economic body (1996) and subsequently into a joint-stock company (2002).

Since January 2018, it has been part of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane corporate group.

In the years the Agency grow up and after the Ethiopic War it managed about 5000 km of roads.

Founded on 27 June 1946, the company took a government grant for the reconstruction of the Italian road network, which had been seriously damaged in World War II.

[3] Anas holds the concession to manage the national road network, as governed by Decreto Legislativo no.