Highways in Spain

In Spain there are two terms for "highway": Autovia and Autopista. The distinction has its origins in the 1980s when the Spanish road network should be modernized quickly with EU funding. Important national roads were expanded to four lanes and - to distinguish it from the few existing Autopistas - called Autovias. In the mid- 1990s, however, was gone over Autovias also to build parallel to the existing national roads.

Since the difference of the renumbering of the road network in 2003 is principally that Autopistas are privately built and privately operated highways, while Autovias be built and maintained by a public carrier.

Autopistas are better developed in the rule: you have larger curve radii, elaborate designed entrances and exits and lower slopes. You are expanded without crossing in each case, while autovías sometimes end in traffic lights (now very rare). In addition autovías are always free, Autopistas occur mainly toll roads. The numbering of autovías, provided it is maintained by the state, starts with A,. Autopistas of AP, although there are exceptions to this rule In addition, there are a variety of autovías in provincial or regional sponsorship, which can then have different names. In the listing is no distinction between the two terms. In general, the number of autovías clearly predominates.

List of all motorways

To make it even more complicated: Change Normally AP ( Autopista ) and A ( Expressway ) - sections from each other. For example, the A-1 Madrid- San Sebastian -Madrid is mainly toll free, in parts but it is also a toll road as AP -1.

But there are also sections where A and AP run in parallel, for example, AP-2 and A-2 between Lleida and Barcelona

Regional highways

In addition, the individual regions (Autonomous Communities ) partly entertain even highways. This includes most of ring roads in the urban centers. This part of highway-like -maintained roads are marked with abbreviations of the respective State / Autonomous Community or their capital. Examples of these regional highways:

A-92 Sevilla - Almería ("A " stands for Andalusia " 92 " for the year of the opening of Expo 92 in Seville)
B -10 - Ronda del Litoral south- eastern beltway Barcelona
B -20 - Ronda de Dalt north- western beltway Barcelona
B-23 - B-23 Autovia ( connecting segment A 2 - B-20 ) Barcelona - Sant Feliu de Llobregat
B-24 - B-24 Autovia Molins de Rei - Vallirana
C-16 - Autovia del Llobregat Barcelona Eix - Berga
C-17 - Autovia de l' Ametila Barcelona - Vic
C-25 - Eix Transversal Girona - Cervera (currently four lanes only at Manresa)
Autopista del Maresme Lloret de Mar - Barcelona - El Vendrell ("C" for Catalunya / Catalonia )
C -58 - Autopista del Vallès Barcelona - Terrassa
C-60 - Autopista de La Roca Mataró - La Roca del Vallès
GC-1, GC-2, GC -3, GC -4 ( highways on Gran Canaria)
LZ -2 ( highway on Lanzarote)
M-21 San Fernando de Henares
M -23 Madrid
M-30 ring highway in Madrid
MA -20 motorway ring of Málaga
Ma-1 Palma de Mallorca - Andratx
Ma -13 Palma de Mallorca - Alcudia
Ma-15 Palma de Mallorca - Manacor
Ma-19 Palma de Mallorca - Santanyi
Ma-20 ring road from Palma de Mallorca
TF-1, TF -2, TF -5 ( motorways on Tenerife )

List of radial highways

These arterial roads were to A-5 built around Madrid parallel to the existing motorway A-1 to relieve this during rush hour and on days with high traffic.

* Under construction / in planning

National Roads ( Expressway / Autopista ) A-1 - AP -1 | A- 2 - AP-2 | A- 3 | A-4 - AP -4 | A- 5 | A-6 - AP -6 | A-7 - AP -7 | A- 8 - AP 8 | 9 AP | AP- 9F | AP- 9V | A- 10 | A-11 | A- 12 | A-13 | A- 14 | A-15 - AP -15 | A- 16 | A-17 | A- 18 | A-19 | A- 20 | A-21 | A- 22 | A-23 | A- 24 | A-25 | A- 26 | A-27 | A-28 | A- 29 | A-30 | A- 31 | A-32 | A- 33 | A-34 | A- 35 | AP 36 | AP 37 | A-38 | A- 39 | A-40 | A- 41 - AP -41 | A- 42 | A-43 | A- 44 | A-45 | AP 46 | A-47 | A- 48 | A-49 | A- 50 | A-51 - AP -51 | A- 52 | AP 53 | A-54 | A-55 | A- 56 | A-57 | A- 58 | A-59 | A- 60 | AP 61 | A-62 | A- 63 | A-64 | A-65 | A-66 - AP -66 | A- 67 | A-68 - AP 68 | AP 69 | A-70 | AP 71 | A- 72 | A-73 | A- 74 | A- 75 | A- 76 | A-77 | A- 78 | A-79 | A- 80 | A-81 | A- 83 | A- 85 | A-91

Regional highways ( Autopista ) Catalonia ( C 14 - C 16 - C 17 - C 25 - C 31 - C -31B - C- 31C - C- 31D - C 32 - C 33 - C 35 - C 58 - C-60 - C -65 - C-66 - C -68 ) | Gran Canaria (GC -1 - GC-2 - GC -3 - GC -4 ) | Tenerife ( TF-1 - TF -4 - TF-5 ) | Madrid ( M-21 - M- 23)

Radial highways ( Autopista Radial) R 1 | R 2 | R-3 | R-4 | R-5

Highway in Spain
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Road Traffic ( Europe)

Controlled-access highway Burgos Autopista AP-1 Eibar Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha Vidreres Autopista AP-2 Dos Hermanas Autopista AP-4 Collado Villalba Tordesillas Lugo Autopista AP-6 Tarragona Murcia Almería Algeciras Autopista AP-7 Torrelavega Autopista AP-8 Autopista AP-9 Santiago de Compostela Pontevedra Vigo Tui, Pontevedra Zamora, Spain Soria Tudela, Navarre C-32 highway (Spain) Berga (disambiguation) Jaca Teruel Figueres Olot Albacete Cartagena, Spain Cieza (Murcia) Almansa Autopista AP-36 Santa Pola Maqueda Toledo, Spain Ciudad Real Puertollano Autopista AP-41 Motril Huelva Ayamonte Salamanca Autopista AP-51 Autopista AP-53 Santiago de Compostela Airport Ourense Trujillo, Cáceres Autopista AP-61 Segovia Oviedo Grado, Asturias Villaviciosa, Asturias Palencia Santander, Spain Miranda de Ebro Autopista AP-68 Autopista AP-69 Elche Autopista AP-71 Astorga, Spain Monforte de Lemos Aguilar de Campoo Verín Ponferrada Ribadesella Cangas de Onís Zafra Barreiros (manufacturer) San Fernando de Henares, Madrid Palma, Majorca Alcúdia Autopista TF-1 R-3 motorway (Spain) R-4 motorway (Spain) Aranjuez List of motorways in Belgium Autoroutes of France Highways in Greece Autostrade of Italy Highways in Croatia Motorways in the Republic of Macedonia List of highways in Portugal List of motorways in Sweden Motorways of Switzerland Roads in Serbia Roads and motorways in Cyprus Autovía A-49

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