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Between 1990 and 2012 Spain had one of the highest rates of motorway growth in Europe. [3]The first motorways named autopista were financed using sovereign debt. [4]At the end of the 1980s, and before Olympic Games in 1992 in Barcelona, the autonomous Catalan government was interested in increasing the speed limit on new motorways. [4]
The Carreteras Nacionales de España or National Roads of Spain are roads of governmental property, managed by the Ministry of Development (Spain) and form the Red de Carreteras del Estado or State Roads Network. A road numbering scheme is used according to rules by the fourth General Road Plan (Plan General de Carreteras) of 1939-1941 (Plan ...
Transport in Spain is characterised by a network of roads, railways (including having high speed rail network that is the second longest in the world), trams, air routes, and ports. Its geographic location makes it an important link between Europe, Africa, and the Americas .
The E15 has a gap at the English Channel between Dover and Calais, France. There is a ferry link between Dover and Calais. The Eurotunnel Shuttle (using the Channel Tunnel) provides an alternative link via Folkestone. The roads in the UK are signed solely by the local number (e.g. M20). The Autovía A-7 part of the E15 in Spain
It carries the designation of European route E05, and, as one of the major north-south arteries of Spain, is one of the country's busiest highways. Between Burgos and Armiñón there is a toll alternative for this autovía, the autopista AP-1. In 2011, work was ongoing to bring the section between Burgos and Madrid up to modern standards.
A-23 is a new highway, which follows the same route of two national roads, the N-234 between Sagunto and Daroca - Retascón, and the N-330 between Retascón and Jaca. Construction began in 1999 from the city of Sagunto and currently sections are still under construction in the north of the province of Huesca .
In 2003, the highway was transferred from the Government of Spain to the City Council of Madrid. Mayor Alberto Ruiz Gallardón implemented a plan called "Calle 30" (Street 30), converting sections of the highway in the Manzanares course into tunnels, and building an urban park (Madrid Río) in the surface previously occupied by asphalt. From ...
The N-232 is a highway in Spain. It broadly follows the Rio Ebro from Logroño to the coast. It starts south east of Logroño at the Autovía LO-20 and runs parallel to the Autopista AP-68. The road passes Calahorra before it junctions with the N-113, N-121 and Autovía A-15.