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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]
It was finally finished in late 2015 upon completion of sections west of Almeria and around Motril, is a free alternative route to the tolled Autopista AP-7, and is the longest national motorway in Europe.
Pages in category "Autopistas and autovías in Spain" The following 142 pages are in this category, out of 142 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Autopista AP-7 (also called Autopista del Mediterráneo) (Catalan: Autopista de la Mediterrània) is a Spanish autopista (controlled-access highway). It runs along the Mediterranean coast of Spain. AP-7 has two different sections (911+96 km): From Els Límits (in La Jonquera municipality) to Vera: 911 km long. Main cities passed: Figueres ...
C-32 around Sitges. The C-32's southern section, also known as Autopista de Pau Casals (officially), named in honor of the famous cellist Pablo Casals, who is known as Pau Casals in Catalan, or non-officially Túnels del Garraf after the tunnels through the Garraf Massif, was previously named A-16 before the redenomination.
The Autovía A-6 or Autopista AP-6 (also called Autovía del Noroeste) (Galician: Autovía do Noroeste) is a Spanish autovía and autopista route that starts in Madrid and ends in Arteixo (A Coruña). The tolled Autopista AP-6, from Villalba to Adanero, has a total length of 72.19 km.
The Autovía A-5 (also called Autovía del Suroeste) is a Spanish autovía which starts in Madrid and ends at the Portugal–Spain border, near Badajoz, where it connects to the Portuguese A6 motorway. It is one of the six radial autovías stemming from Madrid and forms part of European route E90. It replaced most of the former N-V road.
Autopista, derived from Highway Gothic, was introduced later for use on motorway signs following the opening of Spain's first motorway. From 1991 to 2000, after the publication of a new standard which introduced the Carretera Convencional typeface, work was carried out replacing signs from the previous standard. However, there still remain a ...