Autopista Ma-20

Autopista Ma-20 in Spain
Ma-20
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Basic data
Operator:	Consell de Mallorca
Start of the street:	Ma-19
End of street:	Ma-1
Overall length:	11 km
Autonomous Community :	Balearic Islands
Development condition:	2 × 2 lanes, 2 × 3 lanes

The Autopista Ma-20 , also known as Via de Cintura , is the city ​​ring around the Balearic capital Palma de Mallorca .

It begins on the Ma-19 airport motorway and ends at the driveway to the Ma-1 Autopista .

history

In the 1980s, almost 45,000 cars were registered on Mallorca. Since it was to be assumed that these numerical values ​​would continue to increase in the later years, ways of relieving the inner cities from the increasing volume of traffic were already sought.

From 1990 onwards, in order to calm the traffic in the center of Palma, sections of the Autopista Ma-20, previously known as PM-20, were gradually opened. The opened sections all had an extension of 2 × 2 lanes.

From 2010, the Ma-20 was gradually expanded to six lanes due to the further increase in traffic.

In 2015, almost 1 million vehicles were already registered on the island. Nevertheless, the volume of traffic in Mallorca continues to increase and the roads are still congested. According to reports by the Consell de Mallorca in 2017, there was already a traffic volume of up to 188,682 vehicles per day on some road sections on the Ma-20, which will continue to increase in 2018. That is why there are numerous accidents and long traffic jams. There are many incidents, especially during the summer holidays, as at this time, in addition to the islanders, many tourists are also driving their rental cars on the motorway.

In order to counteract this ever-increasing traffic load and to relieve the Via de Cintura, a second city ring with four lanes, the Via Conectora , is to be built around the island's capital Palma. However, this is not yet fully completed.

The Ma-20 at exit 4 - Son Hugo.

Course of the road

	place	Street
	Departure from the motorway triangle	Ma-19
Beginning of Via de Cintura
1	Manacor (Direction of travel Andratx )	Ma-15
1B	Manacor Sineu (Direction of travel Santanyi )
1A	Son Gotleu center (Direction of travel Santanyi )	-
from here 2 × 3 lanes
3A	Es Pont d'Inca center	Ma-13A carrer d'Arago
3B	Inca Port d'Alcudia	Ma-13
4th	Son Hugo Son Oliva Soller (from Andratx )	cami de Son Hugo
5A	Soller (from Santanyi )	Ma-11
5B	Valldemossa	Ma-1110
7A	Puigpunyent center	Ma-1041
7th	La Vileta center	cami de la Vileta
	Tunel de La Purisima
8th	Son Rapinya	cami de Son Rapinya
9	Genova Son Dureta	-	from here 2 × 2 lanes
	Tunels de Genova
11A	Andratx Palmanova	Ma-1
11B	Cala Major	to the Ma-1C

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mapas de carreteras :: Consell de Mallorca. Retrieved July 30, 2018 (Spanish). 
2. ^ Diario de Mallorca: Via de Cintura, un colapso de tráfico diario . September 18, 2016 ( diariodemallorca.es [accessed August 1, 2018]).
3. ↑ OpenStreetMap. Retrieved July 30, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Mallorca-4you finca & holiday home rental: Mallorca island map | Country map (Map) Mallorca with Palma. Retrieved July 30, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Kaart Mallorca. Retrieved July 30, 2018 (Dutch).