Autovía A-7

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Autovía A-7 in Spain
Autovía A-7
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Course of the A 7
Basic data
Operator:
Start of the street: Algeciras
( 36 ° 7 ′  N , 5 ° 27 ′  W )
End of street: Tarragona
( 41 ° 8 ′  N , 1 ° 21 ′  E )
Overall length: 1250 km
  of which in operation: 1070 km
  of which in planning: 182 km

Autonomous Community :

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Autovía A-7

The Autovía A-7 , Spanish Autovía del Mediterráneo , Catalan Autovia del Mediterrani (both terms in German Mediterranean motorway ), is a toll-free motorway of the Spanish national road network , which is part of European route 15 . It begins near Algeciras , a port city in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous region of Andalusia and ends east of Tarragona at the Autopista AP-7 . Further construction to the east of Barcelona is planned.

The road consists of the sections of the national road N-340 leading from Cádiz to Barcelona that have been converted into a motorway . In some places, the standard of the Autovía A-7 does not correspond to that of a motorway, because there are level crossings and roundabouts along it . The hard shoulder is also often missing .

course

Autovía A-7 road sign

The Autovía A-7 runs parallel to the Mediterranean coast and is the longest motorway in Spain. It begins in the south of Algecira at km 102 and leads via Málaga , Motril , Almería , Vera , Lorca , Murcia , Orihuela , Elche , Alicante , Valencia , Castellón to Tarragona , where the motorway ends in the east of the city.

The city passage of Algeciras bears the blue signs of the A-7, but only partially corresponds to a motorway. The separate lanes are marked with red kilometer boards and cross traffic lights regulated roundabouts. From km 108 the road is developed as a motorway.

At Torreguadiaro the motorway continues from km 133 as Autopista AP-7 while the A-7 signs follow the former N-340. In Estepona at km 154 the A-7 becomes a motorway again.

At Marbella, the road passes under the town of San Pedro de Alcántara between km 170 and km 172 with a tunnel .

Along the Costa Tropical , the A-7 passes under the foothills of the Betic Cordillera in several tunnels . The longest is the 2170 m long Cantalobos tunnel, which in 2010 was named the second safest tunnel in the European Tunnel Assessment Program (EuroTAP).

The Murcia - Alicante section, opened in 1990, was originally built as a continuation of the AP-7 west of Alicante. In this section, like the AP-7, the kilometers run from west to east, while the other sections of the A-7 are kilometers from east to west.

The A-7 has two lanes per direction , only in Alicante and Murcia, and on the Sagunto - Albacete section there are three lanes per direction.

A-7 and AP-7

There is often confusion between the A-7 and AP-7, because both motorways run along the Mediterranean coast and run parallel to each other for long stretches south of Barcelona. While the toll AP-7 is intended for long-distance traffic, the toll-free A-7 is used for local traffic.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ El tunnel de Cantalobos alcanza la mejor puntuación de España en EuroTAP 2010 y la segunda a nivel europeo. 20minutes, July 29, 2010, accessed November 30, 2013 (Spanish).