GC-3

Autopista GC-3 in Spain
Basic data
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Overall length:	13 km
Autonomous Community :	Canary Islands

The GC-3 , also Circunvalación de Las Palmas (ring road of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ) called, is a trunk road on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria . It connects the two trunk roads GC-1 (Autopista del Sur de Gran Canaria) and GC-2 (Autovía del Norte de Gran Canaria) over a length of 13 km . A good half of the north-south traffic on the island is now handled by the GC-3, which significantly relieves the pressure on Avenida Marítima and Túnel del Ingeniero Julio Luengo .

Special features of the construction and the route

More than half of the 13 km long route leads over bridges or through tunnels . As a result, the total cost of the motorway was 228 million euros , most of which was raised by the European "FEDER" fund.

Construction began in 1997 and can be divided into five phases:

1st phase (1998–2001): Tamaraceite section - Siete Palmas

2nd phase (2000–2003): Siete Palmas – Tafira Baja section , as well as the Tafira Baja– San Cristóbal section of the GC-31

3rd phase (2000–2003): Section Tafira Baja - connection GC-1

4th phase (2007 – probably early 2015 ^{[out of date]} ): Tamaraceite– Arucas

5th phase (unknown): Arucas connection GC-2

The maximum height difference on the route is 300 meters (lowest point at 30 m, highest point at 330 m).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ El Gobierno insiste en la necesidad de que el Estado garantice la continuidad del Convenio de Carreteras  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish)  
2. ↑ Obras Públicas contrata la circunvalación de Tamaraceite a Arucas por 91.1 millones (Spanish)
3. ↑ Canarias teme un parón en las obras sin adjudicar (Spanish)