List of highways in Portugal
In Portugal , the motorway network is a separate type of road. They form the backbone of the Portuguese trunk road network. Portugal currently has more than 3000 km of motorways across the country.
features
Like the motorways in Germany , the motorways in Portugal have a number that begins with an "A" and is followed by a number. The signs are blue with white lettering and structurally they always consist of two separate directional lanes with at least two lanes in each direction and one hard shoulder. The hard shoulder is separated from the right lane by a continuous white line. The median has either metallic guard rails, concrete walls or wide V-shaped trenches to separate the directional lanes. The latter make it easier to expand the number of lanes at a later date if the volume of traffic requires this. The operating companies of the motorway concessions are contractually obliged to expand the motorways to two three lanes each with an average daily traffic volume of 35,000 vehicles, and to twice four lanes each with 60,000 vehicles per day.
Toll motorways
In Portugal there are now only tolled motorways. The toll is usually collected at fixed toll stations and depends on the length of the route traveled with tickets when entering the motorway network. Operators are mostly private companies, such as the ex-monopoly and ex-state company BRISA .
In order to promote the rapid expansion of the network and with a view to limited public funds, the model of the SCUT motorways was introduced in Portugal under the government of António Guterres . "SCUT" stands for sem custo ao utilizador , in English "without user costs". The state issued 30-year concessions through public tenders to private consortia and then paid a kind of “virtual toll” to the operator for each vehicle that uses the route. All highways with the designation SCUT or with the operator Estradas de Portugal (public national road construction authority) were free for their users. SCUT motorways were the A22 , A23 , A24 and A25 . In 2011, the government abandoned the concept for cost reasons, so that a toll has been levied on these motorways since then. This is not collected via tickets, but via an automatic registration number. Billing can be done either via prepaid models, on-board units or retrospectively in cash. The cash payment is especially interesting for tourists with rental cars without an on-board unit. The toll can be paid in all Correios post offices up to five days after the journey . It is sufficient to specify the license plate number. But this only applies to vehicles registered in Portugal. Vehicles with foreign license plates are not allowed to drive on the routes with electronic tolls without prior registration. Subsequent payment for foreign vehicles is not possible.
expansion
The national traffic route plan ( Plano Rodoviário Nacional 2000 ) provided for the completion of the motorway network for 2015, with around 80% of the total length already being passable. Furthermore, an expansion of the traffic route plan is sought with the addition of new routes, such as Portalegre –A23, or Sines –A2– Beja (new regional airport). In 2016, the A4 received a 5.6 km long tunnel between Amarante and Vila Real called Túnel do Marão , Portugal's longest road tunnel.
The A21 with the operator Mafratlantico is a novelty in Portuguese road history . Mafratlantico is a public company and was founded by the Mafra local authority . For the first time, the planning, financing, construction and operation of a motorway came from a municipality and not, as usual, from the planning offices of the Lisbon Ministry of Transport and Public Buildings.
list
All routes highlighted in yellow are in planning, under construction or only partially completed.
| number | designation | route | length | operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Auto-Estrada do Norte | Lisbon - Leiria - Coimbra - Porto | 303 km | BRISA |
| A2 | Auto-Estrada do Sul | Lisbon - Grândola - Ourique - Albufeira | 240 km | BRISA |
| A3 | Auto-Estrada do Minho | Porto - Braga - Valença (- Tui , Spain ) | 112 km | BRISA |
| A4 | Auto-Estrada de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro | Matosinhos - Aguas Santas - Amarante - Vila Real - Bragança (- Zamora , Spain ) | 223 km | aenor / BRISA |
| A5 | Auto-Estrada da Costa do Estoril | Lisbon - Estoril - Cascais | 25 km | BRISA |
| A6 | Auto-Estrada do Alentejo | Marateca - Évora –Caia (- Badajoz , Spain ) | 158 km | BRISA |
| A7 | Auto-Estrada do Gerês | Póvoa de Varzim - Guimarães - Vila Pouca de Aguiar | 100 km | aenor |
| A8 | Auto-Estrada do Oeste | Lisbon - Caldas da Rainha - Leiria | 132 km | Autoestradas do Atlantico |
| A9 | CREL - Circular Regional Exterior de Lisboa (Outer Ring Road Lisbon) | Estádio Nacional - Alverca | 35 km | BRISA |
| A10 | Auto-Estrada do Bucelas-Benavente | Bucelas - Benavente | 40 km | BRISA |
| A11 | Autoestrada do Baixo Minho | Apulia - Braga - Guimarães - Castelões | 80 km | aenor |
| A12 | Autoestrada Sul do Tejo | Lisbon ( Ponte Vasco da Gama ) - Setúbal | 24 km | BRISA |
| A13 | Autoestrada do Pinhal Interior | Almeirim - Benavente - Santarém | 91 km | BRISA |
| A14 | Auto-Estrada do Baixo Mondego | Coimbra (Norte) - Figueira da Foz | 40 km | BRISA |
| A15 | Autoestrada do Atlântico | Óbidos - Santarém | 38 km | Autoestradas do Atlantico |
| A16 | Circular Exterior da Area Metropolitana de Lisboa | Lisbon - Sintra - Alcabideche | 18 km | Ascendi |
| A17 | Auto-Estrada do Litoral Centro | Marinha Grande - Figueira da Foz - Mira - Aveiro | 116 km | Brisal / lusoscup CP |
| A18 | Torres Vedras - Carregado | (27 km) | k. A. | |
| A19 | Variant of Batalha | Leiria (north) - Leiria (south) | 16 km | AE Litoral Oeste and Estradas de Portugal |
| A20 |
CRIP - Circular Regional Interior do Porto (Inner Portuese Motorway Ring ) |
Carvalhos - Francos | 17 km | Estradas de Portugal |
| A21 | Autoestrada de Mafra | Malveira - Mafra - Ericeira | 21 km | Mafratlântico and Estradas de Portugal |
| A22 | Via do Infante de Sagres | Lagos - Faro - Vila Real de Santo António (- Ayamonte , Spain ) | 133 km | euroscut ( SCUT ) |
| A23 | Auto-Estrada da Beira Interior | Torres Novas - Castelo Branco - Covilhã - Guarda | 217 km | scutvias ( SCUT ) |
| A24 | SCUT Interior Norte | Viseu - Vila Verde da Raia (- Verín , Spain ) | 155 km | Norscut ( SCUT ) |
| A25 | Auto-Estrada das Beiras Litoral e Alta | Aveiro - Viseu - Guarda - Vilar Formoso (- Fuentes de Oñoro , Spain ) | 204 km | lusoscut ( SCUT ) |
| A26 | Auto-Estrada do Baixo Alentejo | Sines - Santiago do Cacém (as IP8 / IC33) - Beja | 16 (+ 78 km) | Estradas de Portugal |
| A27 | Viana do Castelo - Ponte de Lima | 24 km | EuroscutNorte ( SCUT ) | |
| A28 | Auto-estrada do Litoral Norte | Porto - Póvoa de Varzim - Viana do Castelo - Valença | 92 km | EuroscutNorte ( SCUT ) |
| A29 | Auto-Estrada da Costa de Prata | Aveiro - Espinho - Vila Nova de Gaia | 41 km | lusoscut CP ( SCUT ) |
| A30 | Autoestrada do Estuário do Tejo | Sacavém - Santa Iria de Azóia | 10 km | Estradas de Portugal |
| A31 | Variant of Coimbra | Taveiro - Coimbra (Norte) | 5 km | Estradas de Portugal |
| A32 | Autoestrada de Vale de Cambra | Oliveira de Azeméis - Vila Nova de Gaia (Porto) | 35 km | Estradas de Portugal |
| A33 | CRIPS - Circular Regional Interior da Península de Setúbal | Funchalinho - Montijo– ( Canha ) | 37 km (+ 59 km) | Estradas de Portugal |
| A34 | Autoestrada de Pombal | Pombal - Pombal (Centro) | 5 km | k. A. |
| A35 | Autoestrada da Beira Alta | Mira - Mangualde ( Santa Comba Dão - Canas de Senhorim already available as IC12) | 24 (+ 94 km) | Estradas de Portugal |
| A36 | CRIL - Circular Regional Interior de Lisboa | Algés - Sacavém | 21 km | Ascendi |
| A37 | Radial de Sintra | Lisbon - Sintra | 16 km | Ascendi |
| A38 | Via Rápida da Caparica | Almada - Costa da Caparica | 6 km | AE Baixo Tejo |
| A39 | Via Rápida do Barreiro | Barreiro - Barreiro (Centro) - ( Lisbon ) | 5 km (+ 23 km) | k. A. |
| A40 | Radial de Odivelas | Olival Basto - Montemor (Loures) | 4 km | Ascendi |
| A41 | CREP - Circular Regional Exterior do Porto (Outer Porto Motorway Ring) | Perafita - Espinho | 62 km | Ascendi and AE Douro Litoral |
| A42 | Autoestrada do Douro Litoral | Ermida - Paços de Ferreira - Lousada | 20 km | lusoscut CP ( SCUT ) |
| A43 | Radial de Gondomar | Porto - Aguiar de Sousa | 16 km | AE Douro Litoral and Estradas de Portugal |
| A44 | Autoestrada de Vila Nova de Gaia | Vila Nova de Gaia - Coimbroes - Areinho | 9 km | Estradas de Portugal |
| VRI | Via regional interior | Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro - Custóias (A 4) | 3 km | Estradas de Portugal |
See also
credentials
- ^ IMT: Rede nacional de Autoestradas Concessionada. In: IMT. IMT, March 13, 2015, accessed March 13, 2015 (Portuguese).
