List of highways in Spain
There are two terms for “ motorway ” in Spain : Autovía and Autopista . The distinction has its origins in the 1980s when the Spanish road network was to be quickly modernized with EU funding. Important national roads were expanded to four lanes and - to distinguish them from the few existing autopistas - called autovías . As early as the mid-1990s, however, there was a move towards building car vias parallel to the existing national roads.
Since the road network was renumbered in 2003, the main difference is that autopistas are privately built and privately operated highways, while autovias are built and maintained by a public operator.
In some metropolitan areas there are parallel autopistas and autovías with the same number within a few kilometers - for example the A-7 and the AP-7 along the Costa del Sol or the A-68 and the AP-68 in Saragossa. Here the autovías have a comparatively high density of exits, which means that they fulfill a feeder function, while there are only a few exits at the autopistas, so that they are primarily used for through traffic.
Autopistas are usually better developed: they have larger curve radii, more elaborately designed entrances and exits and less gradients. In any case, they are developed without intersections, while autovías sometimes end in traffic light intersections (now very rare). In addition, autovías are always free of charge, while autopistas are mostly subject to tolls . The numbering of autovías, if they are maintained by the state, starts with A and that of autopistas with AP , although there are exceptions to this rule. There are also a large number of provincial or regional autovías, which can then have other names. The list does not differentiate between the two terms. In general, the number of autovías clearly predominates.
List of all highways
Abbreviation | Surname | route |
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A-1 | Autovía del Norte | Madrid - Burgos - Armiñón - Vitoria - Alsasua - Tolosa - San Sebastián |
AP-1 | Autopista del Norte | Burgos - Armiñón / Vitoria - Eibar |
A-2 | Autovía del Nordeste | Madrid - Guadalajara - Zaragoza - Lleida - Barcelona , Vidreres - Girona |
AP-2 | Autopista del Nordeste | Zaragoza - Lleida - Barcelona |
A-3 | Autovía del Este | Madrid - Atalaya del Cañavate - Valencia |
A-4 | Autovía del Sur | Madrid - Cordoba - Seville - Dos Hermanas / Jerez de la Frontera - Cádiz |
AP-4 | Autopista del Sur | Dos Hermanas - Jerez de la Frontera - Cádiz |
A-5 | Autovía del Suroeste | Madrid - Mérida - Badajoz (border with Portugal) |
A-6 | Autovía del Noroeste | Madrid - Collado Villalba (Autopista AP-6) Adanero - Tordesillas - Benavente - Lugo - Arteixo ( A Coruña ) |
AP-6 | Autopista del Nordeste | Collado Villalba - Adanero |
A-7 | Autovía del Mediterráneo | Tarragona - Valencia - Alicante - Murcia - Almería - Málaga - Algeciras |
AP-7 | Autopista del Mediterráneo | La Jonquera (border with France) - Girona - Barcelona - Tarragona - Valencia - Alicante - Murcia - Vera / Torremolinos ( Málaga ) - Torreguadiaro |
A-8 | Autovía del Cantábrico | Bilbao - Torrelavega - Gijón |
AP-8 | Autopista del Cantábrico | Irún (border with France) - San Sebastián - Bilbao |
AP-9 | Autopista del Atlántico | Ferrol - A Coruña - Santiago de Compostela - Pontevedra - Vigo - Tui (border with Portugal) |
AP-9F | Autovía de Atlántico | Guísamo - Ferrol |
AP-9V | Autovía de Atlántico | Vigo |
A-10 | Autovía de la Barranca | Irurtzun - Alsasua |
A-11 | Autovía del Duero | Valladolid - Zamora |
A-12 | Autovía del Camino de Santiago | Pamplona - Logroño - Burgos - León |
A-13 | Autovía Logrono-Soria | Logroño - Soria - under construction and in planning - |
A-14 | Autovía Lleida-Francia | Lleida - Canejan - under construction and in planning - |
A-15 | Autovía de Navarre | Andoain - Pamplona - Tudela |
AP-15 | Autopista de Navarre | Tudela - Pamplona - Irurzun |
Autopista del Maresme | Barcelona Sur - Tarragona | |
C-17 | - | Barcelona - Vic |
C-16 | - | Barcelona - Berga |
Autopista del Maresme | Lloret de Mar | |
A-21 | Autovía del Pirineo | Pamplona - Jaca - under construction and in planning - |
A-22 | Autovía Huesca-Lleida | Huesca - Lleida - under construction and in planning - |
A-23 | Autovía Mudejar | Sagunto - Teruel - Saragossa - Huesca |
A-24 | Autovía Daroca-Burgos | Daroca - Burgos - under construction and in planning - |
A-25 | Autovía Alcolea del Pinar-Alcániz | Alcolea del Pinar - Alcániz - under construction and in planning - |
A-26 | Autovía del Eje Pirenaico | Figueres - Campdevanol - under construction and in planning, completed between Besalú and Olot - |
A-27 | Autovía Tarragona-Lleida | Tarragona - Lleida - under construction and in planning - |
A-28 | Autovía de la Alcarria | Guadalajara - Tarancon - under construction and in planning - |
A-30 | Autovía de Murcia | Albacete - Murcia - Cartagena |
A-31 | Autovía de Alicante | Atalaya del Cañavate - Albacete - Alicante |
A-32 | Autovía Linares-Albacete | Bailén - Albacete - under construction and in planning - |
A-33 | Autovía Cieza-Fuente la Higuera | Cieza - Fuente la Higuera - under construction and in planning - |
A-35 | Autovía Almansa-Játiva | Almansa - Játiva |
AP-36 | Autopista Ocana-La Roda | Ocana (Madrid) - La Roda (Albacete) |
AP-37 | Autopista Alicante-Murcia | Alicante - Murcia - under construction and in planning - |
A-38 | Autovía Valencia-Santa Pola | Valencia - Santa Pola - under construction and in planning - |
A-40 | Autovía de Castilla-La Mancha | Maqueda - Toledo |
A-41 | Autovía Ciudad Real-Puertollano | Ciudad Real - Puertollano |
AP-41 | Autovía Madrid-Cordoba | Madrid - Córdoba - partly under construction and in planning - |
A-42 | Autovía de Toledo | Madrid - Toledo |
A-43 | Autovia Extremadura-Comunidad Valenciana | Mérida - Atalaya del Canavate - partly under construction and in planning - |
A-44 | Autovía de Sierra Nevada | Bailén - Jaén - Granada - Béznar - Motril |
A-45 | Autovía de Málaga | Cordoba - Malaga |
AP-46 | Autopista de Málaga | Alto de las Pedrizas - Málaga |
A-47 | Autovía Sevilla-Rosal de la Frontera | El Garrobo - Rosal de la Frontera - under construction and in planning - |
A-48 | Autovía Costa de la Luz | Tres Caminos - Vejer de la Frontera - Algeciras - partly under construction and in planning - |
A-49 | Autovía del Quinto Centenario | Seville - Huelva - Ayamonte - (border with Portugal) |
A-50 | Autovía de la Cultura | Ávila - Salamanca |
A-51 | Circunvalación de Ávila | Ávila |
AP-51 | Conexión Avila | Villacastín - Avila |
A-52 | Autovía de las Rías Bajas | Benavente - Ourense - Vigo |
AP-53 | Autopista Central Gallega | Santiago de Compostela - Ourense |
A-54 | Autovía del Aeropuerto | Santiago de Compostela - Santiago Airport - Lugo - partly under construction and in planning - |
A-55 | Autovía del Atlántico | Vigo - Tui - (border with Portugal) |
A-56 | Autovía Lugo-Ourense | Lugo - Ourense - under construction and in planning - |
A-57 | Autovía Razos-Barro | Razos de Borbén - Barro - under construction and in planning - |
A-58 | Autovía Trujillo-Cáceres | Trujillo - Cáceres - under construction and in planning - |
A-59 | Autovía Vilaboa-Vigo | Vilaboa - Vigo - under construction and in planning - |
A-60 | Autovía Valladolid-León | Valladolid - León - under construction and in planning - |
AP-61 | Conexión Segovia | San Rafael - Segovia |
A-62 | Autovía de Castilla | Burgos - Valladolid - Salamanca - Fuentes de Oñoro - (border with Portugal) |
A-63 | Autovía Oviedo-La Espina | Oviedo - Grado - La Espina - partly under construction and in planning - |
A-64 | Autovía Oviedo-Vallaviciosa | Villaviciosa - Oviedo |
A-65 | Autovía Benavente-Palencia | Benavente - Palencia - under construction and in planning - |
A-66 | Autovía Ruta de la Plata | Gijón - Oviedo - León - Seville |
AP-66 | Autopista Ruta de la Plata | Campomanes - León |
A-67 | Autovía Cantabria-Meseta | Santander - Palencia |
A-68 | Autovía del Ebro | Valdealgorfa - Saragossa - Logroño - Miranda de Ebro - partly under construction and in planning - |
AP-68 | Autopista Vasco-Aragonesa | Bilbao - Logroño - Zaragoza |
AP-69 | Autopista Dos Mares | Pesquera - Miranda de Ebro - under construction and in planning - |
A-70 | Circunvalación Alicante | Alicante - Elche |
AP-71 | Autovía León-Astorga | León - Astorga |
A-72 | Autovía Monforte-Chantada | Monforte de Lemos - Chantada - under construction and in planning - |
A-73 | Autovía Burgos-Aguilar de Campoo | Burgos - Aguilar de Campoo - under construction and in planning - |
A-75 | Conexión A-52-Portugal | Verín - Portugal |
A-76 | Autovía Ponferrada-Orense | Ponferrada - Orense - under construction and in planning - |
A-80 | Autovía del Sella | Ribadesella - Cangas de Onís - under construction and in planning - |
A-81 | Autovía Badajoz-Granada | Badajoz - Granada - under construction and in planning - |
A-83 | Autovía Huelva-Zafra | Huelva - Zafra - under construction and in planning - |
A-85 | Autovía Barreiros-San Cibrao | Barreiros - San Cibrao - under construction and in planning - |
A-91 | Autovía Puerto Lumbreras-Vélez Rubio | Puerto Lumbreras - Velez Rubio |
To make it even more complicated: Usually, AP (Autopista) and A (Autovía) sections alternate. For example, the A-1 Madrid-San Sebastián-Madrid is mostly toll-free, but in parts it is also subject to tolls as the AP-1.
But there are also sections where A and AP run parallel, for example AP-2 and A-2 between Lleida and Barcelona .
Regional highways
In addition, some of the individual regions ( autonomous communities ) still maintain expressways. This also includes most of the ring roads in the metropolitan area. These roads, some of which are similar to autobahns, are marked with the abbreviations of the respective region / autonomous community or their capital. Examples of these regional highways:
- A-92 Sevilla - Almería ("A" stands for Andalusia "92" for the year of the opening for Expo 92 in Seville)
- B-10 - Ronda del Litoral southeastern beltway Barcelona
- B-20 - Ronda de Dalt north-western Barcelona ring road
- B-23 - Autovia B-23 (connecting clasp A 2 - B-20) Barcelona - Sant Feliu de Llobregat
- B-24 - Autovia B-24 Molins de Rei - Vallirana
- C-16 - Autovia Eix del Llobregat Barcelona - Berga
- C-17 - Autovia de l'Ametila Barcelona - Vic
- C-25 - Eix Transversal Girona - Cervera (currently only four-lane at Manresa )
- Autopista del Maresme Lloret de Mar - Barcelona - El Vendrell ("C" for Catalunya / Catalonia )
- C-58 - Autopista del Vallès Barcelona - Terrassa
- C-60 - Autopista de La Roca Mataró - La Roca del Vallès
- GC-1 - Autopista del Sur de Gran Canaria
- GC-2 - Autovía del Norte de Gran Canaria
- GC-3 - Circunvalación de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- GC-4
- LZ-1 motorway in Lanzarote
- LZ-2 motorway in Lanzarote
- LZ-3 motorway in Lanzarote
- M-21 San Fernando de Henares
- M-23 Madrid
- M-30 ring road from Madrid
- MA-20 ring road from Málaga
- Ma-1 Palma - Andratx
- Ma-13 Palma - Alcúdia
- Ma-15 Palma - Manacor
- Ma-19 Palma - Santanyí
- Ma-20 motorway ring from Palma
- TF-1 , TF-2 , TF-5 (motorways in Tenerife )
List of radial highways
These arterial roads were built around Madrid parallel to the existing A-1 to A-5 motorways to relieve them during rush hour and on days with high traffic.
R-1 | Madrid - El Molar * |
R-2 | Madrid - Guadalajara |
R-3 | Madrid - Arganda del Rey - Tarancón * |
R-4 | Madrid - Aranjuez - Ocaña |
R-5 | Madrid - Navalcarnero |
* under construction / in planning