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Spain

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Spain or the Kingdom of Spain is a country in Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa.It forms the southernmost point of continental Europe, is the largest country in Southern Europe, and the fourth most populous member state of the European Union. It covers most of the Iberian Peninsula and also includes the Canary Islands in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands in the western Mediterranean Sea, and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla on the African mainland. Mainland Spain is bordered to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city of Spain is Madrid, other major metropolitan areas include Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Málaga, Murcia, and Palma de Mallorca.

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Roads - Highways in Spain.

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Spain's road network is largely centralized. Six motorways connect Madrid with the Basque Country, Catalonia, Valencia, Western Andalusia, Extremadura, and Galicia. There are also motorways along the Atlantic coast (Ferrol – Vigo), the Cantabrian coast (Oviedo – San Sebastián), and the Mediterranean coast (Girona – Cádiz). As part of its government plan to save energy and increase energy efficiency, Spain aims to have one million electric cars on the road by 2014. Former Industry Minister Miguel Sebastián said: "The electric vehicle is the future and the engine of an industrial revolution."
Spain's transport system is characterized by a network of roads, railways (including the second-longest high-speed network in the world), trams, air links, and ports. Its geographical location makes the country a key link between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. The main transport routes generally run from the capital, Madrid, in the center of the country and connect the capitals of the autonomous communities.
Spanish motorways are divided into "autopistas" and "autovías." The former are controlled-access motorways. In 2019, 12,255 km of roads in Spain were designated as part of the European TEN-T network, of which 10,932 km were motorways. Bridges accounted for 220 km (2.1%) of this network, and tunnels accounted for a further 86 km (0.8%).
The Spanish motorway network is the third largest in the world in terms of length. In 2025, there were 17,228 km (10,705 miles) of high-capacity roads (Spanish: Vías de Gran Capacidad) in the country. There are two main types of such roads: autopistas and autovías, which differ in the strictness of the standards they meet.
Motorway network in Spain. Autovía and autopista network – Toll autopistas – State-owned autopistas and autovías – Autonomous toll autopistas – Autonomous autopistas and autovías – Island autovías and autopistas
The distinction between two types of high-capacity roads is primarily historical and rarely has practical consequences for most highways except the oldest. Both types are divided into freeways with unrestricted access and at least two lanes in each direction. The general speed limit for both is prescribed by Spanish traffic law at 60–120 km/h (35–75 mph), although there are groups that call for an increase to 140 km/h (85 mph).Specific limits may be set depending on road, weather, or traffic conditions.
Autopistas are specifically reserved for car traffic; therefore, all vehicles that cannot reach at least 60 km/h (35 mph) are excluded from them. They may therefore not be an improvement to an older road, as Spanish law requires the provision of an alternative route for such vehicles.Many, but not all, autopistas are toll roads, which, under Spanish law, also requires an alternative toll-free route (though not necessarily a motorway). One example is the tolled Autopista AP-2, which connects Zaragoza to Barcelona through the Monegros Desert. In this case, the alternative is the N-II, the national road, the forerunner of the Autovía A-2.
Autovías, on the other hand, are usually (though not always) improvements to older roads and are always toll-free. Slow vehicles such as bicycles and agricultural machinery are usually permitted under certain restrictions so as not to unduly obstruct traffic or cause danger. Furthermore, an autovía usually follows the original road very closely, deviating from it only to avoid built-up areas (which are bypassed in various ways). Therefore, the upgraded road usually serves as the base for one of the two directions of the new autovía, which means that the curves can be steeper than those on autopistas. Overall, an autovía:
- Allows traffic that is prohibited on an autopista, such as bicycles. However, if the autovía is built as a new construction rather than an upgrade of an older road, this traffic may also be prohibited.
- May have little to no shoulders, which are then marked with a solid line instead of the dashed line of a passable shoulder.
- May have acceleration and deceleration lanes that are significantly shorter than those on autopistas.
- May have tighter curves and steeper gradients than are permitted on an autopista.
- If space is limited, bus stops may even be located on a side lane of the autovía itself, rather than having to be placed on a side lane physically separate from the main road. In extremely tight spaces, acceleration and deceleration lanes may merge into the left lane of the motorway.
However, most of the situations listed here apply only to the oldest motorways and primarily to the radial roads A-1 to A-6 and the A-42 near their endpoints. These were the first to be upgraded to expressways (with at-grade intersections) in the 1960s and to limited-access expressways in the 1970s and 1980s. The old route remained largely unchanged, except where the old national road entered built-up areas. In these cases, the motorway bypassed the town in a so-called variant, so that the old national road served as the access road between the motorway and the built-up area.

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