Autovía EX-A2
The EX-A2 is an autovía in Extremadura. It originates from the Autovía A-5 (Spanish: Autovía del Suroeste, lit. 'Southwest Motorway') near the town of Miajadas and ends at the EX-206, a road that connects Don Benito and Villanueva de la Serena.
| Autovía de las Vegas Altas (Spanish) | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 23.735 km (14.748 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | A-5 / E90 at Miajadas |
| South end | EX-206 at Don Benito |
| Location | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Extremadura |
| Provinces | Cáceres, Badajoz |
| Highway system | |
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It runs parallel to the EX-106, which directly serves the same towns bypassed by the EX-A2. The autovía belongs to the road network owned by the Junta de Extremadura.
History
The autovía was constructed in approximately 37 months at a cost of €101 million (equivalent to €126 million in 2021[1]). It opened at noon on 19 April 2006, by the president of Extremadura, Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra. The opening of the highway was hailed as a potential economic boon as it connected the most important cities of las Vegas Altas to the rest of Europe by controlled-access highways.[2]
Major intersections
| Province | Location | km[2] | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cáceres | Miajadas | 0.000 | 0.000 | A-5 / E90 – Miajadas, Madrid | ||
| 5.400 | 3.355 | 6 | EX-106 – Miajadas | |||
| Badajoz | Vivares | 6.160 | 3.828 | 8 | Vivares, Casar de Miajadas, Valdehornillos | |
| Ruecas | 14.350 | 8.917 | 15 | N-430 – Mérida, Badajoz, Ciudad Real | ||
| Don Benito | 19.100 | 11.868 | 20 | EX-A2-R1 – Don Benito (west) EX-106 – Don Benito (central) | ||
| Villanueva de la Serena | 22.300 | 13.857 | 23 | EX-A2-R2 – Villanueva de la Serena (north) | Autovía ends | |
| 23.735 | 14.748 | EX-206 – Villanueva de la Serena, Don Benito | Roundabout | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||
References
- ^ Eurostat, Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices: All Items for Euro area (19 countries) (CP0000EZ19M086NEST), retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, December 15, 2022. European Union, 1995-2016.
- ^ a b Haba, Raúl (20 April 2006). "La apertura de la EX-A2 comunica por autovía a Don Benito y Villanueva de la Serena con el resto de Europa". Hoy (in Spanish). Badajoz. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 12 April 2023.