A2 motorway (Portugal)
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| Portuguese: Auto-estrada do Sul | |
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| Route information | |
Part of  E01 E90 | |
| Length | 240 km (150 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Lisbon |
| 35km J4 for Palmela 56km J7 for Évora 120km J10 for Beja 178km J12 for Beja | |
| South end | Albufeira |
| Location | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Highway system | |
The A2 (Portuguese: Autoestrada do Sul) is a major motorway (freeway) in Portugal. It connects 25 de Abril Bridge (Lisbon, the capital of Portugal), to Albufeira in the Algarve, the country's southern-most mainland province. The first section of the A2 was opened in 1966 and the last one was completed in 2002. It extends for fractionally more than 240 km (149 miles). The A2 is operated by Brisa - Auto-estradas de Portugal.
Sections of the road carry very little traffic.[1]
| A3 | AADT 2011 | AADT 2012 | % Change 2011 | % Change 2012 |
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| Maia-Santo Tirso | 48,356 | 44,761 | -7.2% | -7.4% |
| Ponte de Lima Norte-EN 303 | 6,482 | 5,805 | -10.2% | -10.4% |
| Overall AADT | 16,509 | 15,058 | -8.5% | -8.8% |
External links
References
- ^ Brisa Annual Report 2012 p.193 Archived October 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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