Autovía EX-A2

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Autovía EX-A2
Autovía de las Vegas Altas (Spanish)
Route information
Length23.735 km (14.748 mi)
Major junctions
North end A-5 / E90 at Miajadas
South endEX-206 at Don Benito
Location
CountrySpain
Autonomous
community
Extremadura
ProvincesCáceres, Badajoz
Highway system

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.

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

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The autovía was constructed in approximately 37 months at a cost of €101 million (equivalent to €144 million in 2023[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

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ProvinceLocationkm[2]miExitDestinationsNotes
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

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  1. ^ Eurostat, HICP - annual data (average index and rate of change); for Euro area (19 countries; 20 countries since 2023), retrieved 2 March 2024. DOI 10.2908/prc_hicp_aind
  2. ^ 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.

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