Autopista AP-9

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Autopista AP-9
Autoestrada do Atlántico
Route information
Part of E1 and E70
Maintained by Audasa
Length219.6 km (136.5 mi)
Existed1973–present
HistoryOpened: 1973
Completed: 1992
Major junctions
FromFerrol
ToTui
Location
CountrySpain
ProvincesA Coruña, Pontevedra
Major citiesFerrol, A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Pontevedra, Vigo
Highway system
A-8 A-10

The AP-9 or Autoestrada do Atlántico is a toll motorway in Galicia, Spain. It starts in A Coruña and runs south past the cities of Santiago de Compostela, Pontevedra and Vigo, before ending at the town of Tui, a few kilometres north of the Portuguese border at the Minho River.

The AP-9 is 178 km (111 miles) in length. The first 16 km (10 miles), from A Coruña to the A-6 autovía near the towns of Guísamo and Betanzos, form part of European route E70, while the remainder forms part of European route E01. Between A Coruña and Vigo, the motorway runs parallel to the N-550 road, and between Vigo and Tui it runs parallel to the A-55 autovía .

The AP-9 has two spurs: the 36 km (22.5 mile) long AP-9F from Guísamo to Ferrol, which runs parallel to the N-651 road and also forms part of European route E01; and the 4 km (2.5 mile) long AP-9V, which runs into the centre of Vigo.