Highways in Spain

Highway network in Spain. The caption reads «Autovía and autopista network - Tolled autopistas - State autopistas and autovías - Autonomic tolled autopistas - Autonomic autopistas and autovías - Insular autovías and autopistas»

The Spanish motorway (highway) network is the third largest in the world, by length. As of 2019, there are 17,228 km (10,705 mi) of High Capacity Roads[1][2] (Spanish: Vías de Gran Capacidad) in the country. There are two main types of such roads, autopistas and autovías, which differed in the strictness of the standards they are held to.

  1. ^ "CIA - The World Factbook -- Spain". Central Intelligence Agency. 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Catálogo y evolución de la red de carreteras | Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana".