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The Autovía A-6 or Autopista AP-6 (also called Autovía del Noroeste) (Galician: Autovía do Noroeste) is a Spanish autovía and autopista route that starts in Madrid and ends in Arteixo (A Coruña).
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| Length | 590 km (370 mi) |
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| From | Madrid |
| To | Arteixo |
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| Country | Spain |
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The tolled Autopista AP-6, from Villalba to Adanero, has a total length of 72.19 km. It includes one of the most important engineering works in the whole motorway, a tri-tube tunnel under the Sierra de Guadarrama.
Sections
edit| # | From | To | Length | Signal |
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| 1 | Madrid | Collado Villalba | 41.79 km | A-6 |
| 2 | Collado Villalba | Adanero | 72.19 km | AP-6 |
| 3 | Adanero | Medina del Campo | 51.29 km | A-6 |
| 4 | Medina del Campo | Benavente | 107.65 km | A-6 |
| 5 | Benavente | Astorga | 65.57 km | A-6 |
| 6 | Astorga | Ponferrada | 65.05 km | A-6 |
| 7 | Ponferrada | Baamonde | 140.26 km | A-6 |
| 8 | Baamonde | Arteixo | 74.33 km | A-6 |
Major cities crossed
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