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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Autovía A-6
Autovía/Autopista del Noroeste
E70
Route information
Length590 km (370 mi)
Major junctions
FromMadrid
ToArteixo
Location
CountrySpain
Highway system

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

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# From To Length Signal
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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Sign for Autovía A-6 in central Madrid
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