M70 motorway (Hungary)

The M70 motorway (Hungarian: M70-es autópálya) is a motorway in Hungary, connecting the M7 motorway to the A5 motorway in Slovenia. The road is 21 km long and has a speed limit of 130 km/h. The last section was completed in 2006. After the opening of the last missing sections of the M7 on August 19, 2008, there is a direct motorway link from Budapest to Slovenia. The expressway originally consisted of two lanes between Letenye and Tornyiszentmiklós interchanges. As a four-lane, full profile motorway, it opened on December 13, 2019 (see the Hungarian article for references in Hungarian). It was built by the Colas Group.

M70 motorway
M70-es autópálya
in use other highways
Korongi Bridge in M70
Route information
Part of E653
Length	21 km (13 mi)
Major junctions
From	M7 near Letenye
To	border with Slovenia → A5
Location
Country	Hungary
Counties	Zala
Highway system
Roads in Hungary Highways Main roads Local roads

Timeline

Section	Length	Opened	Notes
Letenye (M1) – Tornyiszentmiklós	18.6 km (11.56 mi)	Single carriageway: November 2004 Second carriageway: 13 December 2019
Tornyiszentmiklós to the border	2.0 km (1.24 mi)	Autumn of 2005	Fully motorway

Route description

• The route is full length motorway. The maximum speed limit is 130km/h, with (2x2 lane road with stop lane).

County	km	Type	Destination	Notes
Zala	0		M7 / E65 / E71 – Budapest, Nagykanizsa M7 / E65 / E71 – Letenye → Zagreb (HR)	The southern terminus of the motorway, and E653 route. Kilometrage starting point trumpet interchange
1		Korongi híd	Length: 115.6 m híd means Bridge
2		Main road 7 – Letenye, Zagreb (HR) / Budapest
11		Csörnyeföld, Murarátka / Muraszemenye	Connecting to M70 Autohof
15		Csörnyeföldi pihenőhely	parking, WC, and water pihenőhely means Rest area
		Kerka híd
18		Lenti, Tornyiszentmiklós
20		Tornyiszentmiklósi pihenőhely
21		Tornyiszentmiklós (H) – Pince (SLO) border crossing A5 / E653 – Maribor towards to Ljubljana	Tornyiszentmiklós border crossing to Slovenia → A5 motorway. The northern terminus of the motorway, and E653 concurrency.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Unopened

Maintenance

The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Concession Infrastructure Development Plc. This activity is provided by this highway engineer.

• near Eszteregnye (M7), kilometre trench 219

Payment

Since 2015, the M70 motorway is fully tolled road. Hungarian system has 2 main type in terms of salary:

1, time-based fee vignettes (E-matrica);

• Cars, vans and motorbikes up to 3.5 tonnes only need to buy a single vignette which costs 6,400 Hungarian forint (Ft) for 10 days, 10,360 Ft for 1 month and 57,260 Ft for a year, from 1 January 2024.

2, county vignettes (vármegyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers:

Type of county vignette	Available section
Zala	full length (0 km – 21 km)

European route(s)

Name	Route
	21 km	Letenye (0) – Avtocesta A5

Significant structures

Bridge

• Korongi Bridge (Korongi híd; 115.6 m or 379 ft) over the M7 motorway

See also

• Roads in Hungary
• Transport in Hungary
• International E-road network

External links

• Exit list of M70
• National Toll Payment Services Plc. (in Hungarian, some information also in English)
• National Infrastructure Developer Ltd.