M70 (Hungary)
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Route information | |
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Part of E 653 | |
Length | 21 km (13 mi) |
Major junctions | |
From | M7 near Letenye |
To | border with Slovenia → A5 |
Location | |
Country | Hungary |
Counties | Zala |
Highway system | |
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The M70 motorway (Hungarian: M70-es autópálya) is a motorway in Hungary, connecting the M7 motorway to the A5 motorway in Slovenia.[1][2] 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.[3]
Timeline
Section | Length | Opened | Notes |
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Letenye (M1) – Tornyiszentmiklós | 18.6 km (11.56 mi) | Single carriageway: November 2004 Second carriageway: 13 December 2019 |
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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).
This article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table. |
County | km | Type | Destination | Notes | |
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Zala |
0 | M7 / E 65 / E 71 – Budapest, Nagykanizsa
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The southern terminus of the motorway, and E653 route.
Kilometrage starting point | ||
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 / E 653 – 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
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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.[4]
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 |
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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
References
- ^ "Orbán to Slovenian PM: 'We Are Well Aware of What Mass Illegal Migration Mean'". Hungary Today. Hungary: Hungary Today. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
- ^ Concrete, FIB-International Federation for Structural (2005-05-01). Proceedings fib Symposium in Budapest Hungary Vol1. Hungary: FIB - Féd. Int. du Béton, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. ISBN 9789634208389. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
- ^ admin (2014-11-13). "Roads". Colas. France: Colas Group. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
- ^ "National Toll Payment Services PLC - E-vignette rates from 1 January 2024". toll-charge.hu.
External links
- Exit list of M70
- National Toll Payment Services Plc. (in Hungarian, some information also in English)
- National Infrastructure Developer Ltd.