M70 (Hungary)

M70
M70-es autópálya (Hungarian)
in use other highways
Korongi Bridge in M70
Route information
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. 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.

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 / E 65 / E 71 – Budapest, Nagykanizsa M7 / E 65 / E 71 – 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 / 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       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.