Autopista AP-9
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| Autopista del Atlántico | |
 
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| Maintained by Audasa | |
| Length: | 178 km (111 mi) |
| Existed: | 1973 – present |
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| From: | A Coruña |
| To: | Tui |
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| Autopistas and autovías in Spain | |
The Autopista AP-9 (also known as Autopista del Atlántico) is an autopista in Galicia, Spain. It starts in A Coruña and runs south past the cities of Santiago de Compostela, Pontevedra and Vigo, before ending at the town of Tui, a few kilometres north of the Portuguese border at the Minho River.
The AP-9 is 178 km (111 miles) in length. The first 16 km (10 miles), from A Coruña to the Autovía A-6 near the towns of Guísamo and Betanzos, form part of European route E70, while the remainder forms part of European route E01. Between A Coruña and Vigo, the autopista runs parallel to the N-550 road, and between Vigo and Tui it runs parallel to the Autovía A-55.
The AP-9 has two spurs: the 36 km (22.5 mile) long AP-9F from Guísamo to Ferrol, which runs parallel to the N-651 road and also forms part of European route E01; and the 4 km (2.5 mile) long AP-9V, which runs into the centre of Vigo.
Construction of the autopista, originally known as the A-9, began in the mid-1970s with the section between Pontevedra and Vigo, including the Rande Bridge, and also the section between A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela. The latter opened in 1979, the former two years later.
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