Marrakech-Agadir expressway
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| Length: | 453 km (281 mi) |
| Existed: | 2000 – present |
| History: | Completed on 21 June 2010 |
| Major junctions | |
| North end: | Casablanca |
| South end: | Agadir |
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| Roads of Morocco | |
The Autoroute Casablanca–Agadir is a new main road in Morocco. Building began in 2000 and the road was inaugurated on 21 June 2010 by Prince Moulay Rachid.
The road is 453 km (281 mi) long and connects the cities of Casablanca and Agadir through the city of Marrakesh and High Atlas mountains.
It has been designated A3 as its identity marker. Total length is 219 km: 57 km Casablanca–Settat and 162 km Settat–Marrakech
The expressway takes its origins south of the residential area of Casablanca, at the interchange with the A1 Rabat–Safi expressway. It continues south past Bouskoura and serves the Mohamed V airport with an exit. A toll station is placed just south of there. The road then circumvales the town of Berrechid serving it with an exit north of it for south-bound traffic and one south of it for north-bound traffic.
The road was opened in 2002 to Settat, and construction on the remaining part started in 2003 reaching Marrakesh in 2007. In 2005 the 17 km bypass of Settat opened. When the Marrakech–Agadir expressway opened in 2009 it was directly connected to this A3.
The Casablanca–Marrakesh highway was completed and opened to traffic on April 17, 2007.
Toll-revenues of this road, including the Casablanca bypass, totaled 219 million dirhams, reaching 3rd spot of top earners
In June 2004 the Moroccan operator of expressways ADM signed an agreement with the Hasan II Society for economic and social development for a refinancing scheme of the ADM. This financial injection made construction of new roads possible and construction started in 2006.
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