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Construction data

The Madrid - Toledo toll motorway began construction in January 2005 and began functioning in December 2006.

Technical data

The geometric characteristics adopted for the motorway trunk correspond to an A-120, placing it in motorway Group 1. According to Regulation 3.1-I.c. these are the following:

Project speed 120 Km/h
Horizontal alignment
Minimum radius 700 m
Minimum transition curve length 100 m
Vertical alignment
Minimum bank 0,50 %
Maximum ramp bank 4,00 %
Maximum slope bank 5,00 %
Minimum crest curve 15.276 m
Minimum sag curve 6.685 m
Minimum curve length 120 m

The motorway's core platform has a total width of 41 meters holding two 12.5 meter carriage ways and a 10 m central reserve. Each carriage way has a minimum 1 m outside berm, a 2.5 m outside hard shoulder, two 3.5 m traffic lanes, a 1 m inside hard shoulder and a 1 m inside berm.

The pavement on the motorway core is formed by an E-2 type levelled area and a section of T1 pavement with an 0.04 surface drainage layer.


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