Autovía EX-A2

The EX-A2 is an autovía in Extremadura. It originates from the Autovía A-5 (Spanish: Autovía del Suroeste, lit. 'Southwest Motorway') near the town of Miajadas and ends at the EX-206, a road that connects Don Benito and Villanueva de la Serena.

Autovía EX-A2
Autovía de las Vegas Altas (Spanish)
Route information
Length	23.735 km (14.748 mi)
Major junctions
North end	A-5 / E90 at Miajadas
South end	EX-206 at Don Benito
Location
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Extremadura
Provinces	Cáceres, Badajoz
Highway system
Highways in Spain Autopistas and autovías National Roads

It runs parallel to the EX-106, which directly serves the same towns bypassed by the EX-A2. The autovía belongs to the road network owned by the Junta de Extremadura.

History

The autovía was constructed in approximately 37 months at a cost of €101 million (equivalent to €144 million in 2023^[1]). It opened at noon on 19 April 2006, by the president of Extremadura, Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra. The opening of the highway was hailed as a potential economic boon as it connected the most important cities of las Vegas Altas to the rest of Europe by controlled-access highways.^[2]

Major intersections

Province	Location	km[2]	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Cáceres	Miajadas	0.000	0.000		A-5 / E90 – Miajadas, Madrid
		5.400	3.355	6	EX-106 – Miajadas
Badajoz	Vivares	6.160	3.828	8	Vivares, Casar de Miajadas, Valdehornillos
	Ruecas	14.350	8.917	15	N-430 – Mérida, Badajoz, Ciudad Real
	Don Benito	19.100	11.868	20	EX-A2-R1 – Don Benito (west) EX-106 – Don Benito (central)
	Villanueva de la Serena	22.300	13.857	23	EX-A2-R2 – Villanueva de la Serena (north)	Autovía ends
		23.735	14.748		EX-206 – Villanueva de la Serena, Don Benito	Roundabout
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. Eurostat, HICP - annual data (average index and rate of change); for Euro area (19 countries; 20 countries since 2023), retrieved 2 March 2024. DOI 10.2908/prc_hicp_aind
2. Haba, Raúl (20 April 2006). "La apertura de la EX-A2 comunica por autovía a Don Benito y Villanueva de la Serena con el resto de Europa". Hoy (in Spanish). Badajoz. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

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