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M70 motorway
M70-es autópálya
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Korongi Bridge in M70
Route information
Part of E653
Length21 km (13 mi)
Major junctions
From M7 near Letenye
Toborder with Slovenia → A5
Location
CountryHungary
CountiesZala
Highway system
  • Roads in Hungary

The M70 motorway (Hungarian: M70-es autópálya) is a motorway in Hungary, connecting the M7 motorway to the A5 motorway in Slovenia.[1][2] 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.[3]

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 Interchange M7 / E65 / E71 – Budapest, Nagykanizsa

M7 / E65 / E71 – Letenye → Zagreb (HR)

 The southern terminus of the Motorway motorway, and E653 route.

Kilometrage starting point

trumpet interchange

1 Bridge Korongi híd Lenght: 115.6 m

híd means Bridge

2 Exit Main road 7 – Letenye, Zagreb (HR) / Budapest
11 Exit Csörnyeföld, Murarátka / Muraszemenye Connecting to M70 Autohof
15 Rest area Csörnyeföldi pihenőhely parking, WC, and water

pihenőhely means Rest area

Bridge Kerka híd
18 Exit Lenti, Tornyiszentmiklós
20 Rest area Tornyiszentmiklósi pihenőhely
21 Border crossing within the EU Tornyiszentmiklós (H) – Pince (SLO) border crossing
A5 / E653 – 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

Maintenance

The operation and maintenance of the road by Hungarian Concession Infrastructure Development Plc. This activity is provided by this highway engineer.

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.[4]

2, county vignettes (vármegyei matrica); the highway can be used instead of the national sticker with the following county stickers:

Type of county vignetteAvailable section
Zala full length (0 km – 21 km)

European route(s)

Name Route
21 km Letenye (0) – Slovenia Avtocesta A5

Significant structures

Bridge
  • Korongi Bridge (Korongi híd; 115.6 m or 379 ft) over the M7 motorway

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Orbán to Slovenian PM: 'We Are Well Aware of What Mass Illegal Migration Mean'". Hungary Today. Hungary: Hungary Today. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  2. ↑ Concrete, FIB-International Federation for Structural (2005-05-01). Proceedings fib Symposium in Budapest Hungary Vol1. Hungary: FIB - Féd. Int. du Béton, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. ISBN 9789634208389. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  3. ↑ admin (2014-11-13). "Roads". Colas. France: Colas Group. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  4. ↑ "National Toll Payment Services PLC - E-vignette rates from 1 January 2024". toll-charge.hu.
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