The Autovía A-44 is a highway in

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. It is also known as the Autovía de Granada / Sierra Nevada. The route also forms the entirety of European route E 902, a B class road in the

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. A-44 / E 902 connects the coastal municipality of

Motril Motril () is a town and municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. The main settlement is located a few kilometers inland, separated from the Port of Motril by the Guadalfeo delta. Mo ...

to the inland town of

Bailén Bailén (archaically known as Baylen in English) is a town in the province of Jaén, Spain. History Bailén is probably the ancient Baecula, where the Romans, under Scipio the Elder, signally defeated the Carthaginians in 209 and 206 B.C. In ...

. It starts at La Gorgoracha from a section of the

Autovía A-7 The Autovía A-7 (also called ''Autovia del Mediterráneo'') is a Spanish autovía (toll-free limited-access highway) which starts in La Jonquera, near the French frontier and ends in Algeciras. It was finally finished in late 2015 upon complet ...

which starts at

at the junction of the N-340. From La Gorgoracha it runs parallel to the old N-323, but to the east of Velez de Benaudalla heading Rules dam (the old, and still existing section of the N-323 between Motril and Izbor, heads up the gorge of the Rio Guadalfeo into the Valle de Lecrin with Las Alpujarras to the east). The road heads through the

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passing over the Puerto del Suspiro del Moro (865 m). It then passes to the west of

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the north of which is a junction with the

Autovía A-92 The Autovía A-92 is a highway in Andalusia, Spain. It is a major east–west route running south of the Sierra Nevada and is known as the Carretera Sevilla a Granada and Autovía de Andalucía. It starts in Seville heading parallel to the Rio ...

. The road heads north through the Sierra de Lucena by the Puerto del Carretero (1,040 m). It then follows the

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of the Rio Guadalbullón to Jaén. It then joins the

Autovía A-4 The A-4 or Autovía del Sur (Spanish for ''Southern Highway'') is a major Spanish highway and autopista route connecting Madrid to Cádiz. One of the six radial highways of the country, it was also known as Autovía de Andalucía (Spanish for '' ...

at Bailén. Currently, A-44 / E 902 is finished. The latest section Ízbor-Motril was finished in August 2008 including a couple of bridges over the lake of Rules dam, before it was finished the still existing N-323 national road was the way to get to Motril from Velez de Benaudalla. The new section of A-44 / E 902, running west from Granada to divert traffic from the current ring road, was officially opened on 16 December 2020. The already existing portion of the motorway was renamed GR-30.Segunda Circunvalación de Granada: un alivio para el Cinturón. Granada Hoy https://www.granadahoy.com/granada/Segunda-Circunvalacion-Granada-alivio-Cinturon_0_1529247691.html

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References

External links

UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)Autovía A-44 in Google Maps

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